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Spent the last weeks building a verified dataset of European VC funds. Some interesting findings:

- Most funds operate across multiple stages (Seed to Series B+)

- UK still leads (24%) but Italy, Portugal and Nordics are growing fast

- Fintech is present in 44/45 funds — it's basically the default focus now

- Smallest funds have 2-10 employees, largest reach 200+

The dataset covers 14 countries including UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and more.

Each fund includes:

→ LinkedIn URL (manually verified)

→ Team size (from LinkedIn)

→ Investment stage

→ Focus areas (fintech, SaaS, data science, deep tech, AI...)

→ Notable investments

→ Description

I packaged it as a clean Excel with 3 sheets: Dataset, Summary and Methodology.

Happy to answer any questions about the European VC ecosystem!

Spent the last weeks building a verified dataset of European VC funds. Some interesting findings:

- Most funds operate across multiple stages (Seed to Series B+)

- UK still leads (24%) but Italy, Portugal and Nordics are growing fast

- Fintech is present in 44/45 funds — it's basically the default focus now

- Smallest funds have 2-10 employees, largest reach 200+

The dataset covers 14 countries including UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and more.

Each fund includes:

→ LinkedIn URL (manually verified)

→ Team size (from LinkedIn)

→ Investment stage

→ Focus areas (fintech, SaaS, data science, deep tech, AI...)

→ Notable investments

→ Description

I packaged it as a clean Excel with 3 sheets: Dataset, Summary and Methodology.

Happy to answer any questions about the European VC ecosystem!

I’ve been looking into European VC funds recently while trying to understand how founders actually find the right investors.

One thing that surprised me:

A lot of funds say “early-stage”, but most of their recent deals are actually Series A or later.

A few other patterns:

• Fintech shows up everywhere, but means different things depending on the fund
• Geography matters less than expected — many invest across Europe
• Smaller funds tend to be more focused

Biggest takeaway:

stage fit matters way more than sector labels

Curious — how are you finding relevant VCs right now?

I ended up mapping a bunch of funds into a dataset for myself and turned it into a small product.
Happy to share if useful.