Monte Carlo Capital

Soma Capital is a multi-stage venture capital fund investing in “software automating the world” across any sector or geography, with an emphasis on B2B SaaS, Fintech and some frontier tech. We are relentlessly driven to build a 100+ year franchise to seed and double down on the next trillion dollar technology companies that will impact billions of people and push humanity forward. We’ve invested in +20 unicorns now since launching 7 years ago, usually early and often the very first check. We aim to use the size and scale of our portfolio across all sectors and geographies to accelerate helping closing customers and cross pollinating insights for the next generation of diverse up-and-coming founders. We’re arguably one of the fastest growing “emerging VC’s” in the world and beginning to get recognition alongside the “greats.” We're a lean team in a fast paced environment - think “startup VC” we’re a fund built by founders for founders. We just closed our 3rd seed fund (one of the largest in the world) . We have over $1b under management now and are launching a Follow On fund as well for growth to double down in our fastest growing growth stage companies.

At Rota Tech Ventures, we fast-tracked our way into the tech investment scene, quickly earning a standout spot among asset management firms since our start in 2024. Specializing in high-potential B2B and B2C companies in sectors like Fintech, Mobile and SaaS, we're not just investors - we're partners in innovation. Our approach blends capital investment with a shared vision for success, boldly steering our portfolio companies towards market leadership. How We Work?Target Investment: We set ambitious goals to provide tech ventures with the capital they need for growth and success. Investment Strategy: Every chosen company receives our dedicated support, with flexible investments tailored to their unique needs. Our partnership is about collaboration, not domination. Time Horizon: We're in it for the long haul. Our fund covers a decade, reflecting our dedication to sustained growth and prosperity. Balanced Portfolio: Our strategy emphasizes prudent diversification. We limit investment in any single company, ensuring a well-balanced and risk-aware approach.

We are a family of investors, entrepreneurs, strategists and operational specialists, drawn together by our passion for helping B2B founders build category-defining companies. Dawn is Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor, with total commitments of $2bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to harness extraordinary teams, exceptional technology and scalable business models to create category-defining global companies. Dawn is an early-stage investor, backing companies from Series A and B, and continuing to fund the top-performing through growth rounds to exit. Its roster of investments includes Mimecast (formerly NASDAQ-listed, taken private by Permira in a $5.8bn transaction), iZettle (sold to PayPal for $2.2bn cash), Tink (purchased by Visa for $2.0bn), LeanIX (acquired by SAP), as well as current leaders, Collibra, Dataiku, Quantexa, amongst many others.

