Verve Capital Partners – Pre-Seed & Seed Fund Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, at pre-seed and seed stage. Funding is an equity investment of Up to $5,500,000. Coverage is read from the notice itself: the European Union.
Verve Capital Partners invests EUR 1-5M in European deep tech founders at Pre-Seed and Seed stages across three focus areas: Resilience in Energy & Resources, Future of Computing, and Frontiers in Health & Bio. The fund targets early-stage technology companies addressing sustainability and innovation challenges in energy, computing infrastructure, and biotech.
About this grant
Verve Capital Partners AG is a Zürich-based, FINMA-supervised securities firm that invests in European deep tech companies at the pre-seed and seed stages, with an initial ticket size of EUR 1-5M. The firm focuses on three investment topics: resilience in energy and resources, the future of computing, and frontiers in health and biology. Its rationale is that progress in computing, pharma and industrial capacity depends on resilient energy infrastructure and on scaling deep technology innovations. The page describes a venture capital investment strategy rather than an open grant programme. It lists portfolio companies such as Metafuels, Q.ant, C12, Neustark, Ecorobotix, Orakl Oncology and tozero, and recently added Aylight, an ETH spin-off building chip-scale lasers for datacenter interconnects. It also highlights the firm's FINMA securities firm licence and its thesis webinars for 2026. The page does not describe a non-dilutive funding call, application process, or grant activities. Investors are directed to an investor-facing login and sign-up, which is separate from founder applications. Founders are referred to European deep tech as the geographic focus of the investment thesis.
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Eligibility
The page indicates the fund targets European founders at pre-seed and seed stages, with an initial investment ticket of EUR 1-5M. No formal application eligibility rules, organisation types, or prior-recipient rules are stated. Investor eligibility (for family offices, wealth managers, institutions and senior executives) is addressed separately via an investor sign-up page and is not a founder eligibility criterion.
Key requirements
- ✓European-based deep tech founders
- ✓Pre-Seed or Seed stage company
- ✓Focus on one of three thesis areas: Resilience in Energy & Resources, Future of Computing, or Frontiers in Health & Bio
- ✓Seeking initial investment tickets of EUR 1-5M
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Frequently asked questions
- How much funding does Verve Capital Partners AG offer?
- Verve Capital Partners – Pre-Seed & Seed Fund offers up to $5.5M.
- Who can apply for Verve Capital Partners – Pre-Seed & Seed Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in EU; startup. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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