13books Capital (formerly Element Ventures) is a London-based venture capital firm partnering with Europe's top fintech founders with ambitions to scale globally. The firm invests in B2B financial technology companies across banking-as-a-service, payments, insurtech, asset management, and infrastructure.
37% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-a (58% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $22.7M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
$130M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
19 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blockbrain | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
 Bitstack | Series A | $15M | Dec 2025 |
 Model Ml | Series A | $75M | Nov 2025 |
 Welii | Unknown | — | Oct 2024 |
 Briink | Seed | — | Sep 2024 |
 Ramify | Series A | — | Jun 2024 |
 Bitstack | Series A | $15M | Jan 2024 |
 Aria | Series A | — | Dec 2023 |
 Banxware | Unknown | $16.2M | Dec 2023 |
 Crezco | Series A | $12M | Nov 2023 |
| WWeGift | Series B | $32M | Nov 2022 |
 Token | Series B | $40M | May 2022 |
| TThirdfort | Series A | $20M | Mar 2022 |
 Coincover | Series A | — | Jul 2021 |
 Hepster | Series A | $10M | Mar 2021 |
 Minna Technologies | Series B | — | Jan 2021 |
 Reveni | Series A | — | — |
 Metica | Seed | $9M | — |
 LO:TECH | Seed | $5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator3 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center2 shared
Serena2 shared
AG2R LA MONDIALE2 shared
Stillmark2 shared
Latitude1 shared
QED Investors1 shared
Phoenix Court Group1 shared
Alt Capital1 shared
Otium Capital1 shared
Adevinta Ventures1 shared
Adara Ventures1 shared
MMC Ventures1 shared
EquityPitcher Ventures1 shared
Merantix1 shared
seed + speed Ventures1 shared
Fidelity Investments1 shared
Newfund1 shared
Fabrick Venture Capital1 shared
UniCredit1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026