Capnamic

Breega is one of the fastest growing VC funds in Europe with more than €500M AUM. We built Breega to provide founders with the help we wish we’d had. Breega propels pioneering and purpose-driven founders from idea into impact. We closed our first fund in 2015 and now have €500m AUM and 70 trailblazing portfolio companies. Crafted for founders by founders, we built Breega to provide start-ups with the help we wish we'd had. And we’ve created an investment proposition that’s purposefully designed. We call it full stack funding: providing capital and connections, expertise and experience, support and solidarity for entrepreneurs at every step of their journey. We invest across Europe through our 3 offices in Paris, London and Barcelona, focusing on pre-seed to Series B stage. We believe in a future where tech entrepreneurship has catalysed universal prosperity – so we decided to build a different kind of VC. Build by Founders. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we’ve been through the highs and lows of founding, failing, fundraising and flourishing. We built Breega to provide founders with the help we wish we’d had. For Founders. We wanted to “Bridge the Equity and Experience Gap” (hence the name Breega) – and fulfill the lack of operational expertise we saw in VC at that time. Breega began investing in 2015. We now have 70+ trailblazing startups in our portfolio. Our purpose today. To propel pioneering and purpose-driven founders from idea to impact.

By co-investing Mozaic Investors is increasing the chances for each stakeholder to gain from being part of the syndicate. Investors gain by diminishing the high risk related with investing in new ventures and by increasing their portfolio diversity by being exposed to high reward opportunities. Startups gain from the opportunity to raise money in underserved markets where venture capital is limited and in very early stages of the company. They also gain from the vast network of experts and successful entrepreneurs that are part of the syndicate thus increasing the potential on the investment with the smart money. Mozaic is a response to a couple of important problems that the startup ecosystem in Moldova and in the region is facing. The Investors Perspective. Lack of startup investing knowledge: Investors, especially in Eastern Europe, are not used to invest high-risk capital with the awareness that they can lose everything invested and the understanding that they have to keep the founders motivated enough because they are the ones developing the products thus investors should take only a small share of equity. High-risk investing alone: Not having a validation process for the startups usually leads to risky bets that investors take. The limited deals they are exposed to, contribute to decisions when they chose only from what they can evaluate. Not knowing other investors that can share the risk with them decrease the performance of their investments, thus not incentivizing the investors to keep investing. Lack of legal framework: The high cost of legal work regarding an investment makes investors to restraining investing in startups. Unclear rules, unprivileged legislation for investors are not something that an investor can change alone. There should be a common action and suggestions made to the legislative body. Lack of startups deal flow: Diversifying the portfolio require an increasing number of investible startups to choose from. An individual investor has no time and means to know all the startups there are in the ecosystem that are looking for investment thus exposing himself only to the direct approaches. The Startups Perspective. Lack of venture capital: By venture capital we are referring to alternative financing when startups are raising capital from private investors where no other financial institution are ready to finance the initial ideas and startups. Traditional financial institutions usually require more financial data, guarants or other indicators that a newly formed entity simply do not have. Thus founders are unable to support the developing teams and launch the products. A venture capital is not a loan and investors are aware that they can lose it. Also the founders are not tied to reimburse it the in case of failure, thus incentivising more founders to work on more ambition and rewarding projects not putting themself and their families in debt. Founders not owning the company: By investing the most of the money or all the money in the startup traditionally is expected the investor to have the majority of the social capital and voting rights on the matters regarding the activity of the company. This fact is not helping the founder to feel that he is in charge of the company thus he is losing motivation and is not engaged enough to achieve the company’s goal. Lack of smart capital: By accessing the capital from investors, founders also gain the access to investors that are experienced entrepreneurs and connected people that can advice or introduce the founders to potential clients. Ethical money: By promoting the highest standards of ethics throughout the investment cycle, the investors must act with integrity and respect while dealing fairly and objectively with the founders. The ambition is to help early stage companies become industry-defining and sustainable businesses. The Ecosystem Perspective. Not fully functional ecosystem: By covering to a good degree the other components of the startup ecosystem like Infrastructure (coworking, prototyping facilities) and Knowledge (know-how, conferences, events) there is a lack in continuity and sinergy in startup creation process. Not having the Capital and Legal components of the startup ecosystem makes the other components unproductive. Startups looking to other countries or even moving to pursue their goals. High levels of uncertainty: Startup world is known by having a high dose of uncertainty, but by adding to this the fact that founders do not know how they will finance their startups or the next steps in scaling, they have anxieties that keep them from starting in the first place.

Wir unterstützen frühphasige, innovative B2B Hightech Startups auf dem Weg zum erfolgreichen Unternehmen. Unser Fokus liegt auf der Investorensuche, dem Gewinnen von ersten Kunden und dem Coaching in allen Bereichen, die für Gründer:innen und den Erfolg ihres Startups wichtig sind. Sie profitieren dabei von unserer Erfahrung aus der Begleitung hunderter Gründungen und mehr als zehn Jahren Expertise im Startup-Support. Wir bringen unser stetig wachsendes Netzwerk an Co-Foundern, Coaches, Investor:innen und potentiellen Kund:innen ein und investieren in ausgewählten Fällen auch selbst. Unser Erfolg ist der Erfolg unserer Startups!

Wir investieren in erfolgsorientierte Gründer, die weltverändernde Technologien einsetzen um disruptive Lösungen zu entwickeln und helfen ihnen durch Kapital, Know-how und Netzwerk zu wachsen. Early-Growth Startups Wir fokussieren uns auf Early-Growth Technologie-Startups vorrangig ab der Series A, die über ein Proof of Concept verfügen und mit einem innovativen Geschäftsmodell erste erfolgsversprechende Traktion im Markt aufzeigen können. Diversifikation Grundsätzlich schauen wir uns eine weite Bandbreite unterschiedlichster Unternehmen an und agieren dabei branchenunabhängig. Ausgenommen sind die Bereiche Pharma und BioTech, die wir aktuell nicht abdecken. DACH Region Wir möchten unseren Startups möglichst nahe sein. Um unser Netzwerk effektiv und zielorientiert einsetzen zu können, fokussieren wir uns mit dem aktuellen Portfolio auf die DACH Region.

Brinc is a different breed of venture capital and accelerator firm. Core to our business is our belief that some of the world’s biggest challenges can be solved by entrepreneurs, who we like to call GAME CHANGERS. More game changers will make a positive impact on the world if they are given the right backing. And that’s what we’re here for. To support and mentor founders and their teams from across the world and provide investment to help them grow. Today, we believe that technology focused startups, with the right backing and support can fundamentally change how we move, what we eat, how we feel and where we live for the better. Accelerators We run global accelerator programs to help founders solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Funds We invest into Pre-Seed to Series A startups through Partners Funds and our own funds: BrincArtesian & Arkley Brinc VC. Partners We help ecosystems think and act like disruptors by engaging with startups to achieve their long-term innovation objectives.

We invest up to $500K in the earliest stages of your venture and love being your first money in. Engaged community Leverage our diverse network to find the right mentors to help you think through GTM, product development, organization building and more. Accessible 24 x 7 x 365 No cohorts, no programs. Engage continuously with specialists to uplevel design, engineering, product, marketing, HR and more as you scale.