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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

Location

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Sweden

June 18, 2025

Fact Sheet: Antler Nordics investeringsvillkor

Norway

June 18, 2025

Fact Sheet: Antler Nordics investeringsvilkår

Korea

March 31, 2025

Wrtn Technologies Secures 83 Billion KRW in Additional Investment, Completing Series B Round at 108 Billion KRW

Global

March 17, 2025

Global Call for Startups: An EAT Initiative to Scale Sustainable Food Innovation

Finland

March 7, 2025

QMill’s algorithm designed for near-term quantum computers is on the path to solve a real-world problem like never before

Global

February 13, 2025

Antler closed its second Nordic Fund at $100 M USD, tripling its previous fund size

Global

January 9, 2025

Antler AI Summit 2025 in Singapore

Global

November 18, 2024

Asahi Group Launches Global Sustainability Initiative: The Challenge Calls for Startups and Scaleups to Drive Net-Zero Innovations

Australia

October 8, 2024

Antler closes second Australian Fund, oversubscribed at $77M

India

September 20, 2024

Antler India approaches final close of maiden INR 600 crores/ ~USD 75 million pre-seed fund

Singapore

August 13, 2024

Antler closes $72M SEA Fund II to double down on  Southeast Asian startups from "Day Zero" to growth stage

India

July 16, 2024

Namma Yatri Raises $11 Million to Revolutionize Mobility and Build Seamless Public Transportation

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