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Antler is the world's most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional people from inception to global scale.
BOILERPLATE:
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.
PRESS CONTACT AND RESOURCES:
For press enquiries, contact
Rike Döpp Bergérus, VP Global Communications:
press@antler.co, WhatsApp
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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 coverage about Antler and our portfolio
April 11, 2025
CNBC: With IPOs on hold even longer, tariffs spell trouble for private tech investors (Tobias Bengtsdahl)
March 25, 2025
Forbes Australia: A founder, an investor, a CEO: 3 fast takes on this year’s federal budget
March 19, 2025
Forbes Australia: The AI revolution is here – But Australia’s political leaders are asleep at the wheel
March 14, 2025
Fintech News: Antler Elevate Backs AI-Native Startups with $285M Fund to Drive Full Automation
March 3, 2025
Governance issues like eFishery’s are a wake-up call for investors and founders: Antler
February 28, 2025
SymbyAI raises $2.1M seed to make science research easier
February 27, 2025
Dealroom: The most active AI investors gobally
February 13, 2025
Shifter: Antler henter én milliard kroner: Vil binde seg til å investere i de beste (Anne Munthe-Kaas, Kristian Jul Røsjø)
February 13, 2025
Kapital Watch: Eifo er med: Antler rejser sin anden nordiske fond på over 700 mio. kr. (Michael Wiatr)
February 13, 2025
Dagens Industri: Stänger ny fond: ”Bästa tiden att ha en miljard” (Oscar Westergård, Tobias Bengtsdahl, Livia Moore)
February 13, 2025
Breakit: Antler stänger ny miljardfond: “Modellen ser ut att fungera” (Tobias Bengtsdahl)
February 11, 2025
TechCrunch: AI investments surged 62% to $110B in 2024 while startup funding overall declined 12%