Pitchdrive is an operator-led pre-seed and seed venture fund, not a syndicate or a self-service platform: it raises and deploys its own fund vehicles and has now run four of them, Funds I to IV. Its homepage describes it as an operator-led pre-seed and seed VC backing Europe's boldest founders, states a first-cheque range of 250K to 2M euro from day one, and claims more than 70 startups backed globally and top-decile performance globally for Funds I to III; the performance line is the firm's own claim. The model is built around former founders and operators who invest and then work alongside portfolio companies, which is why the firm publishes a separate operator bench beside its partners. Fund IV closed oversubscribed at 60M euro in June 2026 with an explicit focus on AI-native founders in Europe. The firm is headquartered in Antwerp and lists further locations in Ghent, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona, London and New York.
Henchman (acquired by LexisNexis)