Keen Venture Partners
www.keenventurepartners.comKeen backs fast-growing tech companies across Europe building software to upgrade Europe's real economy, and founders building the future of European defence and security. They invest from Seed through Series B with a thesis-driven approach grounded in long-term technology trends.
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Keen is ‘the radically human venture capital firm’ that prioritizes relationships and trust over purely financial metrics. They believe that ‘being in good company makes all the difference’ and invest time first, money later. Their approach emphasizes getting to know founders deeply, proving demonstrable value, and building long-term partnerships before capital deployment. They focus on European fast-growth tech companies at early stages (Seed to Series B) and emerging defence and security technology.
What Sets Them Apart
- Radically human approach - emphasis on relationships and trust over transactional deals
- Time-first investment model - shares network, experience and capabilities before investing capital
- 'Thesis sprints' process - structured deep dives into technology themes combining research, operator conversations, and expert input, treated as 'living documents' updated as they learn
- Strong conviction on European opportunity - deep roots in Europe's real economy from SME networks to C-level executives
- Operating experience - team includes founders and operators who understand scaling challenges
- Defence sector expertise - access to extensive network covering governments, NATO and industry through strategic advisory board of military leaders, policy makers and defence industry veterans
- Fair, fast investment process - transparent Series A term sheet template publicly available
Portfolio Highlights
Azumuta
Industrial Ai
Perciv AI
Ai Ml
Beekeeper
Saas Workforce
Gourmey
Foodtech
allO
Saas Restaurant
Feather
Insurtech
EvidenceHunt
Healthtech Ai
Lucinity
Fintech Compliance
+ 26 more companies in their portfolio
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