# Antler: portfolio, investments and team

> Antler is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 727 investments on record, 158 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Antler

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 727 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $7.5M, Aug 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed AI/ML B2C Blockchain & Crypto

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**74%** of best year **158** **cheques in 12 months**, 727 on record

Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $470K** Rounds led **6 of 727** Sole investor **282 rounds** Mostly in **Australia, 24%**

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## Antler highlights

- 01 158 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 82% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 282 rounds, median $421K

## What they do

> Antler is a global early-stage VC investing in the world's best founders from first check to IPO. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $470K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed
- **Sectors:** AI/ML B2C Blockchain & Crypto
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **727 appearances**

- **2026** 116 rounds
- **Oct** **[Fronted](https://millionrounds.com/company/fronted)** Seed · NO · ArcticStartup **$1.9M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Maasi](https://millionrounds.com/company/maasi)** Pre-seed · IN · Entrackr **$631K** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[dubdub](https://millionrounds.com/company/dubdub)** Seed · IN · Entrackr **$1.3M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[ReplyAll](https://millionrounds.com/company/replyall)** Pre-seed · IN · Entrackr **$1.0M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[PreScalar](https://millionrounds.com/company/prescalar)** Seed · US · Tech Funding News **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Jenz](https://millionrounds.com/company/jenz)** Pre-seed · NO · Tech.eu **$607K** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Affinity Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs)** Pre-seed · GB · Pulse 2.0 **$2.0M** With 13 others
- **Oct** **[Satlyt](https://millionrounds.com/company/satlyt)** Seed · KE · TechCabal **$8.0M** With 10 others
- **Sept** **[Occam](https://millionrounds.com/company/occam)** Seed · GB · Ventureburn **$4.3M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Dodge AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/dodge-ai)** Seed · US · Tech Funding News **$2.6M** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[HIFI](https://millionrounds.com/company/hifi)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$37M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[OpenDebt](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendebt)** Pre-seed · AU · Startup Daily **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Creem](https://millionrounds.com/company/creem)** Seed · EE · ArcticStartup **$5.7M** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[ReFresh](https://millionrounds.com/company/refresh)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Boxd](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxd)** Pre-seed · NL · Tech.eu **$2.0M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Jack & Jill](https://millionrounds.com/company/jack-and-jill)** Series A · GB · Air Street Capital **$40M** With 11 others
- **Sept** **[Auric Essentials](https://millionrounds.com/company/auric-essentials)** Seed · AU **$300K** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Cloud Cycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-cycle)** Venture · GB **$3.1M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Azonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/azonic)** Pre-seed · NZ · Startup Daily **$597K** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Sophiie AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sophiie-ai)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Lovable](https://millionrounds.com/company/lovable)** Series C · SE · Menlo Ventures **$400M** With 17 others
- **Aug** **[Enrola](https://millionrounds.com/company/enrola)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$2.1M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Sorted](https://millionrounds.com/company/sorted)** Pre-seed · US **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Volve](https://millionrounds.com/company/volve)** Seed · NO **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[STORIFY.ME](https://millionrounds.com/company/storify-me)** Pre-seed **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Polarbear](https://millionrounds.com/company/polarbear)** Grant · AU **$100K** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Blockops Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockops-network)** Pre-seed · US **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Aina](https://millionrounds.com/company/aina)** Seed · IN · TechCrunch **$5.5M** With 9 others
- **Jul** **[HousApp](https://millionrounds.com/company/housapp)** Seed · NL **$4.9M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Biota](https://millionrounds.com/company/biota)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[BRYM](https://millionrounds.com/company/brym)** Pre-seed · SE **$742K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Ovum](https://millionrounds.com/company/ovum)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$4.0M** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Dream](https://millionrounds.com/company/dream)** Series D · TechStartups **$260M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Flyweel](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyweel)** Pre-seed · AU · Startup Daily **$2.4M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.0M** With 14 others
- **Jun** **[Oscorp Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/oscorp-energy)** Pre-seed · AU · Startup Daily **$927K** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Interfaze](https://millionrounds.com/company/interfaze)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Simply Agnostic](https://millionrounds.com/company/simply-agnostic)** Seed **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[shuriii](https://millionrounds.com/company/shuriii)** Pre-seed · CA **$135K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[IWG](https://millionrounds.com/company/iwg)** Seed · JP **$1.8M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **17 named**

BA **Bjarne Abrahamsen** CFO i Form ADV

BC **Bryan Ciambella** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

CH **Charles Hayley-Bell** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

CW **Chip Welsh** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

CW **Christopher Walsh** Managing Director i Filing they signed

DJ **Damian Juric** Director i Filing they signed

FA **Fady Abdel-Nour** Managing Director i Filing they signed

FB **Fridtjof Berge** COO i Form ADV

KO **Karl O'Reilly** Director i Filing they signed

KD **Kevin Douglas Welsh** Us Partner i Form ADV

LP **Lisa Potocsnak** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MG **Magnus Grimeland** Executive Officer, Director i Filing they signed

RT **Ronald Tyler Norwood** Us Partner i Form ADV

TM **Tore Myrholt** Director i Filing they signed

TN **Tyler Norwood** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

VM **Vegard Medbo** CCO i Form ADV

WP **Wee Phing Oon** General Counsel i Form ADV

We also hold **200** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$261M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**2+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Antler Innovation US LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 315775

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Antler's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list.

