What Atlantic does

Atlantic.vc (legal entity Atlantic Labs Manager GmbH) is a Berlin-based European venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Christophe F. Maire, a serial entrepreneur and former super-angel (Gate5/Here.com, SoundCloud), and Marc-Olivier Lücke (CFA, PhD in Finance). The firm invests as a first-round lead investor at pre-seed and seed stage, with 150+ portfolio companies backed, €1bn in portfolio follow-on funding, and a stated 70% venture graduation rate. Investments are organised around four themes: AI & Compute, Industrial & Robotics, Energy & Climate, and Space & Security, primarily across the EU and UK.

The firm's investment vehicle is a regulated fund manager structure: Atlantic Labs 3 GmbH & Co. KG (earlier digital/internet-era fund) and Atlantic Labs 4 GmbH & Co. KG (an SFDR Article 8 fund with formal ESG exclusion screening). Beyond capital, Atlantic layers a 350+ portfolio founder community, a 6-12 month Founder Associate Program (50+ alumni since 2021), and dedicated Operator and Connector team functions that have facilitated 580+ leadership placements across portfolio companies. Distribution is direct-to-founder: self-serve applications, 24-hour-to-2-week decision timelines, and active university spinout sourcing (30+ facilitated).

Atlantic earns revenue as a fund manager via management fees on Labs 3 and Labs 4 and via carried interest on exits (e.g., Prior Labs acquired by SAP; CoMatch acquired by Malt; Choco unicorn; Harmattan AI at $1.4B). Notable co-investors across rounds include Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Eurazeo, Balderton, NordicNinja, Voyager Ventures, Y Combinator, and Dassault Aviation. FoodLabs, an autonomous food-value-chain fund and venture studio, was spun out in 2017 and operates independently.

Name

Atlantic

Legal name

Atlantic Labs Manager GmbH

Website

https://atlantic.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlantic.vc is a Berlin-based European venture capital firm (Atlantic Labs Manager GmbH) that leads first-round pre-seed and seed investments across AI & Compute, Industrial & Robotics, Energy & Climate, and Space & Security, serving pioneering deep-tech founders in the EU and UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital / Pre-Seed and Seed Equity Investing

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Pre-seed funding
• Seed round capital
• Deep tech investing
• Startup equity financing

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fund management & carried interest: Atlantic earns revenue as a registered alternative investment fund manager (Atlantic Labs Manager GmbH). Returns come from management fees on Atlantic Labs 3 and Atlantic Labs 4 funds and from carried interest on portfolio exits, with key team members having interest alignment via carry.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Atlantic is a Berlin-based venture capital firm (Atlantic Labs Manager GmbH) that invests as a first-round lead investor in European pre-seed and seed startups across AI & Compute, Industrial & Robotics, Energy & Climate, and Space & Security. The firm manages institutional funds (Atlantic Labs 3 and Atlantic Labs 4) that deploy equity capital alongside hands-on venture development support, including a 350+ founder community, a 6-12 month Founder's Associate Program, and 580+ leadership placements into portfolio companies. Revenue is generated through fund management fees and carried interest on exits.

Product overview

Atlantic is a Berlin-based venture capital firm (Atlantic Labs Manager GmbH) operating as a first-round lead investor across Europe rather than a single unified technology product. The firm's core offering is Atlantic.vc, anchored by its institutional investment funds Atlantic Labs 3 GmbH & Co. KG and Atlantic Labs 4 GmbH & Co. KG (the latter an SFDR Article 8 fund), which deploy pre-seed and seed capital into 150+ portfolio companies. These investments span four priority themes (AI & Compute, Energy & Climate, Industrial & Robotics, and Space & Security), with a 350+ founder community, the Founder's Associate Program (a 6-12 month full-time program with 50+ alumni since 2021), and hands-on support in hiring and follow-on fundraising layered on top of the funds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FoodLabs: Impact fund and venture studio spun out of Atlantic.vc in 2017 that invests globally across the food value chain; operates independently under separate management.

