Backed VC

www.backed.vc

Backed invests in frontier technology across three core themes: the future of healthcare, the future of finance, and the future of manufacturing. They lead seed rounds with ticket sizes between $500k-$5m, targeting companies with fundamental technological or conceptual breakthroughs.

Check Size

$500K - $5M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Healthtech, Biotech

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Investment Thesis

Backed VC is a human-centric seed fund that invests in Europe’s generational founders building frontier technology companies with global ambitions. They focus on early-stage investments where companies are building at the intersection of technical and engineering breakthroughs for near-term real-world applications. Their philosophy emphasizes community building, deep founder support, and doing European venture differently through a combination of capital and extensive post-investment support.

What Sets Them Apart

Extensive global events strategy with 40+ annual events hosting 4,800+ attendees in 2024, creating deep sector communities
Human-centric approach differentiated via community building rather than just capital deployment
LONDON BIO - dedicated techbio community convening founders, investors, and researchers quarterly
Immersive founder experiences including multi-day off-grid 'Journeys' retreats in locations like Morocco
High conviction approach: leading or co-leading 92-100% of their fund deals
Strong follow-on investment rate: 90% of portfolio companies close subsequent funding rounds, become profitable, or are acquired
96% win rate in competitive deals and 100% follow-on funding from Fund I
Scalable platform for post-investment support enabling founder journey from seed to Series A and beyond