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Cocoa Ventures is a European angel fund that invests $250k-$500k angel checks at pre-seed/seed stage in any sector. They are VCs turned angels and have a VC network & expertise. They invest in European pre-seed/seed companies and become the in-house VC for founders. They will never lead deals and won’t take board seats. They don’t give a damn about stake and are free to be 100% on your side of the table. They have been VCs before and know how VCs think & operate. They have raised three quarters of their fund from founders of companies like Sennder, Flixbus, Luko, Bitpanda, Truelayer and Primer, and scaleup operators, like N CFO Jan Kemper. 20% of the fund comes from three anchor fund of funds — Reference Capital, Aldea and Nomad — while Cocoa deliberately avoided raising from other VCs.
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| Aug 28, 2026 | Embedd Raises $2.3M in Pre-Seed Funding | Embedd, a London, UK-based software developer tool and semiconductor automation startup, raised 2.3m in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Seedcamp, with participation from Cocoa, Connect Ventures, 2100 Ventures, Vesna Capital, U.ventur... |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Condukt emerges from stealth with $10M to power next-generation compliance | London-based Condukt, a next-generation compliance platform for financial services, has raised $10 million in seed funding and emerged from stealth. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures, with participation from ... |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Why Europe's angel investors are rallying behind EU-INC's 28th Regime | When big funding rounds grab headlines, it's easy to forget the quiet, powerful force at the base of Europe's startup ecosystem: angel investors. This large and diverse group often backs founders with anything from a few thousand euros upwa... |
| Oct 20, 2024 | Gladia: AI Transcription And Audio Intelligence Company Raises $16 Million (Series A) | Gladia, an AI-based transcription and audio intelligence provider, announced it has completed a $16 million Series A funding round. The company will use the funding to develop an end-to-end audio infrastructure, starting with a new real-tim... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Gladia's Leap: Revolutionizing Multilingual Audio Transcription with €14.7 Million Funding | In a world where communication knows no borders, Gladia is making waves. This Paris-based startup has just secured €14.7 million in a Series A funding round. The goal? To launch a groundbreaking multilingual real-time audio transcription an... |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Paris-based Gladia raises €14.7 million to launch multilingual real-time audio transcription and analytics engine | Gladia, an AI transcription and audio intelligence provider, has completed a €14.7 million Series A funding round. The company will use the funding to develop an end-to-end audio infrastructure – starting with a new real-time audio transcri... |
| Jul 26, 2024 | The Battlefield of Innovation: Fractile's Leap in AI Hardware | In the world of technology, innovation is a relentless tide. It sweeps away the old and ushers in the new. Fractile, a UK-based AI chip company, has emerged from the shadows, announcing a $15 million seed funding round. Founded by Walter Go... |
| Jul 26, 2024 | London-based Fractile exits stealth with €13.8 million seed to develop radical new AI chip | Fractile, a UK company building a groundbreaking new AI chip to deliver exponential performance improvements for AI models, has exited stealth and announced €13.8 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Kindred Capital, NATO Innova... |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Fractile secures $15M funding for better hardware for AI inference | UK AI chip company Fractile has today exited stealth and announced $15 million in Seed funding. Founded in 2022 by 28-year-old artificial intelligence PhD, Walter Goodwin, Fractile s building its first new AI chip, capable of running state-... |
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What has the press written about Cocoa?
Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning Cocoa, among them “Embedd Raises $2.3M in Pre-Seed Funding” (Aug 28, 2026) and “Condukt emerges from stealth with $10M to power next-generation compliance” (Nov 18, 2025).
Is Cocoa still active?
Yes, Cocoa is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 8, 2026.