The human-centric seed fund for brave founders
building frontier tech

Built To Back The Bold

Founders laughing together at a BACKED event

WE ARE HOME TO BRAVE FOUNDERS BUILDING GENERATION-DEFINING COMPANIES IN FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY

Unicorns
06
CURRENT FUND
$100M
Event Attendees In 2025
4800+

Our
Ethos

A fireside conversation in front of founders at a BACKED event
We are your human centric seed fund.
We’re determined to do European venture differently.

We lead and invest early, with average ticket size $500K - $5M

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The BACKED community celebrating together
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"BACKED are my people. They think like one of us - entrepreneurs"

Emma Sinclair MBE, Founder of Enterprise Alumni
Founders in conversation at a BACKED evening event
A BACKED party with the BACKED logo projected on stage

We build relationships based on our foundational values to Plant the flag, Put People First, Seek the truth and Keep our word

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Three founders smiling at a BACKED event

Our
Companies

OLIX

General Intuition

Infinity Constellation

CoMind

Thought Machine

Unicorn

Flow Engineering

Aerska

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Our
Insights

Thought Leadership
Inside Paperbacked - the BACKED Library
Announcement
Developing new medicines from fungi using AI: introducing Tess Bevers, founder of Novogaia
Thought Leadership
The Brains Without Hands Problem: Why Foundation Labs Will Reshape Biology
Event
LONDON BIO Turns Two: A Milestone for Europe’s Techbio Movement
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Latest
Overview

Portfolio

Zenithon

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Event

Proof is in the Pudding - Founder Dinner Slush 2026

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Insight

Inside Paperbacked - the BACKED Library

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