BACKED VC
European seed-stage venture firm founded in 2016, investing $500k-$5m in frontier technology founders and supporting them with events, sector communities and post-investment networks.
BACKED VC is a European seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki. It describes itself as a human-centric fund focused on backing ambitious founders building frontier technology companies with global relevance. The firm leads or co-leads early-stage rounds, with typical investments of $500,000 to $5 million, and has made more than 100 investments to date.
Sector focus spans frontier technology, fintech, blockchain, healthcare technology and manufacturing technology, with portfolio patterns across healthcare, finance and manufacturing. The firm's stated approach is to back people and engineering breakthroughs early, and to support portfolio companies from seed and beyond through a post-investment network.
Beyond investment, BACKED operates a global events programme and sector-focused communities that connect founders, investors and entrepreneurs. Geographic presence covers Europe, with activity and network reach extending globally.