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Element Ventures (now 13books Capital)
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Element Ventures (now 13books Capital) is a European specialist fintech investor focused on backing bold founders transforming the financial technology landscape. The firm partners with Europe's best fintech founders with ambitions to scale globally, investing in B2B financial enterprise technology businesses. Their core thesis centers on building lasting relationships with founders rather than making transactional investments, believing that meaningful change takes time. They operate a high conviction investment strategy, investing in a small number of companies (around 15 portfolio companies total) to ensure they can provide full support. Investment areas include banking-as-a-service, payments, insurtech, asset management, infrastructure, embedded insurance, lending, KYC, digital identity, and open banking.
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“When we created Element Ventures, we believed that a sector-focused, founder-focused venture platform was what Europe's B2B fintech entrepreneurs needed. This has been validated by both founders and LPs. We've been able to build a platform for fintech founders, backed by fintech founders, that will help to scale transformative businesses in the industry.”
“B2B fintech is one of the most exciting opportunities in the tech industry, with incumbents facing huge challenges to digitise and talented entrepreneurs ready to compete. We've already backed some incredible businesses and we're looking forward to discovering the next-generation entrepreneurs that are rising to this challenge.”
“At Element Ventures, we're connecting founders with the capital and expertise they need to build the financial enterprise technology of tomorrow, giving the entrepreneurs access to this brilliant platform. We understand the journey these companies need to navigate to be successful. There is so much potential for change in this industry and we're excited to be a part of it.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model ML | Series A | — | — |
| Seapoint | Seed | — | — |
| Blockbrain | Series A | — | — |
| Bitstack | Series A | — | — |
| Minna Technologies | Series B | — | — |
| Token | Series C | $43m | 2022-05-12 |
| Coincover | Series A | — | — |
| Hepster | Series A | — | 2023-07-10 |
| Billhop | Series A | — | — |
| Banxware | Seed | $50m | 2022-01-12 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Cota Capital | 1 |
| D4 Ventures | 1 |
| Seventure Partners | 1 |
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