Ignite: Investing into
the ecosystem

Our Fund portfolio
Cusp Capital Ignite is a distinct fund dedicated to investing in
regional- or sector-specialized early-stage VCs across Europe.
First Momentum Ventures
Karlsruhe, Germany
A fund founded by engineers and scientists, investing in European B2B deep-tech startups in domains like industrial tech, climate & energy, compute/AI.
SIVentures
Leipzig, Germany
Early-stage VC for software and enterprise tech companies with a focus on AI, IT infrastructure and energy.
NP-Hard
Amsterdam, Netherlands
European pre-seed fund investing in ambitious founders solving the hardest problems.
Ruya Ventures
London, UK
Deep-tech VC that backs founders from day zero with a focuses on battery technologies, semiconductors, novel computing, material science, robotics and AI.
Everyday Intelligence
Munich, Germany
An early-stage fund backing AI-native founders who apply modern machine intelligence to solve practical, everyday problems.
ScaleX Ventures
Istanbul, Turkey
Empowering founders from Turkey and the Turkish diaspora to build globally competitive deep-tech and B2B SaaS companies
Backtrace Capital
Munich, Germany
Investing in the building blocks of sovereign technology infrastructures.
Plus Partners
Barcelona, Spain
Launched by founders of Spain’s first unicorn Letgo, investing in pre-seed and seed tech companies across Southern Europe with thematic focus on health & nutrition, finance & property, and future of work & productivity.
Nucleus Capital
Berlin, Germany
Investing at the pre-seed stage into visionary founders rethinking food systems, programmable biology and industrial decarbonization.
TINY VC
London, UK | Berlin, Germany
Backing European tech startups with €200-250K checks at pre-seed, building a community of 1000+ founders since 2017.
Lucid Capital
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-based investment firm focused on AI-first technology companies from inception.
Purple
Paris, France
French early-stage firm backing exceptional founders from pre-seed through Series A across SaaS, e-commerce and tech-enabled business models.
Enzo Ventures
Madrid, Spain
Pre-seed fund backing tech-driven companies across Southern Europe that address the needs of the next generation.
Angel Invest
Berlin, Germany
Super-angel fund backing 75+ startups a year across Europe in early-stage rounds (pre-seed to seed) with hands-on founder coaching and a sharp focus on AI, fintech/crypto and deep tech.
Amino Collective
Berlin, Germany
Early-stage VC dedicated to empowering scientists and entrepreneurs in health, biotech, and synthetic biology across Europe.












