VentureFriends
About
VentureFriends was founded in 2016 by serial entrepreneurs Apostolos Apostolakis and George Dimopoulos in Athens to back early-stage scalable startups across Europe and MENA. The firm has raised three funds — VF1 (€20M, 2016), VF2 (€50M, 2018), and VF3 (€100M, 2021) — totalling €170M in AUM. It focuses on pre-seed through Series A investments of €330K–€2.8M in FinTech, PropTech, Marketplaces, TravelTech, and SaaS. With 83 portfolio companies, the firm has produced 2 unicorns, 1 IPO, and 10 acquisitions, with Blueground among its flagship investments.
Portfolio 1
- Blueground Startup · Athens
Team 1
- Apostolos Apostolakis Angel Investor · Athens Co-founder
Connection map
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Recent news
- VentureFriends raises $112M fund aimed at Southern Europe, Middle East and LatAm 2021-12-13 · TechCrunch