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.

AUM
+300M

Assets Under Management (AUM) in €

Follow-on investment
6x

average capital raised after our initial investment

Investments
92

Companies invested

Founded
2002

year of our inception

Exits
34

exited companies

Portfolio
24

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)

From foundational idea to live MVP

Lead or co-lead investor

Focus on AI, Cybersecurity, Data, Sofware infrastructure and DeepTech

Focus on Spain and Portugal or companies with iberian roots

Seed rounds of €2-10M

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

Market-tested solution and proven technology

Lead, co-lead or follower investor

Focus on AI, Cybersecurity, Data, Sofware infrastructure and DeepTech

Geographic focus in Europe and occasionally 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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Criteria Venture Tech

July 13th, 2026 - New €300M fund announcement

8Layers

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

Cybersecurity Research

Apr 22nd, 2026 - Offensive Security Market Map

PLD Space

Mar 4th, 2026 - PLD Space raises €160M Series C led by Mitsubishi Electric

Barbara

Feb 18th, 2026 - Barbara raises a strategic round led by Aramco Ventures

Wallapop

Jan 30th, 2026 - Wallapop acquired by Naver for €600M

Build38

Jan 14th, 2026 - Build38 acquired by OneSpan

Cybersecurity Research

Nov 25th, 2025 - AppSec Autoremediation Market Map

vLex

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