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Black Lion Ventures
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Black Lion Ventures takes a uniquely creative approach to Seed and Series A investing, focusing on visionary startups in the UK and EU fintech landscape — particularly fintech and specialist lenders across the UK and Northern Europe. As an evergreen vehicle backed by Black Lion Group (a family office based in Switzerland with offices in London), BLV invests with a long-term view and a flexible mandate unshackled from arbitrary constraints, striving to create value for all parties in its deal-making while actively partnering with its portfolio startups beyond just providing capital.
Notable quotes
“Black Lion mobilises its expertise and broad network to offer entrepreneurs much more than just capital.”
“Our flexibility gives us the edge. We're great at risk and return analysis and spotting the secret sauce.”
“Black Lion Ventures is very proud to lead Mintago's latest round with £3m investment.”
Team
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral Safe | Growth | $9m | 2024-12-11 |
| Mintago | Series A | $5m | 2023-09-25 |
| Cloudshim | Seed | $120k | — |
| Treasury Spring | Series B | — | 2023-06-21 |
| ThinCats | Unknown | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Love Ventures | 1 |
| Cur8 Capital | 1 |
| Balderton Capital | 1 |
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