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    BACKED VC

    London, United KingdomFounded 2016
    www.backed.vcLinkedIn
    AIBiotech & Life SciencesRobotics & Automation

    Backed VC is a human-centric European seed-stage venture capital firm based in London, investing in brave founders building generation-defining frontier technology companies. Founded in 2016 by Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, the firm focuses on AI-native therapeutics, blockchain and banking infrastructure, and manufacturing automation.

    Average disclosed round size is $27.8M (across 29 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Alex Brunicki

    Alex Brunicki

    Co-Founder and General Partner

    Andre de Haes

    Andre de Haes

    Co-Founder and General Partner

    Alexey Morgunov

    Alexey Morgunov

    Bio Venture Partner

    Dominic Barnard

    Dominic Barnard

    Finance Director

    SD

    Sasha Dickinson

    Marketing Associate

    David Linsey

    David Linsey

    Investment Manager

    Yasmin Siraj

    Yasmin Siraj

    Investment Manager

    Adena Wallingford

    Adena Wallingford

    EA to Founders

    Clare Hunter

    Clare Hunter

    Head of Brand, Communications and Marketing

    Lucia Cerchlan

    Lucia Cerchlan

    Head of Portfolio & product

    Olivia Moss

    Olivia Moss

    Finance Manager

    Tom Hopkins

    Tom Hopkins

    Chief Operating Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    35 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Ruka Hair logoRuka HairUnknown$4.5MJan 2026
    IInvisible Technologies, Inc.Unknown$100MSep 2025
    AAffinity AfricaSeed$8MFeb 2025
    Lopay logoLopaySeed—Jan 2023
    Ochre Bio logoOchre BioUnknown$30MOct 2022
    Legl logoLeglSeries B$18MMay 2022
    Amenitiz logoAmenitizSeries A$30MApr 2022
    Pollen logoPollenSeries C—Apr 2022
    Footium logoFootiumSeed$3.4MMar 2022
    Onramper logoOnramperSeed$6MJan 2022
    BCB Group logoBCB GroupSeries A$60MJan 2022
    BBCBGroupSeries A$60MJan 2022
    Thought Machine logoThought MachineSeries C$200MNov 2021
    FabricNano logoFabricNanoSeries A$12.5MJul 2021
    Legl logoLeglSeries A$7MMar 2021
    Hoxton Farms logoHoxton FarmsSeed$3.7MFeb 2021
    Harbr logoHarbrSeries A$38.5MNov 2020
    Pollen logoPollenSeries C$60MOct 2020
    Banked logoBankedSeed$2.9MMay 2020
    Dataseat logoDataseatUnknown$2.3MJan 2020
    UunrdUnknown$2.5MJan 2020
    Pollen logoPollenSeries C$77.5MOct 2019
    FFoundries.ioSeed—Jan 2019
    Hutch Games logoHutch GamesSeries A$5.5MJan 2017
    JJukedeckSeries A—Jan 2015
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    Top Co-Investors

    Northzone3 shared
    Kindred Ventures3 shared
    Molten Ventures3 shared
    Crane Venture Partners2 shared
    Samaipata2 shared
    Octopus Ventures2 shared
    First Round Capital2 shared
    Motier Ventures2 shared
    Sienna Investment Managers2 shared
    Acrew Capital2 shared
    IQ Capital2 shared
    Foundation Capital2 shared
    Blockchain.com Ventures2 shared
    L1 Digital2 shared
    North Island Ventures2 shared
    PayU2 shared
    Digital Currency Group2 shared
    Lifeforce Capital2 shared
    Khosla Ventures2 shared
    Seedcamp1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026