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As company builders we understand the intricate nuances of getting funds off the ground and have actively built multiple of them. We make sure you have everyone and everything you need to get started and consider ourselves part of your team.
Get funded
We are deeply embedded in the international eco-system of institutional investors and family offices and have a long track record of investing in funds. We are committed to bringing the funds in our portfolio up to scale.
What we offer.
Nineteen Twenty-One
Fredrik Debong
Meet Fredrik, rewriting the future of type 1 diabetes care - backing the boldest innovations in metabolic health through specialized capital and unparalleled sector expertise.
Inuka Capital
Gautam Shewakramani and Raj Sheth
Gautam and Raj leverage their operator-investor experience to back India’s most promising early-stage, capital-efficient startups serving the next 400 million users beyond major cities.
Robin Capital
Robin Haak
Meet Robin Haak, the founder-turned-investor behind Robin Capital, backing Europe’s most ambitious B2B SaaS founders.
Juniper
Jennifer Kan and Michael Luciani
Meet Jennifer Kan and Michael Luciani, the scientific and commercial minds behind Juniper Fund I, backing synthetic biology’s boldest climate moonshots.
Common Magic
Sarah Drinkwater
Meet Sarah Drinkwater, the visionary leader at the helm of Common Magic, a microfund with a laser focus on projects that put community front and center.
Don't Quit Ventures
Noa Khamallah
Allow us to introduce you to Noa Khamallah, a remarkable individual with a rich and diverse background who is enabling emerging market entrepreneurs.
5th Quarter Ventures
Tihomir Bajic and Pedja Predin
Pedja Predin and Tihomir Bajic, the driving forces behind FifthQuarter.vc, are poised to replicate the success stories that put Eastern European countries on the venture capital map.
Twin Track Ventures
Nicola Sinclair
Meet Nicola Sinclair, the visionary founder and managing partner of Twin Track Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm dedicated to backing deeptech startups serving both commercial and national security customers.
āltitude
Videesha, Marc and Ingo
Āltitude, led by Videesha Böckle, Marc Penkala, and Ingo Drexler, is revolutionizing the European venture capital landscape, championing B2B startups, and spearheading the digital transformation of SMEs, all while creating unparalleled value and innovation.
Dawnbox
Bunmi Adekore
DawnBox is a pioneering climate action venture-building fund targeting market inefficiencies in major African economies.
BOOOM
Felix Plapperer and Nicolaus Schefenacker
A hyper-collaborative & networked micro fund, backing Europe's B2B backbone of tomorrow - fuelled by Unicorn founders Felix and Nicolaus.
First Momentum Capital
Benjamin Ehrlich and Eric Ries
Meet First Momentum Capital: A first of its kind fund of funds built by and for the best emerging managers.
Fluent Ventures
Alexandre Lazarow
Meet Alexandre Lazarow, the visionary founder and managing partner of Fluent Ventures a next generation global venture capital fund.
Omni Ventures
Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman
Meet Omni Ventures—the Manufacturing Tech VC. Founded by industry pioneers Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman.
Flywheel Capital
Sam Lawson
Meet Sam Lawson, a pioneering force in venture secondaries, driven by a team that’s reimagining liquidity for the venture growth market.
1991 Ventures
Denis Gursky and Viktor Gurskyi
1991 Ventures is a bold seed-stage venture fund based in London, dedicated to forging a bridge between Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Ukraine, and the global startup ecosystem.
Earthling
Arian Ghashghai
Meet Arian Ghashghai, backing the architects of computing’s next era founders building at the intersection of AI, spatial computing, and robotics.
The Creator Fund
Jamie Macfarlane
Jamie Macfarlane with Creator Fund is unlocking Europe’s university innovation pipeline, backing PhD founders building tomorrow’s deep-tech giants from the lab up.
Blueprint Ventures
Huiting Koh
Huiting Koh and Blueprint Ventures are redefining Southeast Asia’s consumer landscape by backing founders who turn cultural insights into globally resonant brands.
Park Rangers Capital
Erica Wenger
Meet Erica Wenger, the contrarian GP behind Park Rangers Capital (PRC), a thesis led firm backing “elephant companies,” early stage startups that prioritize depth over scale, community over virality, and purpose led, build in public growth anchored in user trust.
Vanagon
Axel, Sandro and Susanne
Vanagon, led by Axel Roitzsch, Sandro Stark, and Susanne Fromm, is reshaping European climate DeepTech, closing the pre-seed gap across DACH and backing mission-driven B2B founders while rewiring industry, nature, and finance through a platform that pairs capital with partnerships and education, accelerating planet-positive outcomes from Munich to the world.
The Nordic Web
Neil S W Murray
Neil S W Murray is building the first cheque Nordic fund founders deserve, a $5M solo GP platform grounded in speed, candor, and first money wins that turn day zero startups into breakout companies.
Mindfulness Capital
Thomas Ao
Mindfulness Capital, led by Thomas Ao, is redefining Web3 venture, backing breakthrough infrastructure, tools, and consumer applications while channeling GP carry to philanthropy and scaling founders through an operating platform that spans incubation, technology, and go-to-market support, accelerating real-world social-impact outcomes worldwide.
Accessum Capital
Christian and Markus
Meet Accessum I: a DACH and CEE focused Seed to Series A fund backing digital transformation, health, and sustainability startups with a smart money platform powered by Gateway Ventures.
New Renaissance Ventures
Severin Zugmayer
Meet Severin, the solo GP at New Renaissance Ventures, backing the architects of culture’s next era, founders building at the intersection of AI, spatial computing, and the creative industries.
Who we are.
Michael and Felix have been friends and business partners for over a decade. They founded a company together and made every mistake worth making (and quite a few on top).
Together with Paula and Michael, they are committed to spending the next decades making the funds ecosystem more accessible, more diverse, more fun and more profitable.
Michael Ströck
Founding Partner
Michael is a passionate entrepreneur and fund investor. He has been an active venture LP for over a decade, as well as a founding partner and founding investor of multiple funds. Together with Felix, Michael leads the Allocator One Anchor Fund, invests in the best new fund managers all over the world.
Paula Schwarz
Cohort Partner (Anchor Fund I)
Paula is a true impact entrepreneur and investor. She built StartupBoat, one of the leading social incubators . Coming from a family business background, she helped to build funds around the globe and received a scholarship from 500 Startups to finalise her Investment Management Trainee at Stanford University.
Felix Staeritz
Founding Partner
Felix has a long track record as an entrepreneur and investor. He built and exited FoundersLane, the largest independent corporate company builder in the world, creating over €1B in portfolio value across Europe and the Middle East with top-tier entrepreneurs, investors and corporates.
Michael Hwang
Cohort Partner (Anchor Fund I)
Michael brings 25 years of experience in the tech industry. He's a software engineer, six-time serial founder, consultant, director, and professor. As chairman of the board of Bigbang Angels, Inc. he led investments in over 100 companies, leading to six exits, two IPOs and four more portfolio companies in the pre-IPO phase.
“At A1, we were challenged to go really deep. Who's our real network, what's our real edge, what do we really want to achieve?”
