201 Ventures

Firm

201 Ventures

Headquarters

Madrid, Spain

Founded

2023

AUM

$22M (Fund I, publicly launched April 2025); a second fund of up to ~$35M was reported to be in market as of mid-2026

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Thesis

Advance freedom and autonomy in Europe by backing pre-seed and seed companies leaning into technical risk and ambition: 'when we make a bet, we go all in.'

• CompanyPolar MistSwedish maritime-autonomy startup building Semper, an unmanned surface vessel with a proprietary optical/vision-based, GPS-free navigation system for contested environments.
• CompanyIsembardUK software-first manufacturing company building distributed precision factories for aerospace, defense, and other critical industries.
• CompanyHypersonicaGerman-British startup building Europe's first privately-funded sovereign hypersonic strike capability.
• CompanyDelian Alliance IndustriesUK developer of autonomous anti-access/area denial systems for surveillance and deterrence.
• CompanyStark DefenceBerlin-based loitering munition and strike drone manufacturer for European and NATO forces.
• CompanyOnodrimAmsterdam-based defense industrial platform helping established European defense/industrial producers scale manufacturing capacity, multi-domain sensing, and networked systems.
• CompanyAgonLondon/Berlin-based defense AI startup building synthetic-battlefield infrastructure to train and validate autonomous weapon systems.
• CompanyZydro Marine TechnologiesBoston-based maritime autonomy startup building modular hardware and software building blocks for autonomous fleets at sea.
• CompanyCX2El Segundo, California-based electronic warfare startup building AI-enabled hardware and software for electromagnetic spectrum detection and jamming.
• CompanyArctic Research & DevelopmentUK/US company building software, hardware, and operational systems for defense and government operations in Arctic and high-latitude environments.
• CompanyAndrenaMAI-powered sonar and distributed underwater surveillance systems for defense.

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What is 201 Ventures?

Advance freedom and autonomy in Europe by backing pre-seed and seed companies leaning into technical risk and ambition: 'when we make a bet, we go all in.'

How much does 201 Ventures manage?

201 Ventures manages $22M (Fund I, publicly launched April 2025); a second fund of up to ~$35M was reported to be in market as of mid-2026 in assets, and was founded in 2023.

What stages does 201 Ventures invest at?

201 Ventures invests at Pre-Seed, Seed.

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