Nominate for Newcomer of The Year 🏆 and meet the winner in our virtual fireside chat 💬
Whether you’re an LP looking for the next outlier or a VC looking to see what the new generation of GPs are coming up with, this is the award to pay attention to.
Focusing on funds that have had their first close ‘23, this award is all about celebrating somebody that's built a fund that brings something new to European venture - be that a geography, a sectorial focus, a new method of investing, or even a new structure or format. And of course: someone who in doing so have built momentum around them and their new contribution to European venture.
This is not about the biggest and greatest. This is about, genuinely, a new fund that is bringing something new to European venture. Somebody who brings another brick in the wall of venture capital in Europe.
Chris Wade, Founding Partner of Isomer Capital
Click here to tell us who you think should be awarded Newcomer of The Year!🏆
Newcomer spotlights
Nominations are pouring in 🌊 Let’s take a look at some of the nominations we’ve already received!
Newcomer spotlight #1: Blume Equity
GPs: Clare Murray, Eleanor Blagbrough, Michelle Capiod
Nominated by numerous renowned LPs, the Blume Equity team has made a splash in 2023 coming to market with €200m target fund.
Truly, a rare type of VC with three female partners and a focus on growth stage European climate tech startups, the Blume team is backed by a world-class LP base counting strong foundations, pension funds and the European Investment Fund (EIF). Keep your eyes out for an upcoming eu.vc pod with the team on Apple & Spotify 🎧 .
Nominee spotlight #2: Moonstone
GPs: Jabopo Mele
Nominated no less than 18 times, Moonstone is heralded in the incoming nominations for their ability to commit early and investing with a founder-centric mindset and a dedication to back founders building innovations that target the world’s pressing and yet unsolved problems.
Newcomer spotlight #3: Underline Ventures
GPs: Bogdan Iordache
First solo GP fund in Eastern Europe backs Eastern European founders across verticals with a in-house support from its team and network of founders and operators. What is more, Underline is one of the few funds from the region backed only with private money all while the Ukraine war impacts the region providing a testament to the strength of the support Underline garners.
Keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming episode end of this month with Bogdan as well as one of their LPs Carlos E. Espinal, founding managing partner of Seedcamp. Stay inthe loop here or on Apple & Spotify 🎧
Newcomer spotlight #4: Black Seed VC
Founding team: Karl Lokko, Cyril Lutterodt, Yvonne Nagawa
Black Seed are a London based, first time fund empowering black founders building technology or technology enabled companies aiming for global influence. Black Seed raised a first close of £5MM in June 2023 from LPs such as Atomico, LocalGlobe and through partnerships with the likes of Google for Startups are building an impressive community that is bridging the gap between black founders and VC funding.
Let us know who you think should be awarded Newcomer of The Year by nominating here 🏆.
Join us for the Newcomer of The Year-fireside chat on June 13th 🗓️
Hundreds of new VC funds come to market every year. But only ONE will win Newcomer of The Year. This is your chance to meet the winner first hand 👋
Spotlight on Our Esteemed Sponsor
We express our profound thanks to Floww, the sponsor for the Newcomer Award. Their support has been crucial to allow us to acknowledge our new European VC Champions in style.
About Floww:
Floww is renowned for being the global end-to-end platform for the private markets, streamlining fundraising and investment on its financial infrastructure.
Their commitment to drive growth and innovation in the private markets by empowering VC funds, scaling companies, investors, banks and financial intermediaries resonates with the spirit of The European VC Awards.
Floww simplifies venture capital fund management with FlowwFunds, a full funds management solution which removes the friction and fragmentation associated with the private markets, on a single platform.
Engage with Floww: Explore more about Floww and their role in the venture capital community at https://www.floww.io/flowwfunds/
“It’s an honour for us at Floww to support The European VC Awards’ Newcomer of the Year category. We have great admiration for those, like us, that are dedicated to breaking new boundaries and building something new and unique in the European Venture space.” Martijn de Wever, CEO, Floww