Connect Ventures
www.connectventures.coConnect is a product specialist firm investing in the largest categories including AI, cybersecurity, deep tech, data & infrastructure, fintech, health, and vertical networks. They lead or co-lead rounds between $500k-$5m at the seed spectrum, supporting companies from pre-product to product-market fit.
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Connect Ventures invests in exceptional product founders building outlier product companies, with a core belief in the transformative power of product to change people’s lives. They focus on founders with a distinct anatomy and DNA—those who move at venture velocity, are opinionated about problems, obsessed with users, and design for defensibility. Their approach centers on deep product understanding rather than spreadsheet-driven investing, as evidenced by their motto: ‘You know that feeling when you have a groundbreaking idea, but VCs only care about spreadsheets filled with hypothetical numbers? Connect is the opposite of that.’
What Sets Them Apart
- Product-first mindset: 'Where product founders fit' and 'A venture firm designed to work for exceptional founders building outlier product companies'
- Founder-centric support: Two annual lightning strike events (Founder Retreat and Product Summit) designed for maximum return on time spent
- European-wide community of 160+ product-led founders with peer-to-peer coaching circles and Slack community
- High-conviction, partner-only team since 2012 with deep product operator expertise
- Portfolio support through 5 in-house world-class product advisors and strategic content hub
- Long-term partnership approach: 'High trust and alignment, as well as someone to act as a sounding board and accountability partner'
- Emphasis on founder integrity and character: Team members described as having 'highest integrity, sharpest people in venture capital'
Portfolio Highlights
TrueLayer
Fintech
Neverless
Unknown
ai-coustics
Ai Ml
Nexcade
Ai Ml
Accountable
Fintech
Deepstash
Unknown
Dust
Ai Ml
Hopkins
Unknown
+ 16 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
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