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ANTLER IN ONE LINE:
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:
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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
January 22, 2025
New Private Markets: Sustainability correlates with VC funding success, according to Antler analysis (Ros Bazany)
January 21, 2025
Pitchbook: Europe's VCs enter 2025 with high hopes amid AI gold rush and IPO recovery
January 2, 2025
Venture Capital Journal: Rising Stars 2025 (Roslyn Jin)
December 20, 2024
BNN Bloomberg: Southeast Asia Has $60 Billion AI Boom, But Its Own Startups Are Missing Out (Jussi Salovaara)
December 19, 2024
Business Insider: 33 women in venture capital who made partner or higher at firms like Andreessen Horowitz and IVP in 2024 (Prerna Sharma)
December 18, 2024
Business Insider: VCs predict the AI trends that will transform e-commerce in 2024
December 9, 2024
Gruenderszene: Investors Wunsch: Techies gründet endlich eigene Firmen!
December 6, 2024
Pitchbook News: Where are all the consumer AI startups—and why aren’t VCs funding them? (Tobias Bengtsdahl)
December 4, 2024
Antler Invests in 30 Startups in 2024, Expands India Portfolio to 80 Ventures (Nitin Sharma & Rajiv Srivatsa)
December 3, 2024
GP BULLHOUND: Unleashing Southeast Asia Tech: Confronting Realities & Lifting Ambitions (Magnus Grimeland)
November 27, 2024
Crunchbase: How Startups Can Raise Capital In Low Liquidity Markets (Marie Nielsen)
November 19, 2024
Forbes: Locad Targets The Middle East After $9 Million Fund Raise (Locad)


