Founders of Europe
As entrepreneurs, we have founded, built and sold dozens of ventures.
Now we’re investing our time & capital into the next generation of founders.
The FOE approach
We are a group of experienced startup founders who invest their time and money into the new generation of startup founders. With our joint investment vehicle Founders of Europe we invest in diverse, passionate founder teams with scalable products – across all industries. We join and lead pre-seed & early seed funding rounds and support our founders with our experience and network. Check out our FAQs.
Meet the Team
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Benjamin Ruschin
Managing Partner Big Cheese Ventures. Founder of WeAreDevelopers. Co-founder of and investor in over a dozen tech ventures. Forbes 30 under 30.
Fields of expertise:
B2B SaaS, HR & Ed-Tech, Legal-Tech -
Tom Urbanek
Serial entrepreneur, invested in and co-founder of 20+ firms. Founder of TAURUS Sicherheitstechnik and Immo Invest Club Austria. Real estate professional.
Fields of expertise:
Security, Prop-Tech -
Larissa Kravitz
Founder of Investorella, financial education startup. Fintech, financial markets, treasury expert. Youngest ATX supervisory board member.
Fields of expertise:
Fin-Tech, Insure-Tech -
Peter Steinberger
Ex-Founder & CEO of PSPDFKit, received >€100M investment in 2021. Currently active as an angel investor, entrepreneur, developer, speaker.
Fields of expertise:
Deep-Tech, AI -
Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Co-Founder whatchado, former Managing Partner primeCROWD, Head of Startup-Services at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.
Fields of expertise:
HR, Mobility, Climate-Tech -
Avi Kravitz
Avi is a leading cyber security expert with >15 years experience in this discipline. Avi equips startups with the tools to combat cyber threats.
Fields of expertise:
Cyber-Security, B2B SaaS
Investments
A few of our many Portfolio Investments.
Investment Thesis
What we invest in …
Stages: Pre-Seed and Seed
First an foremost B2B!
SaaS
HR and Ed-Tech
Deep-Tech, AI
Climate-Tech
Proptech
Legaltech
Fintech
Mobility
What we do not invest in …
B2C
Crypto
Hardware
Single founders
Founders w/o prior work experience
Marketplaces or e-Commerce
Startups with messy cap tables
Distressed companies / runways shorter than six months
Investment Decision Timeline
We like to get to know the founders we invest in. Please not that we need at least two months to make a investment decission.
FOE Investment Blog
Take a minute and take a look at our Investment Blog where we publish news about news Startup Investments, what we found interesting and why we invested in them.
