United Founders is a newly launched European venture capital firm founded in 2025 by Vít Horký, founder of Brand Embassy (acquired by NICE Systems in 2019), and Jakub Havrlant, founder of Rockaway Capital. The fund unites more than 100 founders and operators from 26 countries across Europe, with the shared mission of helping the continent produce its first trillion-dollar tech giants. The firm is built around a “founders-for-founders” philosophy, combining capital with operational experience and a large mentorship network of industry leaders from both startups and established corporations.
United Founders invests at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages, focusing primarily on deep technology, hardware, dual-use innovation (civilian + defense applications), and medtech. The fund positions itself as a bridge between Europe’s research excellence and commercial scaling, seeking early-stage teams with frontier technologies that can evolve into globally competitive enterprises.
The debut vehicle of United Founders was announced in November 2025 as a Pre-Seed and Seed-stage fund targeting pan-European startups in hardware, dual-use tech, and medical technology.
While the total fund size has not yet been publicly disclosed, the firm has confirmed it will invest up to €1 million per company and already begun deploying capital.
The fund’s structure reflects its community model: over 100 founders and operators act as limited partners, advisors, and mentors.
This network spans key European hubs such as the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and Central Europe, enabling portfolio companies to access region-wide resources and operational know-how. The firm’s ambition, as expressed by General Partner Vít Horký, is to help Europe create its own tech giants on par with Apple, Google, and Nvidia.
Leadership
United Founders is led by General Partner Vít Horký and Co-Founder Jakub Havrlant, joined by Managing Partner Tony Kypreos (UK), who is also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering. The broader leadership network includes notable entrepreneurs and operators such as Florian Seibel (Quantum Systems), Christina Mace-Turner (formerly Apple and Flipboard), André Petry (Tacto), Liina Laas (The Better Fund), and Michal Pechouček (former CTO of Avast). Senior industry figures like Laurent Philonenko (Cisco, Asana) and Sébastien Borget (The Sandbox) also contribute as mentors and advisors.
Investment Strategy
United Founders operates as a founder-driven community fund with a pan-European presence. Its strategy centers on backing mission-driven technical founders building frontier hardware and dual-use technologies with global potential. The fund combines capital investment with hands-on mentorship from experienced operators and specialists across industry verticals. It intends to leverage its geographically distributed network to help early-stage startups commercialize research faster and navigate the regulatory and industrial landscape across Europe and beyond.
Notable Investments
As of launch, United Founders has announced its first two investments: Wonderful (Israel), which develops customer-facing automation tools, and Every Health (Germany), a healthtech startup focused on improving digital care delivery. Further portfolio companies are expected as the fund continues to deploy across 2026.
Notable Exits
Being a new fund founded in 2025, United Founders has not yet recorded any public exits.
Other
For founders, United Founders represents a unique European fund that combines community capital with real operating experience. Its members’ diverse backgrounds — spanning software, defense, and health innovation — offer broad technical and commercial expertise.
The fund’s dual-use and hardware orientation is notable in a European context, where most capital has historically favored software. Founders should expect a collaborative approach with mentorship as a core part of the relationship rather than just financial backing.
Tony Kypreos - Managing Partner
Maxime Paradis - Managing Partner
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