Vanagon Ventures

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Investments in AI-Native & DeepTech founders across the DACH region, specifically in sovereign-edge technology within Industrial, Nature, and Digital Infrastructure sectors. They provide pre-seed to seed funding of up to €500k to fuel the journey to Series A and beyond.

Check Size

$0 - $500K

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Hardware, Industrials

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Investment Thesis

Vanagon believes that AI changes everything and the steepest value creation has shifted to the earliest stages. They reject legacy VC approaches that rely on SaaS playbooks unsuitable for DeepTech and avoid pre-seed investments. Instead, they are purpose-built to spot breakthroughs early and translate their potential into companies that create lasting impact, focusing on European DeepTech innovations that can create $1 trillion in enterprise value and up to 1 million jobs by 2030.

What Sets Them Apart

Purpose-built for pre-seed stage investing - most early-stage funds aren't built for pre-seed despite talking conviction
Non-legacy VC backgrounds - all Founding Partners come from non-legacy VC backgrounds and look for divergence, not familiarity
From Day One commitment - backing DeepTech founders from day one 'where the doubt, the risk, and the magic live'
Hands-on partnership approach - running dedicated WhatsApp groups with portfolio companies and providing support beyond capital
Specialized in DeepTech when legacy VCs avoid it due to SaaS playbook incompatibility
Built from the ground up by outsiders for outperformers, explicitly not replicating old VC models