Firms

VentureFriends

Athens, GR

venturefriends.vc

signal.nfx.com

goldi.ai

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.

Founded: —
Type: Venture capital

Team

Apostolos Apostolakis VentureFriends, managing_partner	$1M$330K – $2M	Greece
Fivos Tsoukatos VentureFriends, principal	$1M$330K – $2M	Greece
George Dimopoulos VentureFriends, partner	$1M$330K – $2M	Greece
George Karabelas VentureFriends, principal	$1M$330K – $2M	Greece
Pavlos Pavlakis VentureFriends, partner	$1M$330K – $2M	Greece
Alistair Owen VentureFriends, principal	$1M$330K – $2M	London
Michal Bas VentureFriends, principal	$1M$330K – $2M	Warsaw, Poland
Alexandros Lagoudakis VentureFriends, VP of Finance & Operations	—— – —
Anna Lauring VentureFriends, Associate	—— – —
Lily Joo VentureFriends, Venture Partner	—— – —
Maria Piotrowska VentureFriends, Senior Associate	—— – —

$4M2026-03-11	Sybilion	VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis
$13M2026-02-06	Capalo AI	VentureFriends, George Dimopoulos
$—2025-10-23	Capalo AI	VentureFriends
$—2025-07-30	Retab	VentureFriends
$—2025-04-10	Unosecur	VentureFriends
$—2025-01-21	MoneyHash	VentureFriends
$—2025	Unosecur	VentureFriends
$—2024-10-17	Edgee	VentureFriends
$8M2024-10-04	Barte	Force Over Mass Capital, VentureFriends
$10M2024-09-20	Simpler	MMC Ventures, VentureFriends
$—2024-06-06	Cube AI	VentureFriends
$16M2024-05-15	Harbor Lab	Atomico, Notion Capital, Speedinvest, VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis, Ben Blume
$16M2024-02-27	Embat	Creandum, Kilian Thalhammer, Peter Specht, Samaipata, Deutsche Bank, VentureFriends, 4Founders Capital
$20M2024-01-16	Carmoola	VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis
$—2023-09-01	Measur Oy	VentureFriends
$—2023-08-23	Embla	Founders Fund, SEEDS Capital, VentureFriends, Inovo.vc, Crowberry Capital
$—2023-01-25	BibeCoffee	VentureFriends
$—2023	Measur Oy	VentureFriends
$—2022-10-12	Almacena	VentureFriends
$37M2022-06-20	Huspy	Founders Fund, COTU Ventures, Chimera Capital, VentureFriends, Breyer Capital, VentureSouq
$110M2022-04-27	Spotawheel	VentureFriends, George Dimopoulos
$—2022-04-20	Strike Sh	VentureFriends
$—2022-02-17	Mediately	VentureFriends
$—2022	Mediately	VentureFriends
$—2021-11-30	Plum	VentureFriends
$—2021-10-20	Proportunity	VentureFriends
$5M2021-07-07	Agro.Club	Speedinvest, VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis
$—2021-06-01	Belvo	VentureFriends
$—2021	Factory14	VentureFriends
$—2020-09-15	Spotawheel	VentureFriends
$—2020-07-21	Plum	VentureFriends
$10M2020-05-28	Belvo	Founders Fund, Y Combinator, VentureFriends, MAYA Capital, Kaszek
$—2019-05-02	Plum	VentureFriends
$4M2019-03-20	Welcome Pickups	VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis
$—2019-03-05	Blueground	VentureFriends
$—2018-11-07	Home Made	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	Merx	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	Douleutaras	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	Valeria	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	Altan	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	FlexCar	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	MoneyHash	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	Edgee	VentureFriends
$—2026-09-08	Unosecur GmbH	VentureFriends
$—2025	Unosecur GmbH	VentureFriends
$3M2023-09-01	Measurlabs	VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis
$2M2021-10-21	Kitchenful	VentureFriends, Apostolos Apostolakis
$—2018-01-09	CityStasher	VentureFriends
$—Unknown date	NeuralTrust	VentureFriends

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