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Key people at The 20VC Fund.
The 20VC Fund was founded in 2020 by Kieran Hill (Founder).
The 20VC Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments, strategically positioned at the convergence of venture capital and media. The fund targets promising startups with novel solutions capable of disrupting established incumbents burdened by outdated technology, poor talent branding, sluggish product development cycles, or subpar customer service. It deploys capital across pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, supporting companies ready to challenge the status quo.
The firm was founded by Harry Stebbings, who leveraged his influential "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast as a unique platform to cultivate deep industry relationships and gain unparalleled insights. This media background provided the foundational insight to identify and back founders at the forefront of innovation, creating a distinctive approach to deal sourcing and portfolio support within the venture ecosystem.
The 20VC Fund backs early-stage startups aiming for substantial market opportunities, particularly those in sectors with less entrenched competition. Its vision is to empower the next generation of entrepreneurial talent, fostering growth in companies that possess the potential to redefine their respective industries by addressing critical pain points left unserved by older, less agile enterprises.
The 20VC Fund was founded in 2020 by Kieran Hill (Founder).
Key people at The 20VC Fund.
The 20VC Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments, strategically positioned at the convergence of venture capital and media. The fund targets promising startups with novel solutions capable of disrupting established incumbents burdened by outdated technology, poor talent branding, sluggish product development cycles, or subpar customer service. It deploys capital across pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, supporting companies ready to challenge the status quo.
The firm was founded by Harry Stebbings, who leveraged his influential "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast as a unique platform to cultivate deep industry relationships and gain unparalleled insights. This media background provided the foundational insight to identify and back founders at the forefront of innovation, creating a distinctive approach to deal sourcing and portfolio support within the venture ecosystem.
The 20VC Fund backs early-stage startups aiming for substantial market opportunities, particularly those in sectors with less entrenched competition. Its vision is to empower the next generation of entrepreneurial talent, fostering growth in companies that possess the potential to redefine their respective industries by addressing critical pain points left unserved by older, less agile enterprises.
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2026 | Zalos | $4.0M Zalos Seed Round | 14Peaks Capital, Emanuele Larocca | Alexandre Lin, Ash Rust, Barbara Firminger, MBA, Catherine Dahl, Chloe Singh, Chris Smoak, Coby Stilp, CFA, Edward Woodford, Fernando Gutierrez-Eddy, Guillermo Flor, Hasan Sukkar, Henri Stern, Ian Sutherland, Jake Klamka, James Beshara, Jessica Miller, Jonathan Meeks, Jon Langbert, Long Dinh, Long Lu, Mandeep Singh, Mike Lenz, Minh Pham, Nancy Casey, Ooshma Garg, Pablo Palafox, Paul Forster, Romil Depala, Ryan Callahan, Sean Perkins, Thai Duong, Trung Hiếu Lâm, Wulfie Bain, Harry Stebbings, Nate Pontician |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Entire | $60.0M Entire Seed | Felicis Ventures | Cherry Ventures, Garry Tan, Gergely Orosz, Global Founders Capital, Harry Stebbings, Jerry Yang, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Madrona, Olivier Pomel, Picus Capital, Theo Browne, The Twenty Minute VC, Basis Set Ventures, 20VC, M12 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Nozomio | Nozomio Seed | — | Geoff Charles, Gustav Söderström, Jack Brody, Paul Graham, Thomas Wolf, Tomer Cohen, 20VC, BoxGroup, CRV, LocalGlobe, Paul Graham |
