Our purpose

Empowering groundbreaking tech startups through long-term partnerships and strategic support

Our track record

Innovation backed by experience

Since our inception, we have worked diligently to support our portfolio companies at every stage of their journey to achieve fast and sustainable growth, as well as scale their operations globally.

Follow-on
11Bn€

aggregated valuation of our portfolio companies

Follow-on investment
6x

average capital raised after our initial investment

Investments
190

participated investment deals

Founded
19

years from our inception

Exits
46

exited companies

Portfolio
27

active portfolio companies

Our investment thesis

Investing in technology today for the innovations that will shape tomorrow

We are a tech-focused Venture Capital fund investing in early-stage startups across Europe and the US.

Our mission is to scout and nurture visionary entrepreneurs with audacious ideas that have the potential to create a lasting impact.

Pre-Seed rounds of €1-4M

€0.5 - 2M first check size
(up to €15M incl. follow-ons)

B2B SaaS and Deep Tech with MVP and early market traction

Visionary, technical, and international team

Verticalization on AI, Cybersecurity,  Data, Infrastructure and DeepTech

Competitive advantage comes from strong technology or IP

Seed and Pre-Series A
of €2-10M

€1 - 5M first check size
(up to €15M incl. follow-ons)

B2B SaaS with market-tested solution and proven technology

Visionary, committed, international, and strong team

Competitive advantage comes from strong technology or IP

Geographic focus in Europe and the US

Early

Pre-seed to pre-series A

0.5 - 3M € initial ticket size

B2B SaaS and Deep Tech

Visionary, fully-committed, and international team

Competitive advantage and defensibility come from strong technology or IP

Geographic focus in Europe and the US

Growth

Pre-seed to pre-series A

0.5 - 3M € initial ticket size

B2B SaaS and Deep Tech

Visionary, fully-committed, and international team

Competitive advantage and defensibility come from strong technology or IP

Geographic focus in Europe and the US

Pre-seed to pre-series A

0.5 - 3M € initial ticket size

B2B SaaS and Deep Tech

Visionary, fully-committed, and international team

Competitive advantage and defensibility come from strong technology or IP

Geographic focus in Europe and the US

Our manifesto
Latest news

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8Layers

Jul 9th, 2026 - 8Layers extends its pre-seed round to €2.5M led by Criteria Venture Tech alongside Bankinter and Lanai Ventures

vLex

July 1st, 2025 - vLex, a Criteria Venture Tech porfolio company, was sold to Clio for $1 billion

ValidatedID

Jan 6th, 2025 - Signaturit join forces with our portfolio company, Validated ID

33N Ventures

Mar 31st, 2025 - Criteria Venture Tech partners with 33N Ventures, a Series A cybersecurity VC fund based in Porto

iPronics

Jan 30th, 2025 - iPronics raises €20M Series A led by Triatomic Capital with participation of Criteria Venture Tech

Scalestack

Dec 9th, 2024 - Scalestack raises $3M led by CriteriaVentureTech alongside Ripple Ventures, Geek Ventures, Sentiero, and others

Argilla

June 13rd, 2024 - Hugging Face acquires Argilla

The Iberian Venture Landscape

May 13rd, 2024 - Funding map of funds investing in Iberia, including VCs, CVCs, Accelerators, and Public and Regional funds

LLM Infra Stack · Market Map

Mar 28th, 2024 - A deep dive into the components and tools of the modern LLM infra stack in 2024