We invest at an early stage in exceptional SaaS and Cloud founders who are at the point of product market fit and are ready to grow fast and go far. If you have the ambition to lead your category or create a new one, and your product solves critical business issues with signs of real market potential, then we can support your journey. Deep SaaS and Cloud expertise. There’s never been a better time to invest in European SaaS and Cloud. We’re open to investment opportunities of any category, but we specialise in these areas: Cloud Computing The future won't be powered on technologies of the past – and it certainly won't be on-premise. The cloud is more widely used and continues to grow its capability and penetrate deeper layers of the enterprise. Computing Cloud companies provide enabling technologies and help their customers harness opportunities in front of them, often hidden in dense data and fragmented systems scattered across digital and physical locations. They’re often developer-first and product-led. Keywords: Datalakes, OSS, DataOps, MLOps, Dev Tools, API, Virtualisation, Containers, Encryption, Decentralisation, Kubernetes, NoSQL, Search Technologies, Serverless, Headless, Deep Tech, AI Portfolio examples: Element, FiveAI, Forest Admin, Scortex & Wercker. Modern Enterprise Modern enterprises want to innovate and deliver on digital transformation to stay relevant and remain market leaders. This requires continuous innovation to become more agile and efficient. Modern enterprise solutions are a critical layer of operational functionality which deliver better experiences to customers. Keywords: RPA, CX, WFH/WFA, BI, Cyber, Low code/no code, Mobile Portfolio examples: Acin, Apperio, BRYTER, Claimsforce, Dixa, Glofox, HeyJobs, NewVoiceMedia, Panaseer, TestGorilla, Topia, Tradeshift, Triptease, Upvest, Vizolution, Vortexa & Workable Industry OS Business leaders don't have time to waste on complex or dated software. They want to do everything in a single, OS-like solution along with a marketplace of partner apps to further grow and customise functionalities and embed payments. And users of those tools expect the software to be beautiful like their everyday consumer platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Uber. Keywords: Vertical Saas, T-shaped SaaS, Subscription + Payments, Passion Economy, B2B2C, D2C, Disintermediation of commerce Portfolio examples: Adfenix, Avrios, Brightpearl, Easol, Glofox and Mews. Future Finance The financial playing field is evening out as incumbents struggle to innovate and initiatives such as Open Banking and PSD2 enter the scene. We see a new wave of financial services and insurance products emerge to offer great user experiences and a new generation of products. Keywords: Payments, InsurTech, FinTech, DeFi, Open Banking, RegTech, Anti-Fraud, KYC, Compliance Portfolio examples: Currencycloud, Claimsforce, Dealflo, Demyst, Futrli, GoCardless, Paddle, Stable, Upvest and YuLife. Fulfil your potential. We strive to give founders what they need to succeed. We provide a platform of insights, networks and expertise that nurtures leadership, promotes talent and shares knowledge and learnings from across our portfolio to support founders on their extraordinary journeys. Founder-friendly principles. We believe how we behave is as important as what we do. Our team follows a set of guiding principles to keep everyone focused on the destination while having fun on the journey. Have fun, make money: For us there is no point in one without the other. We’re friendly and informal, but driven by a relentless hunger to win. We intend to deliver tremendous returns to our investors but have fun while we’re doing it. Challenge everything: We hold no regard for the status quo. Boundaries are there to be broken. We are open to challenge, and challenge openly, fueled by a belief in a diversity of views and a desire to learn. Do the right thing: We treat everyone the same and aim to show empathy and understanding to all, no matter our differences. We do what we say we will and expect the same in return. (ie Don’t be a dick). Play the long game: We aim to build powerful partnerships, lasting relationships and long term value. We don’t just invest in companies - we invest in people, in relationships and in the overall eco-system for the benefit of all.

