The Hidden VC #2: 35 new companies

A former Chief of Staff at a unicorn, a UK repeat entrepreneur, and another one who sold his previous company for $250m.

The Hidden VC is a weekly data-driven newsletter for European investors and anyone looking to discover promising European pre-seed and seed startups—including founders in stealth mode. We leverage both data science and our expertise to help you turbocharge your sourcing skills and ensure you never miss another potential fund returner.

15 free leads this week

• Edward Brandler from the UK is in stealth mode. He is the former co-founder of Sequoia-backed fintech Two.

• Deani Hansen from Denmark is in stealth mode. He is the former Chief of Staff of unicorn Productboard.

• Nikolas Kampas from the UK is in stealth mode. He was a country manager for a Rocket Internet company and spent the last 8 years at BCG.

• Circulo is a B2B SaaS company based in the UK, providing a white-label platform enabling brands, retailers, and repair marketplaces to build and operate their repair programs. One of the co-founders sold his previous company. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• Basalt is a B2B SaaS company based in France, helping you craft AI features that exceed expectations, 10x faster. It’s the most recent addition to startup studio Hexa. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• Pascal van Hattem from the Netherlands is in stealth mode.

• SourcingDNA is a B2B SaaS and Marketplace company based in Germany, helping innovative companies optimize their external costs through world-class sourcing software. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• PowerMate is a B2B, B2B2C, and B2C company based in Sweden, delivering OCPP integrations and a comprehensive Charge Point Management System (CPMS) for electric vehicle charging. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• TVINN is a B2B SaaS company based in Germany, providing production planning software. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• autobudgets is a B2B SaaS company based in Denmark, creating fully automated liquidity budgets from your company's ERP system. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• Witty Machines is a B2B Hardware/Physical Product and SaaS company based in Switzerland, offering embodied AI solutions for SMEs. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• Polipo is a B2B SaaS company based in Lithuania, allowing you to use any Figma design as the UI of a real app, synchronized with live data, without generating code. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• Wundr AI is a B2C SaaS company based in Germany, revolutionizing storytelling with the power of GenAI. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

• Maurice D. from Germany is in stealth mode building a ClimateTech company.

• Moca Health is a B2C SaaS and Services company based in Germany, supporting cancer patients in their recovery. You can learn more about them on their LinkedIn page.

20 more leads this week 🔒

What you can’t see as a free subscriber this week:

• a Swiss entrepreneur who sold his previous company for $250m and has now been in stealth mode since early September.

• a Swedish AI-powered company built by the former Director of Engineering of a US unicorn.

• two ex-McKinsey who have just started an Enterprise software company together.

• a team of Ledger alumni who silently raised a small pre-seed round.

• and much more, including multiple promising French stealth founders!

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