Herbert Ventures Seed Fund

Herbert Ventures backs exceptional founders and serial entrepreneurs at the earliest stages—pre-seed and seed—when conviction outweighs consensus, prioritizing technical depth, relentless drive, and operational excellence over specific sectors or trends. The firm is industry-agnostic but has an affinity for deeptech and technical teams, using a single-shot model to eliminate sunk-cost bias and maintain sharp focus on initial investments, always co-investing to help portfolio companies progress without conflicted follow-on decisions.

Herbert Ventures is an early-stage VC firm focusing on pre-seed and seed investments in European startups, with a core emphasis on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The firm employs a 'single-shot' investment model, writing checks of €500K to €1M without reserves for follow-ons, always co-investing with other VCs to support exceptional founder teams in reaching the next stage.