ANTLER
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ABOUT ANTLER:
Antler is where founders come to go further, faster. Antler is the world’s most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional people at the very start of their journey—and supporting them from inception to scale. Across 30 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 1,800 startups globally, including Airalo, Lovable, Peec.AI, Reebelo, Wrtn, and Benjamin.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, and New York.
CONTACT:
Rike Döpp Bergérus, VP, Global Communications
rike.dopp@antler.co
https://wa.me/0046706313538
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Fast facts
$10B
total portfolio value
2000+
Portfolio companies
8,000+
Founders supported
2018
Launched
33%
Portfolio companies with woman co-founders
100+
Nationalities represented in the portfolio
Marketing materials
Press coverage about Antler and our portfolio
September 12, 2025
CNBC: Antler CCO: Unicorns are popping up everywhere, not just in the U.S. (Bede Moore)
September 11, 2025
Business Insider: Das neue Europa: Weniger Jammern, mehr Milliarden-Startups
July 18, 2025
Das Investment (podcast): Von 8.400 auf 15: Wie Antler die härteste Startup-Auslese Deutschlands betreibt
July 10, 2025
Reuters: CVC invests in Singaporean tech company Airalo at $1 billion-plus valuation
June 9, 2025
Pitchbook: ‘A nothing burger': EU’s Choose Europe strategy falls short for VCs
June 5, 2025
Sifted: Investors doing the most deals in Stockholm in 2025
June 4, 2025
Business Insider: A new generation of tech founders is going all in on the American market — thousands of miles from home
May 23, 2025
Finansavisen: Nordmannen har hentet 12 milliarder til 1.500 startuper
May 21, 2025
Betakit: Antler Canada adds former Quandl CEO Tammer Kamel as VC firm gears up for Fund II
May 9, 2025
Business Insider: My VC firm invests in hundreds of early-stage startups. AI won't put good engineers out of jobs — we're going to need more of them.
May 7, 2025
Entrepreneur: "InspeCity Raises USD 5.6 Mn Round Led by Ashish Kacholia to Scale Satellite Life-Extension Tech
April 30, 2025
TNW: Heart Aerospace’s US move shows Europe is ‘driving innovation away’