Monte Carlo Capital is a Monaco-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage deeptech, AI, and space technology startups, pairing fund capital with co-investment vehicles to back founders from seed through growth.
Monte Carlo Capital invests in early-stage companies across deep tech, AI, space technology, fintech, commerce, and software, with a particular focus on frontier science being turned into industry-defining businesses.
The firm invests primarily in the United States and Europe, drawing on a global network that also extends into Asia.
The firm typically invests at the pre-seed through Series A stages, with fund check sizes of $350,000 to $500,000 and companion co-investment vehicles (SPVs) that can write checks of $500,000 to $1.5 million, with total exposure to a single company reaching as much as $7 million across multiple rounds.
Monte Carlo Capital positions itself as a value-added co-investor, working alongside firms such as a16z, Atomico, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Sequoia.
Monte Carlo Capital has secured a $15 million first close for its second fund, Monte Carlo Capital Fund II, against a $30 million target.
The firm's debut fund, Monte Carlo Capital Fund I, closed at approximately $13 million in 2025, and the majority of its limited partners have recommitted to Fund II.
Fund II had already made five investments at the time of its first close.
Leadership
Monte Carlo Capital was founded in 2009 by Ian Sosso, Founder and Managing Partner, a former angel investor who has led more than 50 investment syndicates and was named Best European Early-Stage Investor by the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) in 2019.
The team also includes Lorenzo Quinto, Investment Analyst, alongside advisors Charles Sidman and Gary Beadell.
Investment Strategy
The firm says it only invests where it sees a credible path to a multi-billion-dollar outcome, combining a lean fund structure with deal-by-deal co-investment vehicles to back companies early and continue supporting them through later rounds.
Notable Investments
Monaco
