Backing visionaries shaping europe’s future with atlantic labs.
Atlantic Labs operates as a Berlin-based venture capital firm with a distinctive “super angel” model, allowing it to provide early-stage investments with the agility and accessibility of an angel investor but on a larger scale. This approach is key to Atlantic Labs’ mission to empower visionary founders across Europe, supporting them even before they have formalized business models or developed products. By acting as a super angel, Atlantic Labs can commit quickly—often in a matter of weeks—without the complexity of traditional VC agreements, enabling founders to focus on growth and innovation from day one.
Atlantic Labs’ investment philosophy is grounded in the concept of “European Dynamism,” a term they use to reflect their mission of fostering transformative technologies that address Europe’s most urgent social and environmental challenges. Atlantic Labs seeks out visionary founders across Europe (particularly in Germany, Switzerland, the Nordics, the UK, and France) to drive innovation in areas such as AI & data, climate & energy, industrial & robotics, space & security, digital health, and the future of work. With its sister fund Food Labs, they also invested in the future of food and agriculture. To date, the firm has invested in over 150 startups, solidifying its role as a leader in pre-seed and seed funding across Europe.
Putting founders first in the pursuit of innovation
Atlantic Labs distinguishes itself through a founder-first approach, investing in individuals rather than just their initial business ideas. This aligns with their super angel model, allowing them to engage closely with founders to adapt, pivot, and grow through the early, uncertain stages of building a business. Atlantic Labs offers extensive operational support beyond funding, including assistance with talent acquisition, go-to-market strategies and other growth topics through a dedicated Talent & Venture development team, and securing follow-on funding from the best international funds. This model yields strong results, with 70% of Atlantic Labs’ startups reaching Series A funding, underscoring the firm’s commitment to nurturing talent and ideas with high growth potential.
The European Dynamism framework drives Atlantic Labs’ investment choices, reflecting their commitment to empowering technologies and solutions that tackle critical issues across Europe. By supporting startups in high-impact sectors, Atlantic Labs promotes innovation that directly benefits society, creating a collaborative ecosystem where entrepreneurs share insights, mentors provide guidance, and innovators push one another forward.
A Partnership for Impact Driven Innovation
Atlantic Labs and Happiness Capital share the approach of looking to back mission driven founders, who want to make a positive impact on the world, and Happiness invested in a number of follow-on rounds in the portfolio including companies such as Plantix (using AI to help smallholder farmers) or Lano (enabling companies to employ talents anywhere in the world). Happiness Capital have been great partners to us and to our founders, because they really care about the mission, and are able to take a very long term approach to investing in the big generational themes. And we really appreciate how they treat everyone as part of their “family”, wanting to help and enable rather than control.
Supporting change-makers committed to a healthier planet
Looking forward, Atlantic Labs aims to deepen its role as a super angel championing European Dynamism. The firm will continue backing high-growth areas like AI, sustainable energy, industrial robotics, and security, driving innovation and societal progress throughout Europe. By supporting groundbreaking technologies and developments from European university ecosystems, Atlantic Labs is helping reshape industries and foster sustainable solutions. Their mission remains steadfast: to support a new generation of entrepreneurs whose innovations will meet global challenges and contribute positively to society at large. Atlantic Labs’ unique model, blending agility with impactful investment, positions it as a crucial player in Europe’s evolving venture capital landscape.
