BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe.
We provide founders with an extensive support system to catalyse their development as a company operators and leaders. Through our Founder Experience Platform and energetic portfolio community we help entrepreneurs across all areas of a startup: from talent management to business development, further fundraising and international expansion.
Founded in 2015 by partners Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, we invest across sectors including BioTech, Entertainment, Financial Services, Industry 4.0 and more. Investments to date include Hutch, Pollen, Thought Machine, LabGenius, THIS, Enterprise Alumni, and many more.
Put People First | Be An Apprentice | Push the Limits | Bring Good Energy. Since 2015.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 3
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 05.04.2022 | Amenitiz | amenitiz.c... | $37.45M | Spain, Cat... |
| 06.07.2021 | FabricNano | fabricnano... | $17.26M | United Kin... |
| 11.02.2021 | HOXTON FAR... | hoxtonfarm... | $25.96M | United Kin... |
Persons 11
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Vinay | Chaudhri | - | linkedin.c... | - | v***y@back... | - |
| - | Sonia | Maciuszewi... | Head of Fo... | linkedin.c... | - | s***a@join... | - |
| - | Tom | Hopkins | Chief Oper... | linkedin.c... | - | t*m@backed... | - |
| - | Adena | Zecha Wall... | EA to Foun... | linkedin.c... | - | a***a@back... | - |
| - | Humera | Afzal | - | linkedin.c... | - | h****a@bac... | - |
| - | Yasmin | Siraj | Investor | linkedin.c... | - | y****n@bac... | - |
| - | Jessica | Yung | Venture Sc... | linkedin.c... | - | i**o@backe... | - |
| - | James | Frewin | Venture Sc... | linkedin.c... | - | j***s@back... | - |
| - | Andre | de Haes | Founder | linkedin.c... | - | a***e@back... | - |
| - | Alex | Brunicki | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | a**x@backe... | - |
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Mentions in press and media 30
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 02.02.2024 | UK-based investor backs Travizory Border Security SA | Founded in 2019 by Renaud Irminger, a seasoned Business Executive with over 25 years in travel and ... | startuptic... |
| 22.08.2023 | UK-based Borderless raises €2.9M to combat care worker short... | Read this article in: London-based Borderless, a workforce migration platform, reportedly announced ... | siliconcan... |
| 04.01.2023 | Bird Buddy’s new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and... | Bird Buddy, the maker of a smart bird feeder that snaps photos of your bird visitors, which are coll... | techcrunch... |
| 06.12.2022 | Allowing hardware engineers to team more effectively, Flow E... | Flow Engineering, a UK-based hardware engineering software company, today revealed it has raised $8.... | tech.eu/20... |
| 22.04.2022 | Pollen weathers the storm, adds another $150 million to the ... | London-based Pollen, which bills itself as a travel and entertainment technology company, has raised... | tech.eu/20... |
| 21.04.2022 | Revolut alumni are helping build the Pillar of success neede... | London-based fintech startup Pillar has raised £13 million in a pre-seed funding round. The startup ... | tech.eu/20... |
| 05.04.2022 | Barcelona platform brings in $30 million to support independ... | There are over 700,000 hotels, bed & breakfast and vacation rentals in Europe and about 80% of t... | tech.eu/20... |
| 22.02.2022 | London-based BACKED raises €150M to support ‘boldest’ entrep... | London-based BACKED, which claims to be a human-centric venture capital fund, announced on Tuesday t... | siliconcan... |
| 22.02.2022 | London VC Backed raises €150m fund for early-stage startups... | London-based VC firm Backed has raised a €150m (£125.4m) fund to invest in early-stage tech startups... | uktech.new... |
| 22.02.2022 | Grata raises $25 million to help private equity firms find t... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
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