Plural
Founded in 2022 by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Songkick co-founder Ian Hogarth, Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui, and Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi, Plural is a founder led early stage venture fund for Europe. The founding team collectively built Skype, Wise, Songkick, and Teleport, bringing deep operator experience to a market where only 8% of European investors are former founders. Plural leads rounds of €1m to €10m and has invested in 48 companies across six countries. Notable portfolio companies include Robin AI, Isometric, Proxima Fusion, and Phasecraft. Its largest investment themes are AI (31%), frontier tech (16%), and climate and energy (14%).
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Molyon
Molyon develops long-life lithium-sulphur batteries that deliver twice the energy density of current lithium-ion batteries, providing next-generation energy storage solutions.
Helsing
HiringHelsing is a Munich-based defence technology company focused on building AI-powered software and autonomous systems for military applications across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company has rapidly scaled from its 2021 founding to become one of Europe's most valuable defence tech startups, valued at €12B following a €600M Series D led by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's Prima Materia. Helsing has delivered thousands of strike drones to Ukraine, acquired aircraft manufacturer Grob Aircraft, and unveiled the CA-1 Europa autonomous combat aerial vehicle. It is a key player in European technological sovereignty and defence AI.
Isometric
HiringIsometric operates a science-backed carbon removal registry that verifies and issues high-quality carbon credits, employing over two dozen interdisciplinary scientists and maintaining transparent, publicly auditable records for durable carbon dioxide removal projects.
Olix
HiringOlix Computing is a London-based startup developing the Optical Tensor Processing Unit (OTPU), a new type of AI accelerator that uses photonics rather than traditional GPU architecture for AI inference. The company integrates photonics with an SRAM-based memory architecture, which it claims can outperform high-bandwidth memory systems in efficiency, throughput per watt, and overall cost. Originally registered as Flux Corp Ltd in March 2024, the company rebranded to Olix Computing. Founded by 25-year-old serial entrepreneur James Dacombe, who also runs brain-monitoring company CoMind, Olix has grown to over 70 employees and plans to ship its first products by 2027. Valued at over $1B.