Source Ventures

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They invest €100,000 or more per deal in early-stage tech startups where digital is a main asset or vector, providing hands-on advising on Product, Tech, and Marketing to help companies achieve scalability.

Check Size

$100K+

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Vertical Saas

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Investment Thesis

Source Ventures is an early-stage investment club that goes beyond traditional capital deployment by embedding operational expertise directly into portfolio companies. They believe in backing entrepreneurs with genuine drive—particularly ‘hustlers and misfits’ they call ‘pirates’—and position themselves as sparring partners who guide founders through the critical journey from market validation to scalable performance.

What Sets Them Apart

Curated community of 100+ digital experts (product designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, marketers) available to portfolio companies
Co-founder expertise: Martin Charpentier (product design background, founder of Source design studio) and Victor Mertz (growth/marketing with CMO experience at PayFit and Lemonway)
Sparring partner approach rather than passive investor model
'Narrow path towards scalability' focus on operational guidance from market validation to performance
Strong track record with YCombinator-backed companies and successful exits (BeReal, Livestorm, Finary, etc.)