42 European Investors You Really Need to Know

by Monica Selby Monica Selby in Featured, Startup News
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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

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