Itnig Capital

We invest from the earliest stages in ambitious founders building original technology to solve difficult problems with global impact.

Explore the investment process

How we invest

Initial investment: €100,000–€500,000
Total investment per company, including follow-ons: Up to €2M

We are typically the company’s first institutional investor. We welcome the opportunity to lead rounds and bring in other funds that share our investment judgment and vision.

What kind of founders do we back?

As early as we can build conviction

We look for early-stage projects. We can invest as soon as we can build conviction in the founding team’s commitment and capabilities, as well as the business opportunity.

Global ambition and difficult problems

We look for highly ambitious founders tackling unique, difficult problems with the ambition to make a global impact.

The ability to build original technology

We go deep into how the product is built, what sets the team’s technical ability apart and why that ability could help it win in a competitive global market. We look for genuinely new technology.

Independent thinking and a willingness to change

We value a deep understanding of the product and market, and the ability to see where technology is heading. We look for strong opinions, coupled with a willingness to listen and revise them in light of new evidence.

By your side, when you need us

We help technical founders with the more repeatable parts of building a company: fundraising, scaling go-to-market, strategic partnerships, and legal, financial and tax matters. We are available when founders need us.

We commit to standing by founders through good times and bad. To us, this commitment matters more than the fund’s financial return. The exception would be fraud or deception by founders, a situation we have never encountered.

Founders run the company. We do not take an active role in managing the business or sit on its board of directors.

How does the investment process work?

A recommendation
The first step is a recommendation from a founder in our portfolio, an Itnig analyst or an Itnig network partner.
A conversation with a partner
One of our partners meets the founding team and gets to know the project. Together, we explore the opportunity through a relatively short process, with timing depending on the project’s circumstances.
Investment committee, every Thursday
If the partner builds conviction in the opportunity, they present the project to the investment committee. The committee meets every Thursday and makes the investment decision.

Already have a recommendation? You can share your project’s information through the member community’s form. The form does not replace the recommendation that starts the process.

Open the project form