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firedrop
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firedrop is the angel fund by Pietro Invernizzi, backed by 150 top founders, angels, operators and VCs. The fund invests £100–250K first-check tickets in EU and US founders "as early as it gets" — exclusively at pre-seed, before companies are on the radar of even the earliest-stage institutional investors. firedrop's £8 million debut fund was built on Pietro's seven years of VC experience at Stride (running their First Check programme) and The Family (building Europe's answer to Y Combinator), with a mission to find and back the highest-potential European founders at inception, leveraging data-driven talent-tracking to identify rising founders before they launch.
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“He exclusively invests at pre-seed, and aims to find founders when it's 'too early' for other investors. firedrop usually has the first foot in the door with the highest potential founders, putting forward £100–250K initial tickets before they are on the radar of even the earliest-stage investors.”
“Pietro Invernizzi (firedrop) contributed insights on the state of Europe's pre-seed ecosystem, noting the UK's dominance and the growth of pre-seed funding across the continent.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hey Grand | Seed | $2m | 2026-03-26 |
| Getalpa | Seed | $1m | 2026-02-26 |
| Revox | Pre-Seed | $3m | 2026-01-16 |
| Jack & Jill AI | Seed | $20m | 2025-10-16 |
| Hive Robotics | Seed | $2m | 2025-09-11 |
| Omnea | Seed | — | — |
| incident.io | Seed | — | — |
| Tracebit | Seed | — | — |
| Maze | Seed | — | — |
| Qomodo | Seed | $37m | 2023-11-07 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Seedcamp | 2 |
| Creandum | 1 |
| b2venture | 1 |
| Daphni | 1 |
| Kima Ventures | 1 |
| Cherry Ventures | 1 |
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