Creator Fund

Creator Fund is a UK-based venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed stage in European startups originating from universities and led by scientific founders. Founded in 2019, the fund writes first cheques of up to €1 million and typically engages at the earliest point in a company's development, backing founders with deep subject expertise - commonly PhD students, students, professors and recent graduates.

The firm concentrates on three technical domains: artificial intelligence, deep technology and biotechnology. Its stated premise is that the largest questions facing humanity require invention rather than incremental change, and that the researchers and domain experts working on those problems are well placed to commercialise them. Verticals extend to university spinouts and the commercialisation of scientific research more broadly.

Beyond capital, Creator Fund supports portfolio founders through fundraising preparation and an investor network intended to help them raise subsequent rounds. The fund also operates a university presence and student investment programme across leading university campuses in Europe, extending its sourcing and partnership model beyond a single geography.