BlackWood is a Copenhagen-based early-stage venture capital firm backing European founders in fintech, cleantech, and Web3. It leverages a network of over 1,000 angel investors alongside a technology-driven screening model.
Their most common stage is pre-seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $3.7M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
20
Fund Size
$25M
Top Stage
Pre Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
AS
Amanda Smithson
Managing Partner
JC
Joanne Clayton
Partner
MA
Martina Ashley
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Boundary Labs International | Pre-Seed | $2M | May 2026 |
| BBoundary Foundation | Pre-Seed | $2M | May 2026 |
 Rightcharge | Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 Paypercut | Pre-Seed | — | Jul 2025 |
 Particula | Pre-Seed | $5.5M | Apr 2025 |
| PParticula | Pre-Seed | $5.5M | Apr 2025 |
 Particula | Unknown | $5.5M | Apr 2025 |
| Hhybr | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| Particula | Pre-Seed | $5.5M | Jan 2025 |
| Particula | Unknown | $5.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Sidekick | Seed | — | May 2024 |
| PPROSPECT 100 | Pre-Seed | $750K | Aug 2023 |
 Qaptis | Pre-Seed | — | Mar 2023 |
 Snafu | Seed | $2.9M | Feb 2020 |
 Paypercut | Seed | — | — |
 Illuminem | Pre-Seed | — | — |
 IVM Markets | Unknown | $3.4M | — |
 Kapu | Series A | — | — |
 Trips | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | — |
| BBESIRIUS | Seed | — | — |
 Sidekick | Series A | — | — |
 Sidekick | Series A | — | — |
| Sidekick | Seed | — | — |
| Sidekick | Seed | — | — |
| Paypercut | Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Plug and Play Tech Center6 shared
SixThirty Ventures6 shared
Seedcamp5 shared
MS&AD Ventures5 shared
1818 Venture Capital5 shared
Tenity5 shared
Futury Capital5 shared
Vanagon Ventures5 shared
TheVentureCity4 shared
Octopus Ventures3 shared
private angel investors3 shared
BrightCap Ventures3 shared
Portfolio Ventures3 shared
Passion Capital3 shared
Concentric3 shared
Techstars2 shared
Galaxy Ventures2 shared
Koro Capital2 shared
Pact VC2 shared
Angel Invest2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026