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.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
NUMBER 26
Series B
Horizon Ventures, Redalpine Venture Partners, Valar Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
Germany
RapidMiner
Series C
Ascent Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, Nokia Growth Partners (NGP), Open Ocean
Data & Analytics
United States
Seerene
Seed
Data & Analytics
Germany
Cashboard
Seed
500 Startups, Heilemann Ventures, Makers, Redalpine Venture Partners
Institutional Investment & Trading
Germany
SocialBakers
Series C
Index Ventures
Data & Analytics
Czech Republic
Traxpay
Venture
Apax Partners, Castik Capital Partners, Commerzbank
Payments & Remittances
Germany
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
EarlyBird 1998
$57M
EarlyBird 2000
$260M
EarlyBird 2007
$129M
EarlyBird 2012
$150M
EarlyBird 2007 Oppurtunites
$30M
EDEF
$110M
Key Employees
Christian Nagel
Co-Founder & Partner
Hendrik Brandis
Co-Founder & Partner
Rolf Mathies
Partner
Roland Manger
Partner