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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.

    Their most common stage is seed (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $21.5M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    37

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    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

    49 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    UUnosecur GmbHSeed$5MSep 2026
    Sybilion logoSybilionSeed$4.2MMar 2026
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeries AFeb 2026
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeedOct 2025
    Retab logoRetabPre-SeedJul 2025
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MApr 2025
    MoneyHash logoMoneyHashSeed$5.2MJan 2025
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MJan 2025
    UUnosecur GmbHSeed$5MJan 2025
    Edgee logoEdgeePre-SeedOct 2024
    Barte logoBarteSeries A$8MOct 2024
    Simpler logoSimplerSeries A$10MSep 2024
    CCube AIPre-Seed$2.5MJun 2024
    Harbor Lab logoHarbor LabSeries AMay 2024
    Embat logoEmbatSeries A$16MFeb 2024
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A$19.5MJan 2024
    MMeasurlabsSeedSep 2023
    Measur Oy logoMeasur OySeedSep 2023
    Embla logoEmblaSeries AAug 2023
    BibeCoffee logoBibeCoffeeSeedJan 2023
    Measur Oy logoMeasur OySeedJan 2023
    Almacena logoAlmacenaSeedOct 2022
    Spotawheel logoSpotawheelUnknownApr 2022
    Strike Sh logoStrike ShSeed$5.4MApr 2022
    Mediately logoMediatelySeries AFeb 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Tesi4 shared
    DFF Ventures4 shared
    HEARTFELT_4 shared
    Leo Capital4 shared
    FJ Labs3 shared
    MAYA Capital2 shared
    Kaszek2 shared
    Speedinvest2 shared
    Endeavor2 shared
    NXTP2 shared
    AlleyCorp2 shared
    K5 Global2 shared
    RZC Investments2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026