BBrighteye Ventures
Brighteye Ventures is a Luxembourg-based early-stage venture capital firm, founded in 2017, with offices in London and Paris. It backs European founders from pre-seed to Series A who build technology for learning, skills and work, which it calls the "HumanOS". Typical tickets are €0.4–4M, and the firm often leads rounds. Its first fund was €50M and its second closed at €100M. In 2026 it held a €62.4M ($72M) first close of Fund III, which is targeting €100M and brings total assets under management to about €212M. It has backed more than 50 companies, including Hack The Box, Ornikar, Zen Educate, Seven Education, imagi and YouSchool, and it has exited Epic and Beekast through acquisitions.
SectorsEdTech, Future of Work, Workforce Development, HR Tech, AI-applied Learning
VC MapSeries A
Team
Ben Wirz
Founding Partner
Alex Spiro Latsis
Founding Partner
David Guérin
Partner
Portfolio companies 7
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Funding rounds 10
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2025-05-13 | Shakers | Series A | €14M |
Partech
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| 2023-10-30 | Shakers | Seed | €6M |
Brighteye Ventures, Adevinta Ventures, Athos Capital
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| 2023-07-20 | Ucademy | Series A | €1.5M |
Brighteye Ventures
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| 2023-05-22 | Liceo de Farmacia | Pre-seed | €500K | Brighteye Ventures |
| 2022-07-14 | Twenix | Series A | €3.5M |
Brighteye Ventures
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| 2021-12-14 | Twenix | Seed (estimated) | €2M |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2021-09-22 | Genially | Series B | €17M |
645 Ventures, Owl Ventures
+8 more
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| 2021-01-20 | Ironhack | Series B | $20M |
Lumos Capital Group
+3 more
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| 2020-07-21 | Ironhack | Series A (estimated) | €1.4M |
Creas Impacto
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| 2019-07-01 | Ironhack | Series A (estimated) | $4M |
JME Ventures
+2 more
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Often invests with 18
Open as list →News 8
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-09-16 |
Brighteye Ventures lands $72M first close to back the future of learning and work ↗
Tech.eu
2026-09-16 |
| 2026-07-23 |
Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code ↗
TechCrunch
2026-07-23 |
| 2026-05-13 |
Gyver scores €1.4M to help power Europe's industrial workforce ↗
Tech.eu
2026-05-13 |
| 2025-03-05 |
Europe's Hottest Ed-Tech Markets: Where VC Dollars Are Flowing and Who's Cashing In ↗
EdWeek Market Brief
2025-03-05 |
| 2025-03-04 |
Norwegian startup Installer raises $4M for the Shopify of the renewable asset supply chain ↗
Tech.eu
2025-03-04 |
| 2024-01-30 |
Europe accounts for 32 percent of global edtech deals in 2023 ↗
Tech.eu
2024-01-30 |
| 2023-08-15 |
Coachbetter scores $2.9M to bring better coaching to the beautiful game ↗
Tech.eu
2023-08-15 |
| 2023-06-19 |
Brighteye Ventures closes £85m edtech fund ↗
UKTN
2023-06-19 |