Earlybird is a venture capital firm that backs early stage companies across Europe with financial resources and strategic support.
Portfolio
6
companies
AUM
£2500M
under management
SpAItial
SpAItial builds spatial foundation models to reason about three dimensional environments.
Briefcase
Briefcase builds artificial intelligence software to automate complex accounting tasks.
Keel
Keel offers a programmable operations platform for building custom internal software.
Ctrl
Ctrl provides an integrated workspace that automates customer workflows for revenue teams.
Sikoia
Sikoia provides a unified data platform that streamlines customer onboarding and risk assessment for financial institutions.
Curio
Curio operates a subscription audio platform that provides curated spoken word journalism.
Fabian Heilemann
Partner
Christian Nagel
founding partner
Christian is a founding partner at Earlybird. He previously worked as a project manager at McKinsey & Company.
LinkedInAndre Retterath
General Partner at Earlybird
Akash Bajwa
Principal
The out of stealth startup secured backing from Earlybird and Speedinvest to accelerate its three dimensional artificial intelligence prototypes.
"Current AI models generate images pixel by pixel — great for snapshots, but not for immersive, coherent worlds. At SpAItial, we’re building AI that’s grounded in space and time from the start. Our spatial foundation models are a game changer for any application that depends on 3D understanding."
Earlybird led the seed round to help the London-based startup grow its product and engineering teams.
"The accounting industry has only seen one major innovation in the past decade—the move from desktop to cloud. With the rise of multimodal AI, we’re positioned to lead the coming AI revolution."
Earlybird and LocalGlobe backed the London startup to help businesses build custom operational software.
"stock ordering and inventory management for medication at scale wasn't solved by any off the shelf options. Like all good ops we started with a bunch of spreadsheets and a bit of app script, but it became clear that this wouldn't offer the robustness, security and level of integration we needed. We looked for a platform that we could build upon but it didn't exist, so the only option was to assemble an ops engineering team of backend and frontend developers."
The seed round was led by LocalGlobe and Earlybird and will be used to fuel expansion.
"We have seen many automations in the back-end, but the knowledge worker still sits for hours on the computer, doing repetitive and non-rewarding work"
The round was led by MassMutual Ventures with backing from Coalition Capital, Earlybird, and Seedcamp.
Earlybird led the pre-seed round for the financial data platform, with backing from Seedcamp and industry angels.
"Thousands of APIs are opening siloed data sources globally at a rapid pace, but the explosion in the number of touchpoints has created significant complexity; and it’s increasingly difficult to integrate this dynamic ecosystem in existing back-end systems and processes. We couldn’t find a comprehensive solution that didn’t require complex manual configuration and lengthy integration. So we decided to build it."
Earlybird led the investment round, which will fund international expansion and platform development.
"We want to help everyone become wiser, empathetic, and fulfilled. I believe learning about ideas and insights shaping our future, and stories that move us can do exactly that,"
