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Backbone Ventures
Backbone Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Zurich and Frankfurt am Main. Investing primarily through its 5502 Fund, the firm targets underrepresented founders across Germany, Switzerland, and broader Europe.
StagesPre-seed · Seed
TicketOur typical round is below EUR 1m and we are happy to lead the roun…quoted from their site
Business modelB2B · B2C
Invests inDE · CH · Europe
Deals recorded1
Fund sizeSince September 2022 we have invested almost exclusively …quoted from their site
What they invest in
- We want to back the best founders as early as possible in their entrepreneurial journey. source
- Since September 2022 we have invested almost exclusively out of our Backbone Ventures 5502 Fund, a EUR 20m pre-seed fund with a strong geographical focus on Germany and Switzerland. source
- Our 5502 fund deliberately targets those founders who have always outperformed their competition despite being structurally underprivileged based on their gender, origin or socioeconomic background. source
All investments and operations
1 operations| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Co-investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adon Health HealthTech, DE | – | – | – | – | Portfolio page |
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