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Antler is the world's most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional people from inception to global scale.

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Antler is where founders come to go further, faster. Antler is the world’s most active early-stage investor and most active investor into AI startups globally, backing exceptional people at the very start of their journey—and supporting them from inception to scale. Across more than 25 cities worldwide—including New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Dubai, Bangalore, Singapore, Seoul, and Sydney—the firm helps founders remove the barriers to building by connecting them with world-class peers, validating business models, and providing initial capital. To date, Antler has backed more than 2,500 startups globally, including five unicorns: Airalo, Lovable, Pixverse, Dream and micro1. For founders who go on to build breakout companies, Antler Elevate—the $285M emerging growth fund—invests beyond the early stages, managed through offices in London, Singapore, New York and San Francisco.

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Fast facts

$26B

Total portfolio value

2500+

Portfolio companies

12,000+

Founders supported

2018

First investment made

33%

Portfolio companies with woman co-founders

100+

Nationalities represented in the portfolio

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PRESS RELEASES

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Global

June 7, 2023

앤틀러, 전 세계 창업자들을 위한 지속적인 지원을 위해 2억 8,500만 달러 규모의 VC 펀드 조성 "Antler Elevate"

Global

May 24, 2023

ANTLER’S FIRST GLOBAL REPORT REVEALS BREADTH AND STRENGTH OF PORTFOLIO

Global

April 23, 2023

Former Y Combinator Partner Aaron K Harris joins the Antler Advisory Board

Global

June 20, 2022

Former Chief Revenue Officer of Facebook David Fischer joins the board of Antler

Global

October 5, 2021

Antler recruits former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Sheila Patel, to board

Global

January 29, 2021

Northzone co-founder Karl-Christian Agerup joins Antler as Global Partner

Global

January 18, 2021

Former Goldman Sachs APAC CEO Ken Hitchner joins Antler Global Advisory Board

Global

October 8, 2020

Baillie Gifford’s James Anderson joins the Antler advisory board

Singapore

July 21, 2020

Antler bolsters its board as WeWork veteran Ole Ruch joins its ranks

Global

August 15, 2019

Antler strengthens Global leadership team with two appointments

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