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    VentureFriends

    Athens, GreeceFounded 2016

    VentureFriends is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in Seed and Series A tech-enabled B2C and B2B startups. Their investment focus primarily targets marketplaces, SaaS, Proptech, Fintech, and Traveltech across Europe, MENA, and Latin America, with a strategy of providing hands-on support to founders.

    38% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.1M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    $170M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Apostolos Apostolakis

    Apostolos Apostolakis

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    24 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeries A$11MFeb 2026
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeed$3.8MOct 2025
    Edgee logoEdgeePre-Seed$2.7MOct 2024
    Barte logoBarteSeries A$8MOct 2024
    Simpler logoSimplerSeries A$10MSep 2024
    Cube AI logoCube AIPre-Seed$2.5MJun 2024
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A$19.5MJan 2024
    MMeasurlabsSeed$2.5MSep 2023
    Embla logoEmblaSeries A$10.8MAug 2023
    BibeCoffee logoBibeCoffeeSeed$2.1MJan 2023
    Plum logoPlumSeries A$21MNov 2021
    KKitchenfulSeed$1.9MOct 2021
    PProportunitySeries D$150MOct 2021
    Spotawheel logoSpotawheelSeries A$10MSep 2020
    Plum logoPlumSeries B$8.7MJul 2020
    Plum logoPlumSeries A$10MJul 2020
    Plum logoPlumSeed$4.5MMay 2019
    Blueground logoBluegroundSeries B$20MMar 2019
    Home Made logoHome MadeSeed$2.6MNov 2018
    CCityStasherSeed$1.1MJan 2018
    Edgee logoEdgeeUnknown
    Embat logoEmbatSeries A
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeries A$11M
    Carmoola logoCarmoolaSeries A$19.6M

    Top Co-Investors

    Tesi3 shared
    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development3 shared
    PROfounders2 shared
    AlleyCorp2 shared
    Global Brain Corporation2 shared
    Velocity Capital1 shared
    FJ Labs1 shared
    Serena1 shared
    InMotion Ventures1 shared
    K5 Global1 shared
    Datadog1 shared
    Dataiku1 shared
    Ventura1 shared
    Global Brain1 shared

    Last updated: 5 March 2026