Products and services

• Atlantic Labs 4 Fund (Atlantic Labs 4 GmbH & Co. KG) Pre-seed and seed investment fund focused on European digital, software or deep tech startups able to scale internationally across four thematic verticals (AI & Compute, Industrial & Robotics, Energy & Climate, Space & Security). The fund promotes environmental and social characteristics through negative-screening exclusions and is intended for institutional and family-office Limited Partners.
• Atlantic Labs 3 Fund (Atlantic Labs 3 GmbH & Co. KG) Earlier-vintage Atlantic investment fund focused on co-creation and early-stage digital/internet business models across digital health, future of work, AI & data, industrial automation, mobility, fintech, proptech and community themes, with explicit exclusion of food value chain investments.
• Founder's Associate Program 6-12 month full-time program for entrepreneurial participants who work directly with two or more early-stage startups from the Atlantic.vc and FoodLabs portfolios, with high-impact projects, 1:1 investor mentorship, masterclasses and insider access to the founder and investor community.
• Atlantic Portfolio Founder Community Community of 350+ connected Atlantic portfolio founders providing peer support, hands-on help with hiring and follow-on fundraising, and access to an international investor network across Europe, the US and Asia, with close ties to global top-tier funds.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150+ startups backed
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• SAPflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026SAP signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atlantic portfolio company Prior Labs, establishing a globally-leading frontier AI lab in Europe focused on Tabular Foundation Models. Described by Atlantic Founder Christophe Maire as 'a great sign for European AI'.
• SlushcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Co-hosted the 'Slush x Atlantic Berlin Builder Meetup' in 2026; Atlantic also presented Europe's first university spinout report at Slush 2025 (alongside Dealroom, MITO Technology, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Oxford Science Enterprises, Northern Gritstone).
• Dassault AviationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Strategic/strategic-investor in Atlantic portfolio company Harmattan AI's $200M Series B at $1.4B valuation, alongside FirstMark — explicitly framed as advancing Europe's strategic autonomy in autonomous defence systems.
• Lululemon, FOMO Berlin, World Fund & V14minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Co-sponsors of Atlantic's Founder & Investor Run events (powered by Lululemon) in Berlin, used for community building and brand presence.
• Vercel Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Hosts the atlantic.vc website via Vercel (EU data centers, EU-US Data Privacy Framework participant).
• Recruitee B.V.coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Operates Atlantic's job/careers section and processes candidate application data on Atlantic's behalf.
• Dinamo Typefaces (ABCDinamo)minorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2025Licensed typefaces self-hosted by Atlantic for consistent text rendering across browsers and devices (no third-party connection when fonts load).
• FoodLabscoreOthers · 1 January 2017FoodLabs spun out of Atlantic.vc in 2017 and operates as an autonomous fund manager and venture studio focused on the global food value chain. They share common roots and frequently collaborate on ecosystem activities but do not co-invest; Atlantic.vc does not invest in food value chain topics because of the separation.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Speedinvest: Vienna-based European pre-seed/seed VC with multiple sector-focused funds (deep tech, fintech, climate). Comparable to Atlantic in stage, regional focus, and thematic specialization across deep tech verticals.
• Earlybird Venture Capital: One of Europe's longest-standing early-stage venture capital firms, headquartered in Berlin, focused on pre-seed/seed and Series A technology investments. Directly comparable to Atlantic in stage, geography, and deep tech orientation.
• Creandum: Stockholm-based early-stage VC investing across the Nordics, DACH, and wider Europe. Direct peer to Atlantic in stage and European seed focus; co-led the PAVE Space round alongside Atlantic.
• Visionaries Club: European seed VC founded by the Felix Capital team and others, focused on pre-seed/seed deep tech and consumer. Direct peer that has co-led recent rounds with Atlantic, including PAVE Space's $40M seed.
• Point Nine Capital: Berlin-based seed-stage VC investing in B2B SaaS and marketplaces across Europe. Direct peer given shared Berlin base, seed stage focus, and portfolio of 100+ European companies.

Broad incumbents

• Balderton Capital: London-based Series A-focused European VC with broader stage range than Atlantic. A broader incumbent in the European venture ecosystem that has co-invested with Atlantic in Prior Labs and other portfolio companies.
• Index Ventures: Pan-European venture capital firm with a broader stage range and larger fund size than Atlantic. A leading global brand in European tech investing that has co-led rounds with Atlantic, including Mirelo's $41M seed.
• Accel: Global venture capital firm with significant European presence (London office). A broader incumbent that has co-led rounds in Atlantic's portfolio, including Synthflow's $20M Series A.
• EQT Ventures: Stockholm-based European venture fund backed by EQT, investing from seed to growth. Broader-incumbent peer in the European VC landscape with overlapping deep tech and sustainability focus.

Others

• FoodLabs: Spun out of Atlantic.vc in 2017 as an autonomous impact fund and venture studio focused on the food value chain. Closely related sibling entity that shares the Atlantic platform and the Founder Associate Program but does not co-invest due to thematic separation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atlantic-vc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments256 records

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