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    Venture Friends

    Athens, GreeceFounded 2016

    VentureFriends is an early-stage European venture capital firm founded in 2016 by ex-founders and operators, headquartered in Athens, Greece. The firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages across Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, with sector focus on fintech, B2B SaaS, B2C, AI, cybersecurity, proptech, and climate tech.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 6 prior). Their most common stage is seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $22.4M (across 38 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    42

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Apostolos Apostolakis

    Apostolos Apostolakis

    Founding Partner

    George Dimopoulos

    George Dimopoulos

    Founding Partner

    Lily Joo

    Lily Joo

    Venture Partner

    Pavlos Pavlakis

    Pavlos Pavlakis

    Partner

    Fivos Tsoukatos

    Fivos Tsoukatos

    Principal

    George Karabelas

    George Karabelas

    Principal

    Alexandros Lagoudakis

    Alexandros Lagoudakis

    VP of Finance & Operations

    Maria Piotrowska

    Maria Piotrowska

    Senior Associate

    Anna Lauring

    Anna Lauring

    Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    68 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MSep 2026
    Sybilion logoSybilionSeed$4.2MMar 2026
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeries A—Feb 2026
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeed—Oct 2025
    Retab logoRetabPre-Seed—Jul 2025
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MApr 2025
    MoneyHash logoMoneyHashSeed$5.2MJan 2025
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MJan 2025
    Edgee logoEdgeePre-Seed—Oct 2024
    Barte logoBarteSeries A$8MOct 2024
    Simpler logoSimplerSeries A$10MSep 2024
    Cube AI logoCube AIPre-Seed$2.5MJun 2024
    Harbor Lab logoHarbor LabSeries A—May 2024
    Embat logoEmbatSeries A$16MFeb 2024
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A$10.3MJan 2024
    Simpler logoSimplerSeries A—Jan 2024
    Harbor Lab logoHarbor LabSeries A$16MJan 2024
    MMeasurlabsSeed—Sep 2023
    Measur Oy logoMeasur OySeed—Sep 2023
    Embla logoEmblaSeries A—Aug 2023
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A—Feb 2023
    BibeCoffee logoBibeCoffeeSeed—Jan 2023
    Measur Oy logoMeasur OySeed—Jan 2023
    Almacena logoAlmacenaSeed—Oct 2022
    Spotawheel logoSpotawheelUnknown—Apr 2022
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026