Passion Capital

Passion Capital

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Overview

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators applying their experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. They are Stefan Glaenzer, Eileen Burbidge and Robert Dighero.

They have been personally involved in the largest European technology exits of the past decade, including the biggest exits of the year for 4 of the past 10 years by market value (Ricardo.de acquired by QXL, Skype purchased by Ebay, Last.fm acquired by CBS, and QXL/Tradus acquired by Naspers) and want to be involved in many more.

They believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders.

They are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe. As an example of this, White Bear Yard is their own hub for activities, ambitions and energy and where have fun in the process.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

1-10

Investment

181

Lead Investment

38

Exits

22

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Micro Vc

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Passion Capital, established in 2011 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Social Media, Collaboration, Big Data, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Non Profit, Real Time, SaaS, Messaging. The organization boasts a portfolio of 180 investments, with an average round size of $15.3M and 22 successful exits. Their recent investments include Mendeley, Andurance Ventures, Flattr, GoSquared, Charlotte Street Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $188.2B. Among their most notable exits are Mendeley and Andurance Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Eileen Burbidge

Eileen Burbidge

Co-Founder & Partner

imagePlace Robert Dighero

Robert Dighero

Co-Founder & Partner

imagePlace Sandra Lyness

Sandra Lyness

Head Of Operations

Investment portfolio

Passion Capital has made 181 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 17, 2024, when CultureAI raised $10.0M.

Passion Capital has made 5 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Dec 20, 2019, when Weav raised $5.0M.

investments

181

Diversity investments

5

Lead investments

38

Number of exits

22

Investments

181

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 05, 2024--431.9M
Mar 12, 2024
SAPI SAPI
Financial Services9.6M
May 16, 2024
PolyAI PolyAI
Enterprise Software50.0M
Jul 17, 2024
CultureAI CultureAI
Information Technology10.0M

Exits

22

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

181

Investors

0

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

181

Passion Capital has raised 181 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 17, 2024 from a Series A - CultureAI round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 05, 2024
Series I - Monzo Series I - Monzo
-431.9M-
Mar 12, 2024
Venture Round - SAPI Venture Round - SAPI
-9.6M-
May 16, 2024
Series C - PolyAI Series C - PolyAI
-50.0M-
Jul 17, 2024
Series A - CultureAI Series A - CultureAI
-10.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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