About Aper Ventures
Aper Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Warsaw, Poland. As of Mar 2024, Aper Ventures has invested in 24 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Poland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Retail to High Tech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Maas Loop Overall, Aper Ventures portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Daily. A lot of funds co-invest with Aper Ventures, with names like Adamed sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Aper Ventures has team of 4 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Aper Ventures' List of Top Investments
Aper Ventures has a portfolio of 24 companies. Their most notable investments are in United Robots and Reef Factory.Their portfolio spans across Poland, Belgium, Germany and 1 more locations. They have invested in Retail, High Tech, HealthTech and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Aper Ventures:
1. Reef Factory
Developer of smart aquarium products for smart homes. It offers intelligent devices for users to track and remotely control their aquariums. It offers a device that connects to WiFi and tracks the water temperature in the aquarium tank. It lets users set the device to send notification alerts in case of extreme temperatures. It also displays the water temperature whereas the level sensors send data regarding water levels and salinity changes. It also provides a TDS meter to measure contamination levels and a dosing pump to dispense water. All the devices can be connected and controlled through its mobile application.
Key facts about Reef Factory
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Osielsko (Poland)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.58M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, Aper Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 13, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Talent Alpha
Talent Alpha is a cloud-based job portal for the tech industry. The platform gives access to recruiters for candidates with precise technical skills and cognitive ability who are project ready IT professionals. The company claims that the benefits of using the platform are time-saving, reduction in hiring costs, hiring experienced candidates, etc.
Key facts about Talent Alpha
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Krakow (Poland)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 28 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Level2 and Aper Ventures
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Feb 14, 2019, $*****
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3. Inuru
Manufacturer of high-purity ethanol for diverse industrial applications. It produces ethanol from renewable resources using efficient, sustainable processes. The company supplies ethanol to the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biofuel industries. Its production facilities incorporate advanced technologies for rectification, dehydration, and recycling, minimizing waste and environmental impact. The company holds various certifications demonstrating its commitment to quality and sustainability.
Key facts about Inuru
Provider of multi-utility robots. It also develops an AI-enabled autonomous robot platform that can map and analyze its environment.
Key facts about United Robots
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Warsaw (Poland)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 13 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Arkley, Aper Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 30, 2023, $*****
5. RETIXA
RETIXA provides subscriber analytics solutions to telecom operators and other service providers. It provides real-time data to offer products for customers. It collects and analyzes user information from multiple sources, then correlates and processes it in real time. Also, offers SIM cards that will be implemented in sensors and actuators supporting traffic voice & messaging, traffic management, security assurance, smart grid, maintenance services, connected cars, etc. Additionally, it provides Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
Key facts about RETIXA
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Warsaw (Poland)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.15M
- Investors: Aper Ventures, Meta Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Aper Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Aper Ventures has invested in 24 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 3 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Maas Loop.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Aper Ventures' Investments by Stage
Aper Ventures has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.99M and 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.41M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series A | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Aper Ventures' Investments by Sector
Aper Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Chemicals and Materials, Energy, Environment Tech and Industrial Goods and Manufacturing. Notably, it has invested in 16 Tech companies, 11 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 10 Tech hardware companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 2 |
Chemicals and Materials | 1 |
Energy | 1 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Aper Ventures' Investments by Geography
Aper Ventures has made most investments in Poland (5), followed by Germany where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Poland | 5 |
Germany | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Aper Ventures' recent investments
Aper Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Aper Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 28, 2024 | Poland | Seed | 7654 | [+1] | |
Oct 19, 2023 | Germany | Series A | 5687 | [+1] | |
Aug 30, 2023 | Poland | Seed | 2972 | - | |
Jul 12, 2023 | Poland | Seed | 8156 | ||
Dec 21, 2022 | Poland | Series A | 1323 |
Acquired companies in Aper Ventures' Portfolio
1 company from Aper Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Daily in Oct 2018 by Wolt for $*****.Here are Aper Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 15, 2018 | - | - | 3354 |
Team profile of Aper Ventures
Aper Ventures has a team of 4 members including 3 Partners and 1 Principal located in Poland and Italy. Aper Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Aper Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Warsaw | - | ||
Partner | Rome | - | ||
Partner | Warsaw | - | ||
Principal | Poland | - |
Co-investors of Aper Ventures
Over the past 4 years, 11 investors have co-invested in Aper Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Aper Ventures: Europa, German Accelerator and 4 others have invested in rounds before Aper Ventures. There are 2 companies where Europa has invested before Aper Ventures and 1 company where German Accelerator has invested before Aper Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Aper Ventures: 5 investors entered a company along with Aper Ventures. These include investors like Adamed (2 companies).
Recent News related to Aper Ventures
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Green investment for the beginning of spring: Aper Ventures, AIP Seed and ASP Capital invest EUR 1.2 million in Maas LoopMamStartup•Mar 27, 2024•Maas Loop, Aper Ventures, Aspcapital, AIP Seed
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Berlin-based Inuru raises €9.5M for its cost-efficient OLED technologySilicon Canals•Oct 19, 2023•Inuru, Aper Ventures, Adamed, Aria Venture and 1 other
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United Robots unveils new funding for autonomous industrial cleaning robotsTech.eu•Aug 30, 2023•United Robots, Aper Ventures, AIN.Capital, United Robots
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Polish company KSM Vision raises €1.9M to improve optical quality controlAIN.Capital•Jul 12, 2023•KSM Vision, My Company Polska, Aper Ventures, VIGO Ventures
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Apeiron Synthesis secures $4.8M investment for Nobel Prize-winning catalyst technologyTechloy•Dec 30, 2022•Apeiron, Aper Ventures
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Poland's Apeiron Synthesis raises $4.8 million to ramp up production of olefin-based manufacturing catalystsTech.eu•Dec 21, 2022•Adamed, Aper Ventures, Apeiron, ORLEN
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Polish startup Reef Factory gets €2.5M to produce smart aquariumsAIN.Capital•Sep 15, 2022•Reef Factory, Aper Ventures, KAP Industrial
