List of 300 Venture Capital Single Family Offices Europe [2026]

List of 3 important European venture capital single-family offices

Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing that provides funding to early-stage, high-potential startups and growth companies in exchange for equity (ownership stakes). Venture capital is typically used by companies that are too new or risky to secure traditional bank loans or public funding. The venture capital asset class is becoming increasingly popular among family investment vehicles in Europe. Either by investments in funds, direct investments, or co-investments, investing in young companies is “en vogue”. In the following, we are introducing you to three exciting family office startup investors.

1. Tengelmann Twenty-One KG (Munich, Germany)

Tengelmann Twenty-One KG is the Munich-based holding company of the Tengelmann Group, a family-owned enterprise with roots dating back to 1867. Acting as an active family equity investor, the firm currently manages over 50 investments across Europe and North America. Its diverse portfolio includes major retail businesses such as OBI and KiK, as well as real estate assets through TREI Real Estate. The group also invests in start-ups and growth-stage companies via its subsidiaries Tengelmann Ventures, ECP Growth and Tengelmann Growth Partners, focusing on innovation-driven opportunities in Europe and North America. The start-up portfolio of Tengelmann Ventures includes Scalable, Klarna, SumUp and Quivo.

2. Dig Ventures (London, UK)

In 2018, MuleSoft was acquired in a $ 6.5 billion transaction by Salesforce. The owner and founder of MuleSoft was Ross Mason, who then launched his venture capital-focused single-family office, DIG Ventures. The VC family office is focused on pre-seed and seed B2B SaaS and fintech opportunities in Europe and the United States. Portfolio companies include Comply Advantage, Rasa or people.ai. Over the last years, Dig Ventures continues to steadily invest in new deals, also on a large scale. In April 2022, the firm invested in Reveal’s $50M Series A, together with Eight Roads, Chalfen Ventures, and other investors. Reveal is a partner ecosystem management software. Additionally, Dig Ventures remained active as a European venture capital family office investor in 2024. For instance, the firm invested in Tidalflow’s $1.7M funding round. The Amsterdam-based startup works on developing a platform to create LLM-compatible solutions.

3. Reimann Investors (Munich, Germany)

The Reimann-Dubbers family launched its family office, Reimann Investors, in 2006. In recent years, the family office has also opened its doors to external investors. One of the main investment verticals of the family office is growth-driven startups in the German-speaking region. A special focus lies on digital commerce, fintech, and SaaS startups. Investment stages range from Series A to Series C. Portfolio companies include biodentis, commercetools, usercentrics (already exited) or Klarna (through sale of Sofort Überweisung). One of the latest investments was a €13 million Series A funding round for Predium, a Munich-based SaaS company.

Database of European family offices that invest in venture capital

Single-family offices are getting increasingly important in Europe’s venture capital landscape. We offer a unique database of European single-family offices that invest in venture capital. Our list helps to identify the most important SFOs who invest in startups and young companies. The investment focus of the listed family investment firms varies widely. Some rather engage in seed rounds, while others are accompanying startups up to Series C or Pre-IPO rounds.

Investment stages: from Seed to Series C

Europe’s family offices are investing in startups like other venture capital funds. Hot topics are software startups with SaaS solutions, digital ideas, retail companies, or new technologies. A good example, therefore is the Reimann-Dubbers family office, Reimann Investors. The German SFO focuses on digital growth companies in startups in the German-speaking region. Reimann Investors is investing in all phases, from pre-series A to Series C investments. The family office already managed some notable exits like the payment provider SOFORT (which was sold to Klarna) or Vimeda. Current portfolio companies include Keller Sports, Klarna or Usercentrics. On the other hand, many SFOs rather serve as “business angel family offices” and invest in really young companies and ideas.

Advantages of VC investments for family investment vehicles

We can see a clear trend of an increasing number of single-family offices engaging in startup and venture capital investments. There are many reasons for it: returns in other asset classes are at a record low level, while venture capital investments can sometimes be extraordinarily lucrative. Furthermore, many entrepreneurial single-family offices want to leverage their expertise and network through investments in startups. Their contacts and often related family businesses make them interesting funding partners for young companies.

Contact details, executives, and detailed investment focus

Our list helps all companies and startups that are interested in venture capital and single-family offices. Within seconds after the download of our list, the relevant single-family offices can be identified. The list offers detailed information about the investment focus, contact details, executives and family information (wealth, name, family office structure). We offer as much information as is publicly available. In many cases, we can offer email addresses, websites and executive names. We offer detailed information about the exact investment focus: which funding rounds are targeted, which industries are relevant, how big the investment tickets are, etc.

Featured venture capital deals

As part of our service, we regularly report on current Family Office deals. Of course, we also cover the venture capital sector and inform you about exciting financing rounds. In the following, we would like to present some notable single-family office investments in order to demonstrate the importance of single-family offices for European venture capital. If you want to be kept up-to-date, we recommend visiting our website regularly. Also, if you know of any relevant single-family office that is an active venture capital investor, we would be very happy to receive a short message.

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