| Jan 29, 2026 | BottleCap AI | $7.5M Seed | The Twenty Minute VC, 20VC | 20Growth, 20Product, Akin Babayigit, Andreas De Neve, Anton Osika, Cliff Obrecht, David Singleton, Des Traynor, Eléonore Crespo, Foreword Fund, Ilkka Paananen, Inception Fund, Ivo Lukacovic, Jeroen Van Hautte, Kieran Flanagan, Mika Vormoo, Nico Rosberg, Olivier Pomel, Pebblebed, Rockaway Ventures, Romain Niccoli, Sheila Gulati, Shiv Rao, Steffen Tjerrild, Thomas Wolf, Xavier Niel |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Crunched | $6.0M Seed | — | Mario Götze, Paul Graham, 20VC, First Round Capital, Founder Factor, Liquid 2 Ventures, Multimodal Ventures, Shorooq Partners, SV Angel, Valkyrie, Y Combinator |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Solve Intelligence | $40.0M Series B | Paul Bonnet, Robert Lacher | Julien Codorniou, Justin Mateen, Alex Bouaziz, Barnaby Hussey-Yeo, Cliff Obrecht, Colin M Evans, Eléonore Crespo, Harry Stebbings, Jason Boehmig, Judith Dada, Kevin Johnson, Mehdi Ghissassi, Sebastian Pollok, Shuo Wang, Thomas Wolf, Mallun Yen, Thomson Reuters, Y Combinator |
| Dec 8, 2025 | LaFraise | $3.5M Seed | — | Harry Stebbings, Kima Ventures, Felix Martinez |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Deblock | $35.0M Series A | Tom Filip Lesche | Hoxton Ventures, Motier Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Julian Rowe, George Kurtz, Kelsey Plum, Nneka Ogwumike, 20VC, Chalfen Ventures, Paul Morgenthaler, Headline, Kraken Ventures |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Vesence | $9.0M Seed | Emergence Capital | Marco Zappacosta, Mark Goines, Anton Osika, Jason Boehmig, Paul Graham, 20VC, Creandum, Y Combinator |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Trig | $6.0M Seed | 20VC | NEO, Spero Ventures, Marc Benioff, AJ Tennant, Mayur Gupta, Frontline Ventures |
| Sep 1, 2025 | Fyxer AI | $30.0M Series B | Madrona Ventures | 20VC, AirAngels, Capnamic Ventures, EQT Ventures, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Harmonix Fund, Humba Ventures, Refactor Capital, World Fund, Christian Reber, Marc Benioff, Mario Götze, Nico Rosberg, Stefan Muehlemann, 20Growth, 20VC, Lakestar |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Lovable | $200.0M Series A | Accel, Ben Fletcher | byFounders, Creandum, CRV, Flex Capital, Heavybit, Hummingbird Ventures, La Famiglia, Operator Collective, Pareto Holdings, RTP Global, TenOneTen Ventures, Uncork Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Ben Tossell, Charlie Songhurst, Chris McKillop, Christian Reber, Dharmesh Shah, Fredrik Hjelm, George Kurtz, Job Van Der Voort, Melissa Tan, Robert Muñoz, Stefan Lindeberg, Stewart Butterfield, Charlie Songhurst, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Thomas Wolf, 20VC, Visionaries Club |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Buena | $58.0M Series A | GV | 20VC, Ananda Impact Ventures, Angel Invest, Capnamic Ventures, Coelius Capital, Crosslink Capital, Pareto Holdings, Peak, Stride VC, Vertex Ventures, Abakar Saidov, Christian Vollmann, Ed Brandler, Julian Stiefel, Khaled Helioui, Lucas Cranach, Patrick Andrae, Sultan Murad Saidov, 20VC, Stride |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Peec AI | $6.0M Seed | Kieran Hill | Antler, Nauta Capital, Peak, Jean Charles Samuelian, Konstantin Othmer, Mario Götze, Patrick Andrae, Combination VC, Foreword VC, Identity Ventures, S20 Fund |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Solve Intelligence | $12.0M Series A | 20VC | Redpoint Ventures, Akhil Paul, Gideon Valkin, Gloria Baeuerlein, Jonas Huckestein, Mike Hudack, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Y Combinator |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Fyxer AI | $10.0M Series A | 20VC | AirAngels, AIX Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Capnamic Ventures, Cocoa, EQT Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Harmonix Fund, Humba Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, La Famiglia, Long Journey Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Mana Ventures, Refactor Capital, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Transcend Fund, Visionaries Club, World Fund, Aravind Bharadwaj, Chris Carvalho, Eden Chen, Gokul Rajaram, Lukas Brosseder, Marc Benioff, Mario Götze, Nate Mitchell, Nico Rosberg, Robert Maier, Stefan Muehlemann |
| Feb 1, 2025 | handly | $4.0M Seed | Stride VC, 20VC | 10x Group, Angel Invest, Rexhep Dollaku, Crosslink Capital, eFounders, Firework Ventures, General Catalyst, GSV Acceleration, Math Capital, Owl Ventures, Peak, Point Nine Capital, Seven Seven Six, Sinai Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Vine Ventures LP, Brian O'Kelley, Lea- Sophie Cramer, Mario Götze, Nicolas Julia, Robin Sabban, Thibaud Elziere, Verena Pausder, Youcef Es-skouri |
| Feb 1, 2025 | ScorePlay | $13.0M Series A | 20VC | AngelList Syndicator, Antler, Convoz, Felix Capital, Greylock, Heretic Ventures, Seven Seven Six, True Ventures, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Jan Deepen, Jeremy Yap, Pete Koomen, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Archy | $15.0M Series A | Aviad Eyal | Alven, Andreessen Horowitz, Anthemis Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV, Kima Ventures, NKM Capital, RTP Global, TCV, Fidji Simo, Henry Kravis, Raphael Vullierme, 20VC |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Allo | $5.0M Seed | 20VC | — |
