GrowthCap Ventures

Across Ventures is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm that seeks to invest in top-tier micro VCs across frontier technology domains. We empower exceptional micro VC General Partners and their portfolio companies who we believe are enabling the future of innovation — from AI to blockchain to deep tech — while fostering strategic connections with leading Japanese limited partners (LPs). By bridging Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial dynamism with Japan's industrial excellence, we seek to drive meaningful cross-border collaboration and long-term value creation. What We Focus On Seeking to Invest in Exceptional Micro VCs: Seeking to invest in and partnering with top-tier micro VC GPs focused on next-generation technologies and global impact. Enabling Cross-Border Open Innovation: Building bridges between the world's most innovative startups and Japan's forward-looking corporates to co-create the future.

We believe that to unlock the profound potentials of AI, a collaborative approach is needed. With our Venture Studio, we are orchestrating the category leaders of tomorrow. How we build After years of research in the field, we have cultivated an integrative approach to building AI ventures. Including all relevant stakeholders during each step of the way. From ideation up until Series A, our process ensures that you as a Founder is best equipped to build a venture that will form a lasting impact. ‍The 5 pillars on which we build AI ventures To bring AI from research into practice, there are five key challenges that need to be overcome. We have cultivated a setup that enables you as a Founder to master these challenges, in order to build the category leading venture of tomorrow. 1. Team We are the leading employer for AI in Europe, attracting both junior and senior as well as generalist and specalist talent from all over the world and thus enable you to assemble a strong team from day one. On average, our ventures see 50+ applicants per engineering hire We ensure that you can assemble diverse teams from around the world Our hiring processes include cross-interviewing with experts and onsite days to help qualify candidates 2. Validation We believe that even the greatest ideas require a very strong initial go to market. This is why we push you in getting a commercial signal from the market fast and provide sparring in validating your product and technical angle. We connect you with external experts, potential costumers and open doors to win the first pilot projects Get proof and sparring from our engineering team to validate your venture case from a technical perspective Our validation process challenges you to answer the right questions and the right time 3. Financing Setting you up for a strong scaling phase, we will invest in the pre-seed and seed rounds of your venture - and connect you with strong other investors. Pre-Seed and Seed round investments by Merantix Use our network to approach the right investors for your deeptech venture Fundraising prep and coaching through us and external experts 4. Network Your Founders journey starts at Merantix, and our community will follow you far beyond that. Exchange with our Founder community to navigate hard times, build resilience, and develop leadership skills Receive mentoring and invest in your personal growth during our bi-annual Founders Retreats Establish your personal network and enter Berlin’s leading network of visionary entrepreneurs 5. Collaboration At the core of our venture studio principle lies collaboration. We believe that by sharing and collaborating we can unlock the real potentials of AI. Open research agreements between our ventures - meaning we share code, contracts and know-how Access our proprietary tech-stack for rapid prototyping and co-work with any experts in our network Engage on our AI Campus Berlin for inspiration, co-creation, talent acquisition and more

We back AI native B2B startups founded by Indian origin entrepreneurs. We’re not here for tweaks - we’re here for takedowns. $250K–$1M checks at pre-seed or seed, with follow-ons as you scale. If you're rebuilding from first principles, we’re in.

We invest in early stage AI & Deeptech companies from the Middle East, Europe and North America to accelerate the transformation of our region’s economies. Since 2018 we have invested in 13+ companies with a global footprint, and worked with advisors, partners and co-investors from across the world.

As an AI-first investment firm, we chose the name Moivre (pronounced mwahv) to honor the legacy of French mathematician Abraham de Moivre, a pioneer of modern probability theory and complex mathematics. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for today's predictive science. That legacy reflects our core philosophy: combining analytical rigor, probabilistic reasoning, and AI-driven insights to navigate uncertainty and make precise, data-informed credit investment decisions. Moivre's Edge Flexible venture debt solutions tailored to the unique needs of high-growth startups. Full Stack Capital Expertise: Partners bring diverse experience across investment banking, venture advisory, and startups - combining deep network access with capital structuring expertise to deliver strong, risk-adjusted returns. AI-first Sourcing and Underwriting: We use proprietary sourcing and credit scoring tools to surface top opportunities early, combining credit fund discipline with venture agility for smart, risk-aware deployment. Strong Sector Understanding: The team brings decades of experience in deeptech, software, and fintech - structuring complex deals across growth stages. We underwrite with institutional rigor, deploy with speed, and operate with a founder's mindset.

We focus on digital business, AI, deep tech, and asset-light IOT. We offer extensive support to those who try the impossible. With the strong backing of our family office investor, we're on a mission to become one of Europe's most successful early-stage VCs. Born in Heilbronn, Germany, we were formerly known as ZFHN / Born2Grow and re-invented ourselves in 2023 to pursue this new mission.