- [**Concentric** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/concentric) Fund Vintage Committed Antler - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**37** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[3square](https://millionrounds.com/company/3square)[Ad-auris](https://millionrounds.com/company/ad-auris)[Adaptive](https://millionrounds.com/company/adaptive)[Adrenalineinteractive](https://millionrounds.com/company/adrenaline-interactive)[Advisewell](https://millionrounds.com/company/advisewell)[Aevy](https://millionrounds.com/company/aevy)[Affinitylabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs)[Agenta](https://millionrounds.com/company/agenta)[Agentio](https://millionrounds.com/company/agentio)[Agrigate](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrigate)[Ai-fluence](https://millionrounds.com/company/aifluence)[Aiba](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiba)[Airalo](https://millionrounds.com/company/airalo)[Aircity](https://millionrounds.com/company/aircity)[Airmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmo)[Airy](https://millionrounds.com/company/airy)[Alcolase](https://millionrounds.com/company/alcolase)[Allihoop](https://millionrounds.com/company/allihoop)[Alphaloops](https://millionrounds.com/company/alphaloops)[Alphashine](https://millionrounds.com/company/alphashine)[Alveoslabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/alveos-labs)[Ambixos](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambixos)[Aminochain](https://millionrounds.com/company/aminochain)[Amplytic](https://millionrounds.com/company/amplytic)[Anamaya](https://millionrounds.com/company/anamaya)[Andisor](https://millionrounds.com/company/andisor)[Anyreach](https://millionrounds.com/company/anyreach)[Aona](https://millionrounds.com/company/aona-ai)[Appsecai](https://millionrounds.com/company/appsecai)[Arkion](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkion)[Armada-brands](https://millionrounds.com/company/armada-brands)[Armory](https://millionrounds.com/company/armory)[Aurelia](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurelia)[Avertro](https://millionrounds.com/company/avertro)[Avo](https://millionrounds.com/company/avo)[Balo](https://millionrounds.com/company/balo)[Teddybot](https://millionrounds.com/company/teddybot) 913 Abivo Abodelabs Access-carbon Accretion Acrux Adeu Advancepay Aesty Agrisparta Agrovisia Aignosis Airballoon Airdodge Airshelf Aivotlabs Akar Aleahealth Alertmend Alpha-grid Alphaguard Alphaimpact Alphanova and 40 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$7.5M**

raised in Aug 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$1.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$421K**

Led 6 of 727 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $470K
- **Sole investor:** 282 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Pre-seed said *320*
- Seed said *262*
- Venture *57*
- Series A *40*
- Grant *18*
- Series B *10*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 19
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 19
- [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) 12
- [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) 10
- [Startuplab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startuplab) 10
- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 10

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Antler. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **19** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **19** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Goodwater Capital** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital)[**Fuel Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures)[**Startuplab** Accelerator **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startuplab)[**Techstars** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Hustle Fund** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund)[**Ada Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ada-ventures)[**Brisbane Angels** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brisbane-angels)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Google for Startups** Accelerator **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups)[**Iterative** Accelerator **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Antler put money into.

[**Fronted** $1.9M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fronted)[**ReplyAll** $1.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/replyall)[**Jenz** $607K · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/jenz)[**Affinity Labs** $2.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs)[**Satlyt** $8.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/satlyt)[**Occam** $4.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/occam)

## On podcasts

6 episodes naming Antler in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 10 Sept 2026 · 21 min Christoph Klink, GP at Antler: Europe's funding gap is also its biggest opportunity With [Christoph Klink](https://millionrounds.com/person/christoph-klink) Mentions [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 13 Nov 2025 · 21 min Tobias Bengtsdahl: Partner at Antler on the state of Nordic Tech Mentions [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) 22 Oct 2025 · 34 min Interviews with the Onstage Hacknight judges: Episode 1, Chapter One, Antler and the Winners! Mentions [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 27 Feb 2025 · 30 min Episode 107: Hannah Leach: Partner at Antler - Investing on Day Zero Mentions [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 4 Jun 2024 · 33 min Fady Abdel-Nour: Antler Partner ($285M AUM) Outlook, Naspers & Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learnings and India vs. China vs. Southeast Asia VC - E429 With [Fady Abdel-Nour](https://millionrounds.com/person/fady-abdel-nour) Mentions [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler)[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ontario-teachers-pension-plan)[Magnus Grimeland](https://millionrounds.com/person/magnus-grimeland) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 4 Jun 2024 · 45 min VC10X - Investing at Day-Zero - Bede Moore, Chief Commercial Officer, Antler Mentions [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Headlines by TechCabal](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techcabal) 4 Jul 2026 · 33 min Ep. 24 | AI Checkout, WhatsApp Usernames, and a $2B Telecom Deal ft Lola Masha Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 29 May 2026 · 58 min How to Raise a Seed Round in 2026: Ask Jason | E2294 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 12 Feb 2026 · 33 min The Unicorn Formula Behind 1,800 Startups Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 13 Oct 2025 · 1h 16m What Ramp's data tells us about AI, unemployment and more with CEO Eric Glyman | E2192 Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Antler

### What does Antler invest in?

Antler invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI/ML, B2C and Blockchain & Crypto.

### How active is Antler?

727 investments on record, 158 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 6. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Antler invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Fronted (Seed, Oct 2026), Maasi (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and dubdub (Seed, Oct 2026).

### How big are Antler's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.0M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $470K.

### Does Antler lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 6 of its 727 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Antler invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Australia (24%), the United States (22%) and India (11%).

### Is Antler investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 158 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Antler invest alongside?

Most often Plug and Play (19 rounds together), Y Combinator (19 rounds together) and Goodwater Capital (12 rounds together).

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