Skybound VC Fund I

About Skybound VC Fund I

Skybound VC Fund I is a $38M oversubscribed Athens-based deeptech fund anchored by the European Investment Fund. Co-founded by Thaleia Misailidou (ex-Marathon Venture Capital) and George Varvarelis (co-founder of Augmenta, acquired by CNH Industrial). Writes $500K-$2M initial checks into pre-seed and seed deeptech across infrastructure, advanced computing, bioengineering, and frontier technologies. First investment: Neurosoft Bioelectronics (brain-computer interface).

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGreece

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Biotech

Deep Tech

Infrastructure Tech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European pre-seed deeptech founder in computing, bio, or infrastructure

deeptech

infrastructure

bioengineering

frontier-tech

European

Bullish Signals

EIF anchor, $38M oversubscribed first closeblog

First investment: Neurosoft BCI startupblog

Operator-VC pairing, ex-founder GPblog

Contrarian Signals

$38M small for capital-intensive deeptechblog

Athens base, unproven VC geographyblog

Founder Do's

Build deeptech in computing, bio, or infra

Target pre-seed or seed with $500K-2M need

Show hard-science or engineering IP

Operate in European deeptech ecosystem

Demonstrate frontier-tech risk appetite

Founder Don'ts

Pitch pure software without deeptech angle

Expect checks above $2M initially

Ignore the EIF anchor LP credibility signal

Key GPs & Partners

Thaleia Misailidou

Co-Founder & General Partner

ex-Marathonthesis-drivennetworked

George Varvarelis

Co-Founder & General Partner

ex-founderdeep-techoperator

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$38M

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Key People

Thaleia Misailidou, George Varvarelis

Thaleia MisailidouCo-Founder & General Partner

George VarvarelisCo-Founder & General Partner