Emerging VC Manager programme
We are co-initiating the first European accelerator for emerging VC managers. Our mission is to accelerate exceptional GPs towards closing their next fund and to strengthen the European VC ecosystem. BFP is supporting the selection of participants for the programme delivered by Mountside Ventures.
Overview
The 12-week free accelerator provides General Partners bespoke 1:1 mentorship and comprehensive fundraising support from Limited Partners and industry-leading Venture Capital funds, alongside LP matchmaking events across Europe.
Benefits to VCs
Built to fit alongside busy general partner’s schedules, successful applicants will receive:
- Warm introductions to LPs through a series of in-person events across Europe, including London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Helsinki, in addition to a curated list of international Limited Partners and family offices.
- At least 10 hours of 1:1 mentoring from Founding Partners behind some of Europe’s most notable VCs and LPs, including Dom Maier (Axa Venture Partners), Christian Stiebner (KfW), Christian Pedersen (Institutional Investment Partners Denmark), Hussein Kanji (Hoxton Ventures), Katya Almesque (OpenOcean), Fred Destin (Stride.VC) and Daniel Blomquist (Creandum).
- Structured content focused on LPs; with comprehensive guidance based on 200+ LP’s feedback and responses, optimised for face-to-face interactions.
- 1:1 coaching from VC mentors, at least 6 days of workshops delivered by fundraising experts over the 3 month workshop and a series of LP matchmaking events.
- More details on the programme available here.
- Warm introductions to LPs through a series of in-person events across Europe, including London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Helsinki, in addition to a curated list of international Limited Partners and family offices.
- At least 10 hours of 1:1 mentoring from Founding Partners behind some of Europe’s most notable VCs and LPs, including Dom Maier (Axa Venture Partners), Christian Stiebner (KfW), Christian Pedersen (Institutional Investment Partners Denmark), Hussein Kanji (Hoxton Ventures), Katya Almesque (OpenOcean), Fred Destin (Stride.VC) and Daniel Blomquist (Creandum).
- Structured content focused on LPs; with comprehensive guidance based on 200+ LP’s feedback and responses, optimised for face-to-face interactions.
- 1:1 coaching from VC mentors, at least 6 days of workshops delivered by fundraising experts over the 3 month workshop and a series of LP matchmaking events.
- More details on the programme available here.
Cohort of 2025
In total we received over 500 applications for the first cohort, making the selection of the first batch of 20 very challenges.
The funds in the first cohort are:
- Andrena Ventures – Backing the “Paypal Mafias” of tomorrow in Europe at pre-seed.
- Backtrace VC – Based in Munich, they invest in the fabric powering tomorrow’s technology infrastructure at pre-seed and seed.
- Belief Capital – Based in London, they invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies accelerating the transition into a future of abundance.
- Circle & Co – is a London-based pre-seed & seed fund investing in technology for consumer industries.
- Common Magic – invests in products with community at their core in Europe and opportunistically in the US.
- Course Corrected – an early-stage climate tech focused venture fund founded by three female GPs, based in Stockholm.
- Defiant – a tech-enabled VC fund based in London and Lisbon, leveraging in-house built software alongside deep thematic research to invest in Seed/Series A stage B2B SaaS and Fintech companies across Europe and the US.
- e2vc – they back founders from Eastern Europe & Turkey in the earliest stages, and bridge them to Silicon Valley to tackle global challenges.
- Endurance Ventures – Based in London, they invest in Pre-Seed/Seed Enterprise SaaS models in Europe, US, & Israel, with a specific focus on ex-unicorn spinout founders.
- Intuition VC – invests in consumer AI companies at pre-seed from Paris & NYC.
- Momentum Partners – Based in Bergen, Norway, they invest in ambitious climate tech companies at their seed stage.
- Mudcake – a pre-seed impact fund run by ex-founders investing globally in tech startups reshaping the food system.
- NP-Hard Ventures – Based in Amsterdam, they are an operator led early stage VC fund investing in technical, product-obsessed founders, creating the building blocks of tomorrow.
- Nucleus Capital – a sector-focused climate deep-tech VC providing the first capital to pioneers turning bold science into real world solutions.
- purple – Hyper-localized in France, agnostic and conviction-driven, they invest in contrarian pre-seed and competitive seed rounds.
- Terminus – Based in Prague, they invest in seed-stage startups across Central & Eastern Europe – a fund engineered to capture the region’s overlooked outliers.
- The Nordic Web Ventures – Based in Copenhagen, they are a Solo GP first-cheque fund focused on the Nordics.
- Andrena Ventures – Backing the “Paypal Mafias” of tomorrow in Europe at pre-seed.
- Backtrace VC – Based in Munich, they invest in the fabric powering tomorrow’s technology infrastructure at pre-seed and seed.
- Belief Capital – Based in London, they invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies accelerating the transition into a future of abundance.
- Circle & Co – is a London-based pre-seed & seed fund investing in technology for consumer industries.
- Common Magic – invests in products with community at their core in Europe and opportunistically in the US.
- Course Corrected – an early-stage climate tech focused venture fund founded by three female GPs, based in Stockholm.
- Defiant – a tech-enabled VC fund based in London and Lisbon, leveraging in-house built software alongside deep thematic research to invest in Seed/Series A stage B2B SaaS and Fintech companies across Europe and the US.
- e2vc – they back founders from Eastern Europe & Turkey in the earliest stages, and bridge them to Silicon Valley to tackle global challenges.
- Endurance Ventures – Based in London, they invest in Pre-Seed/Seed Enterprise SaaS models in Europe, US, & Israel, with a specific focus on ex-unicorn spinout founders.
- Intuition VC – invests in consumer AI companies at pre-seed from Paris & NYC.
- Momentum Partners – Based in Bergen, Norway, they invest in ambitious climate tech companies at their seed stage.
- Mudcake – a pre-seed impact fund run by ex-founders investing globally in tech startups reshaping the food system.
- NP-Hard Ventures – Based in Amsterdam, they are an operator led early stage VC fund investing in technical, product-obsessed founders, creating the building blocks of tomorrow.
- Nucleus Capital – a sector-focused climate deep-tech VC providing the first capital to pioneers turning bold science into real world solutions.
- purple – Hyper-localized in France, agnostic and conviction-driven, they invest in contrarian pre-seed and competitive seed rounds.
- Terminus – Based in Prague, they invest in seed-stage startups across Central & Eastern Europe – a fund engineered to capture the region’s overlooked outliers.
- The Nordic Web Ventures – Based in Copenhagen, they are a Solo GP first-cheque fund focused on the Nordics.
Mentor Selection
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