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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

September 25, 2026

Antler doubles down on HIFI in its $37M Series A

Global

September 25, 2026

Fact Sheet about Antler

Global

August 12, 2026

Antler portfolio company Lovable raises $400M Series C at $13.3B valuation

Global

July 1, 2026

Dubai Founders HQ and Antler launch Entrepreneur Academy to help aspiring entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses

June 18, 2026

Dream raises USD $260 million Series C to build sovereign AI for governments, with Antler joining as investor

Global

March 12, 2026

PixVerse Joins the Ranks of Global AI Unicorns with Asia's Largest Funding Round in AI Video Generation

Japan

January 27, 2026

Antler Commits to Higher Initial Investment for Japan Entering 2026

Global

January 6, 2026

Antler Raises additional $510 Million within the Last 12 Months to Support Founders from Inception to Scale

Southeast Asia

December 17, 2025

Antler Unveils 2025 Disrupt Portfolio: Fourteen Startups Building AI That Actually Works

Global

November 18, 2025

Agentio Raises $40M Series B to Scale AI-Native Platform for Creator-Led Advertising

US

October 28, 2025

Sweatpals Secures $12M in Seed Funding from Patron, a16z speedrun, and HartBeat Ventures to Redefine Connection Through Fitness

US

September 26, 2025

Doorstep.ai raises USD 8M seed to solve last-mile fraud & boost efficiency

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Press coverage about Antler and our portfolio

June 13, 2023

Bloomberg IC Your Trade: The startup factory

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June 8, 2023

AFR: Wealthy families are backing start-up factory Antler with over $200m

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June 7, 2023

TechCrunch: Antler branches out from pre-seed to later-stage investing with $285M fund

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May 22, 2023

Forbes: Meet Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard Classmate Who Is Trying To Build A Global Startup Factory

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January 12, 2023

Entrepreneur: Femtech Startup Salad Raises $270,000 In Pre-Seed Funding

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December 12, 2022

AFR: Ex-KPMG, Atlassian employees launch carbon management start-up (Pathzero)

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November 15, 2022

Forbes India: Early to bet & early to rise: How Antler is changing early-stage investing in India

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November 9, 2022

Forbes: 8 Reasons Why Now May Be The Best Time To Build A Company—by Magnus Grimeland

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October 9, 2022

AFR: VC firm Antler sounds investors for new fund; $60m raise tipped

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September 15, 2022

Forbes: Antler India—Finding Steve Wozniaks for every Steve Jobs

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August 8, 2022

TechCrunch: 4 principles for building an MVP even if you can’t write a single line of code—by Magnus Grimeland

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July 17, 2022

Forbes: Five Strategies To Land A Deal Before You Launch

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