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Websiteearlybird.com/en
Blogblog.earlybird.com
Twitter@EarlybirdVC
Phone+49-40-432941-0
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Employees20
Founded1997
DescriptionEuropean Venture Investor

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Hamburg Office
Van-Der-Smissen-Strasse 3 3
Hamburg, 22767 , DEU
Munich Office
Maximilianstrasse 14
Munich, 80539 , DEU
Berlin Office
Torstrasse 109
Berlin , 10119, DEU

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Earlybird Venture Capital

Earlybird Venture Capital is one of the most successful European venture investors.

Currently, Earlybird manages €430 million in assets for an international investor base. Earlybird invests in innovative, fast-growing technology enabled services companies with outstanding management teams and high growth potential in international markets. Earlybird’s portfolio currently includes 25 companies and a number of market-leading consumer Internet and media firms such as CrowdPark, Madvertise, Mikini, Peak Games, and Simfy.

Since its inception, Earlybird has invested in over 70 companies that have sparked some of the most significant innovations in business and technology. In addition to several successful trade sales, Earlybird has led six companies to an IPO at four different European exchanges (Interhyp, Tipp24, Wilex, Esmertec, entelos, and NoemaLife).

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Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
smava.de 11/11Unattributed€4M2
Crowdpark 10/11Series B$6M2
Miracor Medical Systems 10/11Series B$10M4
madvertise 10/11Series B$10M2
Socialbakers 9/11Series A$2M1
Peak Games 9/11Series B$11.5M2
carpooling.com 7/11Series A1
carpooling.com 7/11Series B1
Peak Games 5/11Series A$5M1
nfon 11/10Unattributed€4M4
Light Blue Optics 10/10Series A$13M6
Crowdpark 6/10Series A$2M1
simfy 5/10Unattributed$8.84M3
BridgeCo 12/09Unattributed$7.5M1
UPEK 10/09Unattributed$6.2M4
Scoreloop 8/09Series B$2.8M3
carpooling.com 8/09Seed1
Light Blue Optics 7/09Series A$15M5
BridgeCo 2/09Unattributed$6M8
Conject 9/08Unattributed$5M2
MergeOptics 5/08Series D$8.26M4
Clean Mobile 3/08Series A€3.3M2
Zonare Medical Systems 2/08Unattributed$30M8
Light Blue Optics 10/07Series A$26M4
Purple Labs 9/07Series A$12.7M3
BridgeCo 1/07Unattributed$17M7
BridgeCo 6/06Series D$23M7
Yoggie Security Systems 5/06Unattributed$1.8M2
abaXX Technology 3/06Series D$4.54M3
Lumics 12/05Unattributed$6.6M5
Vital Sensors 12/05Unattributed$1M4

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  1. ubitricity Raises €1.8M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  2. B2X Care Solutions Closes Growth Financing Round with Earlybird (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. CrowdPark Closes Series A Funding Round with Earlybird (finsmes.com) [edit]
  4. Tech Crunch EU (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Earlybird (earlybird.com) [edit]
  6. smava.de Raises €4M; Invests in prestiamoci.it (finsmes.com) [edit]
  7. Crowdpark Raises $6 Million To Bring Legal, ‘Social Betting’ Games To Facebook (And Soon Android & iOS) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Miracor Secures €7M/$10M in Series B Financing Round (miracormedical.com) [edit]
  9. madvertise Completes over $10M Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  10. Socialbakers Raises $2M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  11. With A Foothold In Emerging Markets, Peak Games Climbs Up The Rankings; Raises $11.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  14. Peak Games raises $5M for social gaming (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  15. nfon Raises €4M (finsmes.com) [edit]
  16. Light Blue Optics raises US$13 million to realise growing list of new applications for Light Touchâ„¢ (lightblueoptics.com) [edit]
  17. Earlybird Ventures (earlybird.com) [edit]
  18. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  19. BridgeCo Turns Ears, Efforts To Streaming Audio With $7.5M Recap (earlybird.com) [edit]
  20. Upek raises $6.2M for fingerprinting software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  21. Social Gaming Startup Scoreloop Closes $2.8 Million Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. earlybird.com (earlybird.com) [edit]
  23. Light Blue Optics Raises US$15 Million in Series ‘A’ Extension (freshnews.com) [edit]
  24. BridgeCo Raises $6 Million in New Financing (freshnews.com) [edit]
  25. Conject Raises New Round (feeds.feedburner.com) [edit]
  26. MergeOptics Raises €5.3 M / $8.5 M – in Fourth Round Led by KTB (earlybird.de) [edit]
  27. German Fuel Cell Maker Clean Mobile Raises €3.3M From Earlybird (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  28. Compact-ultrasound maker Zonare Medical raises $30M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  29. lightblueoptics.com [edit]
  30. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  31. Home Entertainment Networking Firm BridgeCo Gets $17 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  32. BridgeCo Raises $23M in Latest Venture Finance Round (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  33. Yoggie completes a $ 1.8M round of investment (yoggie.com) [edit]
  34. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  35. Lumics raises additional €5.5 million (ecapital.de) [edit]
  36. Cap Funding Report [edit]
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