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Odyssey Ventures
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Odyssey Ventures is a transatlantic VC firm headquartered in London with an office in San Francisco, founded by serial founder-operators Ali Mitchell (ex-EQT Ventures) and Michelle Robson (ex-AP Ventures). The firm backs the most ambitious early-stage European founders building at the intersection of AI and Deep Tech — spanning manufacturing, chemicals, energy, neurotechnology, and health — who want to compete globally from day one. Odyssey operates a European-focused Seed fund (Fund I, ~$75M targeting 20–25 core positions) and a transatlantic Growth fund, providing hands-on board-active support and a dedicated 'land & expand' platform in San Francisco to help founders compress the journey from European proof-of-concept to US-scale. Its mission is to close the persistent valuation and funding gap between European and US startups by delivering US-style venture capital, operational depth, and an unparalleled transatlantic network.
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“Markets that have so far been relatively untouched by digitisation can now grow at software speed, faster and more efficiently than ever before, enabling start-ups to do in 10 months what previously took 10 years – creating unheard of value for the long-term. Odyssey is the VC for those founders.”
“I can honestly say it was one of my best decisions to partner with Ali. He knows first-hand what it's like to build a company and he brings some of the best operating insight on our board to the table. Every investor talks about working for you, but Ali truly does so. He pushes me...we'd be doing 20% less revenue today without his advice.”
“One of the luckiest things for Amogy was getting to know Michelle as the first investor and working side-by-side to build the business together. As a first-time founder, I relied on her guidance and insights. Whenever we encountered difficult challenges, she was always available and her support was truly founder-oriented. It would have been impossible to build Amogy without her.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Engineering | Seed | — | 2024 |
| Viridi (ViridiCO2) | Seed | — | 2024 |
| Axo Neurotech | Pre-seed | — | 2025 |
| Potential Sciences | Pre-seed | — | 2025 |
| Handshake | Series C | — | 2021 |
| Amogy | Seed | — | 2021 |
| Pleo | Seed | — | 2018 |
| Beamery | Seed | — | 2017 |
| Aether Fuels | Series A | — | 2022 |
| Unmind | Series B | — | 2022 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Sequoia Capital | 1 |
| AP Ventures | 1 |
| EQT Ventures | 1 |
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