Onstage Fund I

United Kingdom

Pre Seed

About Onstage Fund I

London-based demo-day platform launched its first venture fund to back ~80 early-stage European startups over three years, leveraging 2,000+ startups and 330+ VC firms network.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI/SaaS founders pre-seed to Series A, pan-European, software-first

AI/ML

SaaS

pre-seed to Series A

European tech

software-first

pan-European ecosystem

defencetech

Bullish Signals

Top 100 Demo Day — high-quality pipelineexternal

61% of top picks are AI/MLexternal

Strong European tech ecosystem focusexternal

Using AI agents (Boardy) for screeningexternal

No equity/fees for Demo Day accessexternal

226 unicorns, $1.7T enterprise value in regiontwitter

98% of Top 100 are pure software builderstwitter

S25 applications quality blow-away hightwitter

43% SaaS (vs 25% all applicants)twitter

Europe 2nd strongest tech ecosystem globallytwitter

$150B invested in 3 years pan-EUtwitter

S25 Demo Day instant investor intros livetwitter

2-minute pitches, instant intro requests via websitetwitter

UK, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam = New Palo Altotwitter

Contrarian Signals

Backs defencetech in active war zonesexternal

Celebrates 18yo founders vs. experienced teamsexternal

Pan-European thesis vs. country-first VCsexternal

18yo founder built company in 3 weekstwitter

AI agent (Boardy) screening stronger than humanstwitter

Good fundraise ≠ business successtwitter

Market conditions drive fundraise success, not qualitytwitter

Founder Do's

Apply pre-seed → Series A (no equity, no fees)

Build in AI/ML or SaaS

Show software-first approach

Do DD on your investors

Apply even from war zones / non-obvious markets

Leverage Demo Day for instant investor intros

7-minute application process

Focus on market fit over fundraise story

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch if not software

Don't assume fundraise = business health

Don't limit yourself by geography

Key GPs & Partners

Seid (IC Partner)

IC Partner

community-builderNYC-activehackathon-organizer

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€12M

Saves0

Website

Key People

Onstage

Seid (IC Partner)IC Partner

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