Bootstrap Europe is a Luxembourg-based venture debt firm founded in 2015 by Fatou Diagne and Stephanie Heller, providing non-dilutive growth debt financing to high-growth technology and life sciences companies across Europe and the UK. While headquartered in Schuttrange, Luxembourg, it maintains offices in London and Zurich.
31% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Average disclosed round size is $45.9M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
$138.7M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Fatou Diagne
Managing Partner and co-founder
Stéphanie Heller
Managing Partner and co-founder
Humphrey Nokes
Structuring Partner
Eleanor Davis
Client Services Associate
Toyosi Emmanuel
Finance and Portfolio Associate
Denise Trumpfheller
Head of Finance
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Animaj | Growth | — | Jun 2025 |
| Animaj | Unknown | — | Jan 2025 |
 Dexory | Series B | — | Oct 2024 |
 CyberSmart | Series B | $80M | Oct 2024 |
 ev.energy | Series B | $80M | Oct 2024 |
 Gen Phoenix | Series B | $18M | Jan 2023 |
 TransferGo | Series C | $50M | Jan 2021 |
 Habito | Series C | $45M | Aug 2020 |
| TransferGo | Seed | $2.5M | Jan 2020 |
| Habito | Unknown | — | — |
| CyberSmart | Series D | — | — |
| ev.energy | Series D | — | — |
 Boxy | Series A | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 27 September 2026