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Airbridge Equity Partners

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Airbridge Equity Partners is an investment firm providing flexible investment solutions to technology-driven companies in Europe. We partner with the founding teams of scalable and technology-driven companies seeking tailored solutions to achieve their next steps. Through a mix of capital, network, and know-how we try to support them in growing their business. Our entrepreneurial edge means we value strategic thinking as much as the nuts and bolts and know that progress rarely conforms to straight lines.

Our Sector Focus

Companies where technology is at the heart of what they do and critical to the problems they solve for their clients. Whether as an end-product or an enabling factor, as long as technological innovation is the critical component in providing tangible value.

We especially focus on companies with competitively defensible positions in B2B or B2C value chains in growing markets with a long-term outlook.

Our Stage Focus

Companies that have proven their commercial traction with locked-in revenue. We provide growth capital as well as replacements and have the ability to service a cap table over time. Our ticket size varies from EUR 1m – 5m initially with the ability to stay active over time.

Our Geographic Focus

As an Amsterdam-based investment firm, we support firms with their HQ and a significant portion of their operations in Europe, regardless of whether they end up venturing outside of it.

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