| Jan 1, 2024 | General Index | $12.0M Series A | Chalfen Ventures, Harry Stebbings | 20VC, Felix Capital, Kima Ventures, LocalGlobe, Motier Ventures, Akin Babayigit, Maria Raga |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Omada | $7.0M Seed | Felix Capital | 20VC, Albion VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Chalfen Ventures, E1 Ventures, General Catalyst, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Christian Miele, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Kima Ventures, Lakestar, LightShed Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Makers Fund, Motier Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital, Quassar Capital, Theory Ventures, Anjney Midha, Azeem Azhar, Doug Monro, Guy Podjarny, Henry Kravis, James Isilay, James Meekings, Mark Cuban, Ran Makavy, Sherry Coutu, Tony Jamous, Will Brooks, Will Martin, Akin Babayigit, Claire Valoti, Iris Alameddine, Maria Raga, Pat Cummins, Paul Le, Pierre Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel, Harry Stebbings, Athletico Ventures, F4, Pareto Holdings, Play Ventures |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Cycle App | $6.0M Seed | Boldstart Ventures | 20VC, AAF Management Ltd., Acadian Ventures, Accel, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, Cambrian Ventures, Chalfen Ventures, Connect Ventures, Conversion Capital, Daffy, eFounders, Emergence Capital, Felix Capital, Highland Capital Partners, IA Seed Ventures, Indeed.com, Insight Partners, Kearny Jackson, Kima Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Mantis VC, Mischief Venture Capital, monashees, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sarona Ventures, #SecretFund, Seedcamp, Slack Fund, SNR, Stride VC, Stripe, SV Latam Fund, TQ Ventures, Tribe Capital, TrueSight Ventures, TY, Ulu Ventures, Y Combinator, Adrien Miniatti, Amirhossein Malekzadeh, Anthony Pompliano, Antoine Martin, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Murphy, Eric Nadalin, Garrett Koehn, Gokul Rajaram, Guillaume Luccisano, Guy Podjarny, Ilya Kondrashov, Jean-David Blanc, Jeffrey Wilke, Jérôme Le Feuvre, Jonathan Widawski, Kevin Weil, Lior Shiff, Liu Jiang, Mario Götze, Maximilian Tayenthal, Niklas Jansen, Othman Laraki, Peter Kazanjy, Riccardo Zacconi, Ron Pragides, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Thibaud Elziere, Youcef Es-skouri, Brad Menezes, David Apple, David Hoang, Eric Wittman, Jeremy Le Van, Kelton Lynn, Kyle Parrish, Marie Gassée, Mark Pundsack, Mary Nelson, Nick Candito, Olivia Teich, Omar Pera Mira, Romain David, Shreyas Doshi, Sriram Krishnan, 20VC, Base Case Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, Antoine Martin, Evan Tana, SV Angel |
| Jan 1, 2023 | BORN | $3.0M Seed | Julien Bek | 20VC, AirAngels, All Iron Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList Syndicator, Angular Ventures, Balderton Capital, Better Capital, Blossom Capital, Buckley Ventures, Chalfen Ventures, Coalition Operators, Earl Grey Capital, Eunoia Capital Partners, IVP, Mantis VC, On Deck, Pareto Holdings, Slow Ventures, Trust Fund, Volition Capital, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Baron Davis, Chris Schagen, Christian Oestlien, Claire Hughes Johnson, Cristina Cordova, David Peterson, Dylan Field, George Ruan, Girish Mathrubootham, Jan Deepen, Jeremy Yap, Julian Shapiro, Kunal Shah, Louis Beryl, Manik Gupta, Martin Henk, Mathilde Collin, Melissa Tan, Robbert Flipsen, Ryan Tedder, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Stefan Jeschonnek, Tyler Willis, Vindi Banga, Harry Stebbings, Alex Pall, Ilkka Paananen, Kevin Weil, Mario Götze |
| Dec 1, 2022 | TheyDo | $13.0M Series A | Blossom Capital | 20VC, Addition, AirAngels, Buckley Ventures, Coalition Operators, Earl Grey Capital, Eunoia Capital Partners, IVP, Mantis VC, Pareto Holdings, Red Swan Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Slow Ventures, Trust Fund, Volition Capital, VTF Capital, Baron Davis, Claire Hughes Johnson, George Ruan, Julian Shapiro, Louis Beryl, Manik Gupta, Mathilde Collin, Melissa Tan, Robbert Flipsen, Ryan Tedder, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Todd Rovak, Tyler Willis, Vindi Banga, Annie Pearl, Des Traynor, Eleanor Dorfman, Elena Verna, Grisha Pavlotsky, Jeroen Nieuwenhuijs, John Cutler, Kyle Parrish, Lawrence M. Chu, Risto Lahdesmaki, Harry Stebbings |