Fund Momentum - Fresh Funds Ready to Deploy #15

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of my bi-weekly newsletter, where I bring you the latest on newly raised funds (VC & PE) that are ready to deploy capital.

Michael Schneider is a serial founder, operator, and startup advisor. As a seasoned mentor, he launched his own fundraising consultancy, "Seedraisr.” Through his expertise and network, he primarily supports early stage startup founders during their funding rounds, and emerging VC fund managers. He closely follows developments in the venture capital market and provides these insights in his biweekly newsletter.

Today’s edition features the newest funds raised, in mid & late May 2025, including a total of 27 VC & PE funds.

Here’s what you’ll find about each fund:

• Fund Name

• Fund Size

• Location

• Industry Focus

• Investment Stage

• Website

• Fund Managers with LinkedIn Profiles

So, without further ado, here are the first 10 of the freshest funds primed for investment (in no particular order) + you can from now on also listen to them on Spotify & Apple Podcasts:

1. Dynamo Fund III I 54M I USD I USA I Supply Chain, Logistics, Mobility, Industrial Tech I Pre-Seed, Seed I dynamo.vc I Santosh Sankar & Jon Bradford (Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

2. Lunar Ventures Fund II I 50M I EUR I Germany I Deeptech (AI infrastructure, techbio, real-world systems infrastructure) I Pre-seed I lunar.vc I Alberto Cresto (General Partner), Mick Halsband (General Partner & CTO), Elad Verbin & Luis (Orr) (Founding Partner)

3. Creator Ventures Fund II I 45 M I USD I USA & UK I Consumer internet, creator economy, AI-enabled consumer applications, creative tools, marketplaces, PLG SaaS I Pre-seed, Seed I creator.ventures I Sasha Kaletsky (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Caspar Lee (Co-Founder & General Partner)

4. QuantumLight Fund I I 250 million I USD I New York, USA I Generalist (AI, Web3, Fintech, SaaS, Healthtech) I Series B, Series C I quantumlightcapital.com I Nik Storonsky (Founder & General Partner), Ilya Kondrashov (CEO)

5. Wave Ventures Fund III I 7MI EUR I Finland I Gen Z founders, technology, early-stage startups in the Nordics I Angel, Pre-seed I wave.ventures I Antonia Eneh (CEO)

6. Redpoint Ventures Early Stage Fund X I 650MI USD I USA I Technology (notably AI, SaaS, Fintech, Enterprise, Consumer) I Early Stage (Seed, Series A) I redpoint.com I Jacob Effron, Logan Bartlett, Annie Kadavy, Patrick Chase, Erica Brescia (Managing Director)

7. Upside VC I £18M I GBP/USD I UK I Consumer tech, creator economy, high-growth consumer startups (food, fashion, fitness, tech, entertainment) I Early Stage (pre-seed, seed) I upsd.vc I Jamie Elliott (General Partner), Sam Uwins (General Partner)

8. Work-Bench Fund IV I 160M I USD I USA I Enterprise software (AI/ML, cybersecurity, infrastructure, developer tools, vertical and horizontal enterprise applications) I Seed Stage (lead investor, checks $2M–$4M) I work-bench.com I Jonathan Lehr & Jessica Lin (Co-Founder & General Partner), Kelley Mak (General Partner)

9. Munich Re Ventures HSB Fund II I 125M I USD I USA I Built World, Equipment Technology, Cybersecurity, Industrial Efficiency, Risk & Resilience I Early Stage, Growth Stage I munichre.com/ventures I Oshri Kaplan, Alex Kamenetskiy (Managing Director)

10. AI Futures Fund by Google I Not disclosed I USD I US I Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, DeepTech (focus on startups building with Google DeepMind models) I Seed, Early, Growth, Late Stage (flexible, rolling basis) I labs.google/aifuturesfund I Jonathan Silber (Director, Fund Co-Founder), Arthur Soroken, David Benjamin (Co-Founder)
    

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Content Corner:

• How the venture partner role is changing in 2025 - [Sifted article]

• “The best next-gen VC firms I know are being built by generalists” - [LI Posting]

• Everyone’s talking about AI copilots, but the real shift in VC isn’t copilots - it’s AI analysts - [VC Stack article]

• Glossary of VC and PE Terms - [DWF Group pdf]

Stealth Momentum: New Funds in the Making or Under the Radar - presented by Specter:

• Bilal Zuberi - Comes Out of Stealth and announces a New Fund: Red Glass Ventures as "Founder and Managing Partner" - Specter Score 8/10

• Michelle Volz - Comes Out of Stealth and announces a New Fund: Pax Ventures as "Founder and Managing Partner" - Specter Score 8/10

• Katharina Juenger - Comes Out of Stealth and announces a New Fund: Cade Partners as "Founder & Managing Partner" - Specter Score 8/10

• Alpay Berk Caglayan - Comes Out of Stealth and announces a New Fund: Inviox Capital Ventures as "Founder & Chairman of the Board" - Specter Score 7/10

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