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Backed VC Fund III

Geography: United Kingdom
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €86M
Focus: AI/ML, Biotech, Manufacturing and Web3 Finance
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Backed VC Fund III

London-based third fund backing Europe's frontier tech founders. Focuses on AI-native drug therapeutics, blockchain infrastructure, and manufacturing automation.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Biotech

Manufacturing

Web3 Finance

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Bold European frontier tech founder, seed stage

frontier tech

European seed

deep tech / techbio

AI x biology

agentic AI

Bullish Signals

$100M current fund, actively deployingwebsite

60+ unicorns in portfolio confirmedwebsite

4800+ event attendees 2024website

Ticket size $500K–$5M, leads roundswebsite

Aerska: $60M raised, Series Atwitter

OLIX Computing: $220M photonic AItwitter

Highlight: $40M Series A, Khosla ledtwitter

LondonBio expanding to San Franciscotwitter

70+ bio founders at BAY BIO eventtwitter

Fintech Fight Night: active community engagementtwitter

Female Angel Power Breakfast: 7th editiontwitter

The Edge annual Berlin conference flagshiptwitter

Round Treasury $6M seed: fintech portfolio wintwitter

Flow Engineering V3: agentic platform launchtwitter

Portfolio hiring across healthcare, fintech, creativetwitter

Human-centric seed fund model differentiatedwebsite

Core values: Plant flag, Put People Firstwebsite

70+ portfolio companies across verticalswebsite

Agentic VC funds emerging — BACKED leading thoughtwebsite

Novogaia: AI-powered fungi-derived medicineswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Europe-focused, limits US-native dealsexternal

Seed only — no growth checksexternal

Values-driven; culture fit requiredexternal

Broad thesis — bio, fintech, food, AIexternal

Founder Do's

Build generation-defining frontier tech

Target global markets from Europe

Show bold, brave founder mindset

Expect lead investor, not follower

Align with values: Plant flag, Put People First

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch late-stage deals

Don't expect passive capital only

Don't ignore European HQ preference

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€86M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Andre de Haes, Alex Sheridan

Emma Sinclair MBEFounder

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