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.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Their most common stage is seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $26.4M (across 38 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
$100M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
48 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ruka Hair | Unknown | $4.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Comind | Unknown | $102.5M | Oct 2025 |
| IInvisible Technologies, Inc. | Unknown | $100M | Sep 2025 |
| AAffinity Africa | Seed | $8M | Feb 2025 |
 Affinity | Seed | $8M | Feb 2025 |
 Affinity | Seed | $8M | Jan 2025 |
 Andium | Series B | $21.7M | Oct 2024 |
 Lopay | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 Ochre Bio | Series A | $30M | Oct 2022 |
 Unstoppable Finance | Series A | — | Aug 2022 |
 Legl | Series B | $18M | May 2022 |
 Amenitiz | Series A | $30M | Apr 2022 |
 Pollen | Series C | — | Apr 2022 |
 Footium | Seed | $3.4M | Mar 2022 |
 OnRamper | Seed | $6M | Jan 2022 |
 BCB Group | Series A | $60M | Jan 2022 |
| BBCBGroup | Series A | $60M | Jan 2022 |
| BBird Buddy | Unknown | $8.5M | Dec 2021 |
 Thought Machine | Series C | $200M | Nov 2021 |
 Ivy Farm Technologies | Series A | $18M | Sep 2021 |
 Fabric Nano | Series A | $12.5M | Jul 2021 |
| Legl | Series A | $7M | Mar 2021 |
 Hoxton Farms | Seed | — | Feb 2021 |
 Harbr | Series A | $38.5M | Nov 2020 |
| Pollen | Series C | $60M | Oct 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator4 shared
Kindred Ventures4 shared
Molten Ventures4 shared
Crane Venture Partners3 shared
Entrepreneurs First3 shared
Octopus Ventures3 shared
Sienna Investment Managers3 shared
Northzone3 shared
Launch Africa Ventures3 shared
Grazia Equity3 shared
Enza Capital3 shared
Samaipata2 shared
First Round Capital2 shared
Motier Ventures2 shared
Acrew Capital2 shared
IQ Capital2 shared
Playfair Capital2 shared
Foundation Capital2 shared
Blockchain.com Ventures2 shared
L1 Digital2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026