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
- Alexander von Frankenberg–High-Tech Grunderfonds, Managing Partner, Germany
- Andrin Bachman–Piton Capital, Partner, England
- Anne Glover–Amadeus Capital, CEO/Cofounder, England
- Christian Leybold @leybold—e.ventures, General Partner, Germany
- David Mott @davidmott—Oxford Capital, Partner/Cofounder, England
- Dimitry Chikhachev @dchikachev—Runa Capital, Cofounder/Managing Partner, Russia
- Eileen Burbridge @eileentso—Passion Capital, Partner, England
- Eric Archambeau–Wellington Partners, General Partner, England, Notable Investment: Hailo
- Gianluca Dettori @dgiluz—dPixel, Chairman, Italy
- Hendrik Brandis–Early Bird, Partner/Cofounder Germany, Notable Investment: RapidMiner
- Jari Mieskonen–Conor Venture Partners, Managing Partner, Sweden
- Jeremie Berrebi @jberrebi—Kima Ventures, Cofounder, France/Israel, Notable Investment: Rapportive
- Jimmy Fussing Nielsen–Sunstone Capital, Managing Partner, Denmark, Notable Investment: Prezi
- John Waddell–Archangels, CEO, Scotland
- Julie Meyer @juliemariemeyer—Ariadne Capital, Chairman/CEO, England, Notable Investments: Monitise, Quill, Matternet
- Kevin Comolli @kevincomolli—Accel Capital, Partner, England, Notable Investments: Atlassian, Etsy, Supercell
- Klaus Hommel–Angel investor, Notable Investments: Spotify, Facebook, Fab.com, Airbnb, Skype
- Kolja Hebenstreit @kolja—Team Europe Ventures, Cofounder/Managing Partner, Germany
- Marc Simoncini @marcsimoncini—Jaina Capital, CEO/Founder, France
- Mark Farmer–Eden Ventures, Partner/Cofounder, England, Notable Investment: Zemanta
- Mark Tluszcz @marktluszcz—Mangrove Capital Partners, CEO/Founder, Luxemburg, Notable Investments: Skype, Wix
- Neil Rimer @narimer—Index Ventures, Partner/Cofounder, Switzerland, Notable Investments: Last.fm, Supercell
- Nenand Marovac–DN Capital, Founder/CEO/Managing Partner, England, Notable Investments: Shazam
- Niklas Zennstrom–Atomico, CEO/Founding Partner, England, Cofounder Skype, Notable Investments: Skype, Fab, and Jawbone
- Norman Fiore–Dawn Capital, Managing Partner, England
- Ondrej Bartos @obartos—Credo Ventures, Partner, Czech Republic
- Paul Heydon @pheydon—London Venture Partners, General Partner, England, Notable Investments: Supercell
- Pawel Chudzinski @chawel—Point Nine Capital, Cofounder/Managing Partner, Germany
- Philippe Collombel @pcollombel—Partech Ventures, Co-Managing Partner, France, Notable Investments: Scoop.it
- Rob Kniaz @robk—Hoxton Ventures, Founding Partner, England
- Robert Bonanzinga @bonanzinga—Balderton Capital, Partner, England, Notable Investment: Sketchfab
- Rodrigo Sepulveda @rodrig0–angel, France
- Roman Huber–Bayern Kapital, Managing Partner, Bavaria
- Sean Seton-Rogers @setonrog—PROfounders Capital, England, Notable Investments: TweetDeck
- Sherry Coutou @scoutou–angel, England
- Sitar Teli @sitar—Connect Ventures, Managing Partner, England
- Stephen Chandler @sc_chandler—Notion Capital, Managing Partner, England
- Sven Achter–Holtzbrinck Ventures, General Partner, Germany
- Tellef Thorleifsson–Northzone Ventures, Cofounder, Norway, Notable Investment: Spotify
- Timo Ahopelto @timomj—Lifeline Ventures, Finland
- Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack–Seed Capital, Managing Partner, Denmark
- Yaron Valler @yvaller—Hasso Plattner Ventures, Managing Partner, Germany
i don’t see the list as having any merit – for example Ariadne capital is listed but everyone knows they don’t have any money –
The is more of a list of people who want to feel important than those who really are… compiled for their # of tweets, followers, and Likes?
The “notable investments” will be very unnotable when we get into the next crisis…
Agree with the post below, I definitely wouldn’t call Ariadne a top investment firm- been advised to stay away!