What BREEGA does

BREEGA is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 (first fund closed 2015) and headquartered in Paris, with co-headquarters in London and additional offices in Barcelona, Lagos, Cape Town, and Luxembourg. The firm invests from pre-Seed to Series A+ across Europe and Africa in three verticals — Digital, Climate, and Deep Tech — with a portfolio of 110+ companies including notable names such as Exotec (warehouse robotics), Alice & Bob (quantum computing), Moneybox (wealth management), 011H (carbon-neutral real estate), Gojob, Coverflex, and Carbon Maps. Breega manages €700 million in assets under management and ranks in the top 10% of best-performing VC funds globally.

The firm's core offering is venture capital investment, augmented by an in-house operational support function called the "Scaling Squad" that provides portfolio companies with hands-on expertise across hiring, sales, marketing, and strategy. Breega positions itself as an operator-led investor, emphasizing that every team member has built or scaled a company. The team of 40+ is organized with regionally focused Partners covering France, the UK, North Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa, plus a full back-office function (CFO, legal, talent, marketing, content, finance). The firm maintains B Corp certification (2018) and a GDPR-compliant data policy, and produces an annual "Predictions Deck" covering 9 industries as a thought-leadership asset.

Breega's revenue model follows standard VC economics — management fees on assets under management plus carried interest from portfolio exits. In 2026, the firm anchored a dedicated Africa vehicle (Breega Africa Seed I Fund) with a €7.5 million commitment from the African Development Bank (combined with European Commission Boost Africa Initiative capital), targeting Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, and Francophone Africa in fintech, agritech, healthtech, logistics, edtech, and climatetech. Distribution is relationship-driven rather than channel-driven: Partners source deals directly from founders across regional tech hubs, often before founders formalize their funding process. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is irrelevant to the firm's customer model since startups receive investment rather than purchase a product.

Name

BREEGA

Legal name

Breega

Website

https://breega.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BREEGA is an early-stage venture capital firm managing €700M across Europe and Africa, investing from pre-Seed to Series A+ in Digital, Climate, and Deep Tech startups, and supporting its 110+ portfolio companies through an in-house Scaling Squad.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital funding
• Early-stage investing
• Startup growth capital
• Seed and Series A
• Portfolio company support

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Investment Management: Breega generates revenue through traditional VC mechanisms including management fees on funds under management and carried interest from successful portfolio company exits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Breega is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides equity investment from pre-Seed through Series A+ to technology startups across Europe and Africa. The firm invests across Digital, Climate, and Deep Tech verticals, deploying capital from multiple dedicated funds including the Breega Africa Seed I Fund. In addition to capital, Breega provides hands-on operational support through its in-house Scaling Squad, offering portfolio founders expertise in hiring, sales, marketing, and strategy.

Product overview

Breega is an early-stage venture capital firm that operates as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core service is venture capital investment from pre-seed to Series A+ stages, supplemented by in-house operational support through its Scaling Squad team. The firm focuses on three investment verticals: Digital, Climate, and Deep Tech sectors across Europe and Africa. Key offerings include the Breega Africa Seed I Fund for African startups and The 2026 Deck, the firm's annual industry predictions publication. Breega differentiates itself through hands-on partnership, providing portfolio companies with expertise in hiring, sales, marketing, and strategy rather than passive capital deployment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 10% best-performing VC funds globally

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Partech Partners: Pan-European/African VC firm investing from Seed to Growth across digital and deep tech. Closest peer to Breega in geographic mandate, stage range (Seed through Growth), and operator-led model, with similar €1B+ AUM scale.
• Speedinvest: European early-stage VC investing across Seed and Series A, frequently co-investing with Breega (e.g., ANDA). Comparable in stage focus, ticket size, and European hub coverage from Paris/London.
• LocalGlobe: UK-based Seed VC with global footprint, co-invested with Breega in BioOrbit. Directly comparable in Seed-stage focus, operator-style support, and cross-stage follow-on via the wider Capital L局 family.
• Elaia Partners: Paris-based early-stage VC investing across digital, deep tech, and climate. Co-invested with Breega in Alice & Bob; comparable in size, Paris HQ, sector verticals, and pre-Seed/Seed focus.
• Demeter: European climate-tech and deep-tech VC, co-invested with Breega in Quideos. Comparable as a French-rooted, sector-specialized VC investing Seed/Series A in Climate and Deep Tech — directly overlapping with Breega's Climate vertical.
• Notion Capital: European early-stage VC with a SaaS/digital focus and London HQ. Comparable to Breega in stage range, ticket size, and operator-driven support model for European B2B founders.

Broad incumbents

• Atomico: Pan-European later-stage VC firm founded by Skype's Niklas Zennström. Larger AUM and broader Stage mandate than Breega; overlaps most directly at Breega's Series A+ entries and competes for the same founder relationships.
• Index Ventures: Major European-Israeli VC with multi-stage (Seed through Growth) mandate. Co-invested with Breega in Jump; significantly larger and more global, but overlapping directly on European Seed/Series A deal flow.
• AVP (AXA Venture Partners): Later-stage European VC backed by AXA, co-invested with Breega in Alice & Bob Series B. Operates at the larger end of Breega's stage range but competes directly on Breega's Series A+ selections.
• Bpifrance: French public investment bank with venture and growth funds across all stages and sectors. Lead investor in Alice & Bob Series B alongside Breega; competes for the same French founder pipeline and provides one of the few domestic follow-on sources of capital.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/breegavc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/breega
• Instagraminstagram.com/breega.vc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments143 records

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