We're a Copenhagen-based VC fund that specialises in providing seed funding for outstanding Danish startups. If you think VC is all about money, you’re wrong. We’re here on the mandate of our LPs to back founders that are able to form grand companies that solve some of the most important problems of our time and approx 70% of our portfolio converts to series A, which is well above the European standard among venture funds. We also participate in follow-up funding rounds syndicated with new international VCs. We have existed since 2004 and have raised close to €500M across 4 funds and 1 growth fund.. We raised €140M for our latest fund and have already made our first 11 investments with more to come. We take pride in helping our portfolio companies all the way to exit. We back exceptional Denmark-based founders all the way to exit. More than 70% of our companies convert from seed to Series A, making us one of the best-performing funds in Europe. We’ve made 60 investments, 10 exits and 5 IPOs over the past two decades and have just raised €140M for our next round. Come and grow with us. OUR STAGE: Seed - 12-18 months before Series A or early A-rounds OUR TICKET SIZE: €2-4M initial investment Is this the next category winner? It’s the first and most fundamental question we ask when considering any investment - and it’s why 70% of our investments convert to Series A. We gravitate towards solutions that ride the wave of underlying macro trends with transparency and/or user generated content. Our portfolio contains both consumer and Deep tech but the majority of our investments are within Fintech and SaaS. Actually, we’re the largest Fintech investor in Denmark. So what we really love...Team: Team is the numero uno driving force behind any startup success. For us, the perfect founding team are die hard executors with a bold and ambitious vision. We seek a strong mutual chemistry as - in our experience - it’s the foundation for a great long-term partnership. Early Customer Love: Being a late seed investor implies a true love for initial traction. While initial traction isn’t a guarantee of future success, it says something about your execution power and the initial product-market fit, both of which are important markers for us. Traction isn’t a uniform thing, but to give an example, we typically wouldn’t invest in a SaaS business before it reaches 50 KEUR MRR. Scalable Business: We invest in tech startups with the potential to reshape an industry, category, or vertical within 8-10 years. When investing, we understand that you’re not there yet but we still look for early signs of strong scalability - i.e. profitable repeatability. Timing: Timing (and also a bit of luck) are often key ingredients for success. We need to understand why the market needs your solution now? We love solutions that are built on strong forward-looking macro trends such as transparency, user-generated content, or you tell us. Deep Insights: There’s no ‘one’ way of building a category winner, but they are all rooted in tackling a unique and big problem. This often starts by having experienced the problem first-hand, or through substantial industry experience. We love founders who are extremely nerdy with the problems they solve. They have first-hand experience on the pain of their customers and know where the gain is. What typically makes us fall out of love...Business-to-government (B2G) - selling to the public sector A solution that solves low-priority problems - i.e. must be in top three for customer Solving overly time-bound problems - i.e. the problem becomes less relevant over time Inexperience combined with over confidence Homogenous founder team - though, we have invested in several solo founders 🤔 Not aware of what success demands in terms of organisation, product and commercial expertise Messed up cap table - Let's fix this together With you all the way Since 2004, we’ve made 60 core investments and doubled down on breakout companies like Dixa, Endomondo, Fullrate, Lunar, Templafy, Trustpilot, VEO and Vivino. To date, the companies that we’ve invested in have gone on to raise more than $2.6BN. When we invest, we invest far more than just capital. We know how to stay the course In almost 20 years of investing, we’ve lived through more than a few economic crises. We’ve invested in almost every type of industry and been on almost every type of venture journey. It’s this collective body of experience that is the essence of our value to you as a founder. We know which steps to take, which corners to cut, and when not to panic. A partner all the way to exit. We’re *not* spray and pray. We only ever invest in a few companies per fund and we have the time and money to help you to the finish line. Deep knowledge and a long-term commitment. We and our network of SEED Friends & Family have all been on the growth journey multiple times. We truly understand your business, share your vision, and will be by your side through the ups and downs. We collaborate with our founders on setting a strong board and management team. Someone you can confide in - both on what works and, even more importantly, what does not work. Close to founders. Proximity matters because it helps us build closer relationships with our founders. Plus it gives us the time and opportunity to have physical meetings when needed - some conversations are just easier face2face. The founder to CEO journey. We help the team grow from seed stage founder-centric team to a Series A mature management team (initial growth stage). Shape company for Series A. We re-engineer the process of raising a Series A and work methodically with GTM, metrics, unit economics, and a fundable team. We use our strong local network to help our companies find initial traction and make key hires. Raise next funding round. We have a strong network of international venture funds and we have worked with several of them for years. Furthermore, we have set aside a substantial amount of the fund for follow-on capital to provide you with a solid commitment going into the A round and beyond. Proven track record. Approx 70% of SEED Capital’s portfolio companies convert to series A, which is well above the European standard among venture funds, and a testament to our strategy of only investing in 3-5 new companies per year allowing an experienced team and capital to actually work with and support founders throughout their full journey. Join our #SEEDfamily. At times, the founder journey can be lonely. At other times, it can make you the happiest person on earth. With us, you’re not alone - you’ll be in great and mighty company.

UpHonest Capital is an early-stage venture capital based in Silicon Valley. We commit our investments to the most outstanding entrepreneurs and rapidly scaling early-stage startups, applying our considerable resources and networks to catalyze value creation. We are here to help and support game changers for the big greatness. Stage: Angel to Series A Investment Landscape: 500+ portfolios, 30 Unicorns Industries: ConsumerTech, Enterprise, Deeptech Sectors: New Brand, New Lifestyle, Creative Content, New E-Commerce, Productivity, vSaaS, DevTool, Robotics, Clean Energy, AgriTech, AI+ Featured Companies: Rippling, Instacart, Hims & Hers, Lime, Ironclad, Astranis, Boom Supersonic, Rescale, Dialpad, Checkr