Angel Invest announced the final close of its oversubscribed Fund III, which exceeded its target following strong demand from both existing and new investors. The firm also revealed the addition of several venture partners and advisors.

Fund III continues Angel Invest’s strategy of investing at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages, providing initial funding to founders before markets or product categories are fully established. The firm invests in approximately 75 companies annually and combines capital with hands-on coaching. Areas of focus include artificial intelligence, energy, infrastructure, AI tooling, applications, and service-as-software.

To date, Fund III has backed more than 110 companies, including Peec AI, Originator, Sapiom, Fonio, INXM, Mav9, Huzzle, Seapoint, Daisytuner, AskVinny, and Feld Energy.

Across its funds, Angel Invest has supported more than 250 companies and invested over €200 million. Portfolio companies have attracted follow-on funding from leading venture firms and have produced several exits. Notable investments include Augustus, formerly known as Ivy, Taktile, Rasa, Spacelift, and PeecAI.

The firm also announced the addition of five venture partners. Alexa Gorman, who previously spent two decades at SAP and led SAP.iO, joins as a venture partner and advisor. Chris Murphy, an early-stage investor with more than 70 investments across Europe and the Nordics, has joined as a venture partner. Connor Murphy, founder of Bridge and former managing director at Techstars, also joins in that role. Jan-Oliver Sell, CEO of Qivalis and former managing director of Coinbase Germany, and serial entrepreneur Marco Muccini complete the new group of venture partners.

Additional advisors joining the organization include Harry Briggs, a Forbes Midas List Europe investor and early backer of companies such as Revolut, GoCardless, and The Hut Group, and Imran Akram, former founding partner at AXA Venture Partners and an early investor in Auto1 and Remitly.

Headquartered in Berlin, Angel Invest is one of Europe’s most active super angel funds and focuses on helping founders achieve product-market fit and secure follow-on financing through a combination of capital and active coaching.

KEY QUOTES:

“We have backed more than 250 companies across our funds, and we are not done. The team we are announcing today reflects where we are taking the firm, venture partners who have founded and exited companies, and advisors including a Forbes Midas List investor who backed some of Europe’s biggest breakouts. Our ambitions go beyond the first check. Angel Invest is more than an angel fund.”

Jens Lapinski, Founding Partner, Angel Invest

“Our partners don’t lend a name and step back. They invest early, they pick well, and they coach. Nazanin Daneshvar joined us from EQT Ventures after founding and scaling one of the Middle East’s largest startups to hundreds of employees. Connor Murphy, founder of Brdg and a former Managing Director at Techstars, joins as a venture partner. Both made early investments with us, that top tier VC funds have since followed into. And both spend hundreds of hours a year coaching the founders they invest in.”

Jag Singh, Managing Partner, Angel Invest

“The team has a depth of experience and connections that helps companies scale well beyond the first check.”

Alexa Gorman, Venture Partner and Advisor, Angel Invest

“I am joining Angel Invest as a venture partner because the model is clear and it works. The value Angel Invest gives founders is coaching and network. I look forward to supporting founders across Europe.”

Chris Murphy, Venture Partner, Angel Invest