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Earlybird Venture Capital
Venture Capital · Founded 1997 · Berlin, Germany
News
ColibriTD closes €4m seed round for quantum simulation platform
Aug 27, 2026
Analysis
European VCs are raising new funds at close to the 2022 record pace
Aug 14, 2026
News
AVP and Earlybird launch E2D, a €500M European dual-use and defence growth fund
Jun 18, 2026
News
Earlybird closes its largest fund at €360M to bet on Europe's deep tech moment
Apr 30, 2026
Earlybird Venture Capital’s biggest current holdings.
Earlybird Venture Capital is a named shareholder in 5 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $1.3B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 5 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.
N26
$630M
10.5% of $6.0B
Aiven
$300M
10% of $3.0B
Payhawk
$186M
18.62% of $1.0B
Isar Aerospace
$125M
10.5% of $1.2B
Onefootball
$90M
9% of $1.0B
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N26
10.5%
$6.0B
$630M
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Aiven
10%
$3.0B
$300M
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Payhawk
18.62%
$1.0B
$186M
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Isar Aerospace
10.5%
$1.2B
$125M
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Onefootball
9%
$1.0B
$90M
Estimated value = Earlybird Venture Capital’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →
Where Earlybird Venture Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 190 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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Germany116
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USA37
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UK18
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Switzerland16
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France10
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Ireland5
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Italy5
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Belgium3
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Finland3
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Spain3
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Sweden3
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Austria2
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Enterprise Software58
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Health52
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Fintech34
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Marketing15
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Transportation14
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Energy12
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Semiconductors12
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Real Estate11
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Media10
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Home Living8
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Food7
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Legal7
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Series A82
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Seed80
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Series B+25
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Early Growth108
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Breakout Stage84
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Late Growth34
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Mature7
Inside Earlybird Venture Capital’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 190 tracked.
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VoWhere Earlybird Venture Capital’s portfolio founders come from.
166 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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Germany83
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United States16
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Switzerland15
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France12
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United Kingdom12
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Spain6
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Türkiye4
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Austria3
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Slovakia3
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Finland2
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Technical University Munich26
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ETH Zurich9
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Technical University of Darmstadt6
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University of Heidelberg6
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
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Munich Center for Digital Technology and Management5
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Georgia Institute of Technology4
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Humboldt University of Berlin4
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Technical University of Vienna4
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University of St.Gallen4
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McKinsey & Company7
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Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication5
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IBM4
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Technical University Munich4
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Alphabet | Google3
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Bain & Company3
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BMW Group3
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French National Centre for Scientific Research - CNRS3
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Intel Corporation3
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Intel NAND Memory Unit3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
Key people at Earlybird Venture Capital.
