Mara Larson-Richard

Mara Larson-Richard is a Venture Partner at Angel Invest, a prominent European super angel fund focused on early-stage technology startups. In her current role, she helps manage a high-volume investment strategy where the firm backs approximately 100 startups annually with standard check sizes of €125,000, targeting a portfolio where historically sixty percent of companies successfully raise Series A funding. Larson-Richard recently oversaw Angel Invest's participation in a €500,000 pre-seed funding round for the software startup Proofcheck in February 2024. This specific transaction was conducted alongside the 5502 Fund, an early-stage investment vehicle managed by BackBone Ventures, and involved collaboration with industry figures Gernot Singer and Kyle Kosic. Her current investment focus centers on sourcing and evaluating pre-seed and seed opportunities across the artificial intelligence, financial technology, and deep technology sectors throughout the European market.