Capvisory Fund Tracker- Dry Powder Series October 2024
$69.1 Billion Fresh Capital for Founders
At Capvisory, we support ambitious startups with their Seed and Series A funding rounds. Each month we will list freshly announced Venture Capital and Private Equity funds supporting startups in their growth journey!
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This is the first post of our new “Dry Powder” series! Each month, we’ll highlight newly announced Venture Capital and Private Equity funds supporting startups in their growth journey.
In the coming weeks, we’ll also spotlight select investors from this list, diving deeper into their strategies and unique approaches to fueling innovation. Whether you’re a founder, an investor, or simply passionate about the startup ecosystem, stay tuned for insights that matter!
In October 2024 we counted 45 new funds totaling $69.1 billion:
▶ Kurma Partners (Source) 🇫🇷- $140 million Biofund IV, investing in biotech
▶ backtrace capital (Source) 🇩🇪- €30 million for tech infrastructure
▶ Gründerfonds Ruhr II (Source) 🇩🇪- €31 million for tech startups in chemicals, new materials, energy and industry, life sciences and healthcare, logistics, and the digital economy
▶ Adams Street Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $1.2 billion Venture Innovation Fund IV, investing in startups, secondaries, and other venture funds
▶ 20VC (Source) 🇬🇧- $400 million for early-stage tech and media startups
▶ Mill Point Capital (Source) 🇺🇸- $1.7 billion Private Equity Fund III, focusing on middle-market companies
▶ Tensor Ventures (Source) 🇨🇿- €50 million for deep tech startups, focusing on sectors like AI, quantum computing, biotech, and sustainable tech
▶ VanEck Ventures (Source) 🇺🇸- $30M Fund to support innovation in Fintech, Crypto and AI
▶ Gate Ventures (Source) 🇺🇸 – $20 million for blockchain and Web3 innovations
▶ KdT Ventures (Source) 🇺🇸 – $100 million for startups utilizing computational tools in healthcare, chemicals, and agriculture
▶ Acrew Capital (Source) 🇺🇸 – $700 million for startups in data, security, healthcare and fintech
▶ Wind Capital (Source) 🇫🇷- €30 million for European deeptech solutions
▶ MindWorks Capital (Source) 🇭🇰- $220 million for innovation across Greater China and Southeast Asia
▶ Victor Capital Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $310 million PE Fund II for consumer, industrial technology, and business services
▶ Node.vc (Source) 🇸🇪- $71 million fund to drive a founder-first sector-agnostic Nordic ecosystem
▶ DMG Ventures (Source) 🇬🇧- $50 million for consumer startups
▶ Infinity Ventures (Source) 🇺🇸- $184 million Fund II for B2B fintech and commerce enablement
▶ Chemistry (Source) 🇺🇸- $350 million for fintech, work software, developer and infrastructure tools
▶ 360 Capital (Source) 🇫🇷- €30 million for early-stage digital transition fund
▶ DCVC (Source) 🇺🇸- $700 million for healthier planet and healthier lives
▶ CDP Venture Capital SGR & OpenAI (Source) 🇮🇹 – €500 million for AI and cybersecurity
▶ Forbion (Source) 🇳🇱 – €2 billion for life sciences and healthcare innovations across Europe
▶ RW3 Ventures (Source) 🇺🇸 – $60 million crypto VC fund targeting the next generation of digital assets
▶ Cisco Investments (Source) 🇺🇸 – $1 billion corporate venture capital fund for global AI investments
▶ Verdane (Source) 🇩🇪 – €700 million focusing on energy transition and resource efficiency
▶ Janngo Capital (Source) 🇨🇮 – $78 million for african technology startups
▶ Socium Ventures (Source)🇺🇸 – $300 million for startups in sectors that experience technology-led growth, including enterprise and vertical software, advanced computer tools, public sector software, healthcare, fintech, B2B marketplaces and sustainability
▶ Javelin Venture Partners (Source) 🇺🇸 – $125 million for AI, SaaS, marketplaces, consumer internet, fin-tech, prop-tech and digital media
▶ HRZ Han River (Source) 🇺🇸- $100 million US cross-border VC that backs Korean technology founders
▶ BBG Ventures (Source) 🇺🇸- $60 million to back overlooked founders building for the polycultural future of America
▶ 415 Capital (Source) 🇩🇪- €150 million to support breakthrough and life-saving medical innovation
▶ Impact Ventures (Source) 🇭🇺 – €40 million for start-ups in seed-Series A stages that generate measurable social and environmental impact
▶ MaC VC (Source) 🇺🇸- $150 million for seed-stage technology companies
▶ Wa’ed Ventures (Source) 🇸🇦- $100 million for transformative startups in artificial intelligence
▶ Quantum Capital Group (Source) 🇺🇸- $10 billion PE fund to invest in energy
▶ Summit Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $9.5 billion PE fund focusing on tech, healthcare & services
▶ Berkshire Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $7.8 billion to invest in mid-market companies
▶ EnCap Investments L.P. (Source) 🇺🇸- $5.3 billion to invest in energy
▶ TPG (Source) 🇺🇸- $5 billion to invest in climate companies
▶ Nautic Partners LLC (Source)🇺🇸 – $4.5 billion to invest in industrial, healthcare & services
▶ TJC (Source) 🇺🇸- $2.1 billion for a continuation fund
▶ Shore Capital Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $1.9 to invest in healthcare, services & small-caps
▶ Insight Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $1.5 billion for a continuation fund
▶ General Catalyst (Source) 🇺🇸- $8 billion for three core areas: from early-stage venture capital to company creation, and even the transformation of entire ecosystems.
▶ OceanSound Partners (Source) 🇺🇸- $1.5 billion to invest in technology
Who else am I missing for October? Text us hi@capvisory.de
P.S. We’re always trying to keep track of all relevant funds to keep our internal investor CRM — tracking 20,000+ investors globally — up-to-date. This resource helps us to kickstart investor funnel creation for every fundraising and M&A project.
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