How we work

Our investment focus.

We prioritize investing in entrepreneurs, teams and businesses that use technology to help address complex challenges and drive scale, market impact and lasting competitive advantage. We aim to be the institutional investor of choice for exceptional teams building the leading technology-driven companies of tomorrow.

Stars icon Our offering.

Our business goes beyond simply picking winners; we are committed to developing future champions by supporting them in navigating growth across all relevant vectors: capital, talent, operating strategy, client acquisition/retention, market expansion, governance, M&A and exit strategy planning and implementation - and as a sounding board for ideas. We have a can-do modus operandi. We make our extensive international network and unique regional capabilities available to our investee companies in every step of the way.

Crosshairs icon How we invest.

  • Big Pi is a multi-stage technology investment platform, from seed and early-stage rounds all the way to growth capital financing. Our equity tickets range from €0.5 to €30 million across our family of funds.
  • We invest in businesses with technology at the core of their value proposition.
  • We back visionary tech entrepreneurs with well-rounded teams who are determined to scale up; and in the case of our early-stage fund strategy, often brilliant scientists and engineers in universities, research centers and corporations, who want to bring projects from the lab to the market.
  • We relentlessly strive to drive efficiencies and augment teams, including through our regional angles where appropriate and feasible.

Checklist icon Investment Criteria

Panning move icon Positioning

We seek out businesses that use technology or technology-driven solutions to develop sustainable moats or distinct and defensible advantages over their competitors. This may include products, services or processes that can be patented or safeguarded, or teams with unique skills.

Globe icon Market & problem

The potential market must be sufficiently large and the business proposition should address a sizable geographic area. A substantial majority of our investments are in B2B businesses or are B2B-enabled.

Team icon Team

We favor teams and businesses whose capabilities strand both product innovation and business development. Business-facing teams are expected to have a deep understanding of their market and target customer base. Tech teams in early stage investments ought to demonstrate clear vision of how their inventions or prototypes will transition into useful marketable products, while in later stages tangible evidence of scalability of platform and operations is essential.