# Earlybird

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026
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Sifted data
September 25, 2026
Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026
From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups
Jonathan Sinclair
10 spots to meet founders and VCs in Berlin
List
August 19, 2026
10 spots to meet founders and VCs in Berlin
If you’re wondering where deals get done in Berlin, VCs and founders tend to crowd the same lunch spots and cafes in the Mitte neighborhood
Anne Sraders
Bek Ventures, formerly Earlybird Digital East, loses four investment team members in matter of months
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News
May 27, 2026
Bek Ventures, formerly Earlybird Digital East, loses four investment team members in matter of months
The high turnover comes after the firm rebranded and spun off from Earlybird Venture Capital in 2024
Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
Earlybird raising €500m defence fund with French investor AVP, sources say
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Exclusive
May 21, 2026
Earlybird raising €500m defence fund with French investor AVP, sources say
It would be a rare joint venture in the European VC ecosystem
Anne Sraders
Inside Earlybird’s succession plan to pass on the management company in 10 years
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Interview
April 3, 2026
Inside Earlybird’s succession plan to pass on the management company in 10 years
The firm will pass shares of the management company down to the younger generation of general partners for free — with a caveat
Anne Sraders
Can European VC portfolios weather a SaaSpocalypse?
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Analysis
February 20, 2026
Can European VC portfolios weather a SaaSpocalypse?
If older SaaS companies fail to compete with AI-native startups, it could leave VCs sitting on portfolios that aren’t growing at the pace LPs like to see
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders
Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts
News
December 10, 2025
Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts
U2V’s founders will remain partners at Earlybird, where they will manage existing portfolio companies
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Europe’s VC mafias
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Analysis
June 6, 2025
Europe’s VC mafias
Ranked for the first time: the firms creating the most VC offshoots
Amy Lewin and Anne Sraders

# Earlybird

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

10 spots to meet founders and VCs in Berlin

Bek Ventures, formerly Earlybird Digital East, loses four investment team members in matter of months

Earlybird raising €500m defence fund with French investor AVP, sources say

Inside Earlybird’s succession plan to pass on the management company in 10 years

Can European VC portfolios weather a SaaSpocalypse?

Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts

Europe’s VC mafias