42 European Investors You Really Need to Know

Last month we posted 32 Most Influential Investors of 2013 (Outside Silicon Valley). And you loved it! It was easily one of the most popular posts of the month.

But, within hours of publication, we started getting the question: What about Europe?

It was a hand to forehead moment for us. OF COURSE we should’ve included investors from Europe (and other parts of the globe, too). We’re the voice of startups everywhere else, after all. Not “the voice of startups only in America.”

Doh.

Needless to say, we set about to right our wrong. Below is our list of top European investors, and man is it a doozy! I hope we’ve more than atoned for our sins here, y’all.

What about India, you ask? Or Asia? Or Australia? If you have a suggestion for a must-include investor from one of those regions, shoot us an email (startups@nibletz.com), and we’ll get right to work on our next list.

But, for now:

42 Top European Investors

1. Alexander von Frankenberg–High-Tech Grunderfonds, Managing Partner, Germany
2. Andrin Bachman–Piton Capital, Partner, England
3. Anne Glover–Amadeus Capital, CEO/Cofounder, England
4. Christian Leybold @leybold—e.ventures, General Partner, Germany
5. David Mott @davidmott—Oxford Capital, Partner/Cofounder, England
6. Dimitry Chikhachev @dchikachev—Runa Capital, Cofounder/Managing Partner, Russia
7. Eileen Burbridge @eileentso—Passion Capital, Partner, England
8. Eric Archambeau–Wellington Partners, General Partner, England, Notable Investment: Hailo
9. Gianluca Dettori @dgiluz—dPixel, Chairman, Italy
10. Hendrik Brandis–Early Bird, Partner/Cofounder Germany, Notable Investment: RapidMiner
11. Jari Mieskonen–Conor Venture Partners, Managing Partner, Sweden
12. Jeremie Berrebi @jberrebi—Kima Ventures, Cofounder, France/Israel, Notable Investment: Rapportive
13. Jimmy Fussing Nielsen–Sunstone Capital, Managing Partner, Denmark, Notable Investment: Prezi
14. John Waddell–Archangels, CEO, Scotland
15. Julie Meyer @juliemariemeyer—Ariadne Capital, Chairman/CEO, England, Notable Investments: Monitise, Quill, Matternet
16. Kevin Comolli @kevincomolli—Accel Capital, Partner, England, Notable Investments: Atlassian, Etsy, Supercell
17. Klaus Hommel–Angel investor, Notable Investments: Spotify, Facebook, Fab.com, Airbnb, Skype
18. Kolja Hebenstreit @kolja—Team Europe Ventures, Cofounder/Managing Partner, Germany
19. Marc Simoncini @marcsimoncini—Jaina Capital, CEO/Founder, France
20. Mark Farmer–Eden Ventures, Partner/Cofounder, England, Notable Investment: Zemanta
21. Mark Tluszcz @marktluszcz—Mangrove Capital Partners, CEO/Founder, Luxemburg, Notable Investments: Skype, Wix
22. Neil Rimer @narimer—Index Ventures, Partner/Cofounder, Switzerland, Notable Investments: Last.fm, Supercell
23. Nenand Marovac–DN Capital, Founder/CEO/Managing Partner, England, Notable Investments: Shazam
24. Niklas Zennstrom–Atomico, CEO/Founding Partner, England, Cofounder Skype, Notable Investments: Skype, Fab, and Jawbone
25. Norman Fiore–Dawn Capital, Managing Partner, England
26. Ondrej Bartos @obartos—Credo Ventures, Partner, Czech Republic
27. Paul Heydon @pheydon—London Venture Partners, General Partner, England, Notable Investments: Supercell
28. Pawel Chudzinski @chawel—Point Nine Capital, Cofounder/Managing Partner, Germany
29. Philippe Collombel @pcollombel—Partech Ventures, Co-Managing Partner, France, Notable Investments: Scoop.it
30. Rob Kniaz @robk—Hoxton Ventures, Founding Partner, England
31. Robert Bonanzinga @bonanzinga—Balderton Capital, Partner, England, Notable Investment: Sketchfab
32. Rodrigo Sepulveda @rodrig0–angel, France
33. Roman Huber–Bayern Kapital, Managing Partner, Bavaria
34. Sean Seton-Rogers @setonrog—PROfounders Capital, England, Notable Investments: TweetDeck
35. Sherry Coutou @scoutou–angel, England
36. Sitar Teli @sitar—Connect Ventures, Managing Partner, England
37. Stephen Chandler @sc_chandler—Notion Capital, Managing Partner, England
38. Sven Achter–Holtzbrinck Ventures, General Partner, Germany
39. Tellef Thorleifsson–Northzone Ventures, Cofounder, Norway, Notable Investment: Spotify
40. Timo Ahopelto @timomj—Lifeline Ventures, Finland
41. Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack–Seed Capital, Managing Partner, Denmark
42. Yaron Valler @yvaller—Hasso Plattner Ventures, Managing Partner, Germany