Earlybird Venture Capital

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Earlybird Venture Capital is an investment fund based in Europe.

Country: Germany

Founded: 1997

Headquarters: Berlin

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Blockchain
  • Real Estate

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C

Summary

Established in 1997, Earlybird currently manages over €700 million ($900 million) in assets. It has backed more than 100 companies, some of which have sparked significant innovations in business and technology and resulted in large-scale IPOs and trade sales.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

June 2016

NUMBER 26

$40M

Series B

Horizon Ventures, Redalpine Venture Partners, Valar Ventures

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

Germany

January 2016

RapidMiner

$16M

Series C

Ascent Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, Nokia Growth Partners (NGP), Open Ocean

Data & Analytics

United States

December 2015

Seerene

$5M

Seed

Data & Analytics

Germany

August 2015

Cashboard

$2M

Seed

500 Startups, Heilemann Ventures, Makers, Redalpine Venture Partners

Institutional Investment & Trading

Germany

February 2014

SocialBakers

$26M

Series C

Index Ventures

Data & Analytics

Czech Republic

June 2012

Traxpay

$4M

Venture

Apax Partners, Castik Capital Partners, Commerzbank

Payments & Remittances

Germany

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

1998

EarlyBird 1998

$57M

2000

EarlyBird 2000

$260M

2008

EarlyBird 2007

$129M

2013

EarlyBird 2012

$150M

2014

EarlyBird 2007 Oppurtunites

$30M

2014

EDEF

$110M

Key Employees

Christian Nagel
Co-Founder & Partner

Hendrik Brandis
Co-Founder & Partner

Rolf Mathies
Partner

Roland Manger
Partner