Munich, January 18, 2024 – Acton Capital announces that Julius Luehr (31) has been elected Partner. Originally from Hamburg, Julius joined Acton Capital’s Investment Team in early 2018. The appointment follows the final closing of the firm’s latest venture fund ACTON VI (€225M, 2023 vintage) as well as several new hires to extend the team in Munich. “Early on, Julius has built a trusted network within the industry and has contributed significantly to our deal flow.” Christoph Braun (Founding Partner, Acton Capital) Julius has been responsible for multiple high-profile deals in the Europ ..read more

Munich, November 8, 2023: Acton Capital, one of Europe’s longest-standing venture capital investors, has announced the closing of its Fund ACTON VI to invest throughout Europe and Canada. The team remains committed to backing companies in their early growth phase, with a focus on startups developing sustainable scaling strategies rooted in proven business models. The new €225m fund is Acton Capital’s largest fund thus far, bringing its total capital close to €1 billion. Backing companies with proven business models at the early growth stage “At Acton Capital, we have always focused on growth ..read more

London, October 17, 2023 –  iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, today announces a new funding line with initial commitments of £200 million from Barclays and Värde Partners. As the UK’s high street lenders retrench, reducing access to capital for SMEs, this funding line allows iwoca to meet growing SME demand for working capital. This comes as iwoca hits net profitability for the fourth consecutive quarter. Bridging the SME funding gap – launched over ten years ago in the UK and backed by Acton Capital since its Series B in 2015, iwoca secured an increase and extension to its ex ..read more

Ghent/Munich, March 2, 2023 – Belgian-based legal tech company Henchman raises €6,5 million Series A to support tomorrow’s lawyer with AI. The round is led by Adjacent VC together with Acton Capital, joined by existing investors such as Pitchdrive and follows Henchman’s recent GPT-3 integration. The fresh funding will be used to strengthen its focus on innovation and expand geographically, to make Henchman the industry-leading contract drafting and negotiation solution. Backing the next generation of legal tech – four years after the exit of global SaaS pioneer Clio, Acton Capital invests in A ..read more

Tallinn/Munich, September 29, 2022 – Klaus, the AI-powered customer service platform, has raised a €12 million Series A round of equity funding led by Acton Capital. Joining the round were previous investors Icebreaker, Creandum, and Global Founders Capital. Founded in 2018, Klaus has found traction with hundreds of global enterprise customers, among them household names such as Glovo, SoundCloud, and Epic Games. The new round of funding will deepen Klaus’ core focus on product and engineering teams while bringing new growth through sales and marketing. Recent research comm ..read more

Zurich/Munich, September 1, 2022 – Skribble AG completes Series A round of funding: fresh capital for the geographic expansion and its new presence in Germany. Digitalisation of signing processes and a legally valid solution for all industries – investors see huge potential for international growth. Skribble AG, the specialist for electronic signatures from Zurich, Switzerland has completed a round of funding with an investment volume of EUR 10 million. The round is led by Acton Capital from Munich, joined by existing investors like btov (b2venture) and co-lead by VI Partners AG, from Altendor ..read more

Series A led by leading European growth investor Acton Capital, existing investor Fair Capital Partners joined the round. ECO Group to further scale and expand brand portfolio on their B2B-platform for eco-friendly products. Acquisition of majority stake of natural cosmetics brand BEN&ANNA. Bad Homburg, July xx, 2023. ECO Group has raised a € 5 million Series A to scale its platform of eco-friendly consumer goods brands. The funding round was led by leading European growth investor Acton Capital; existing investor Fair Capital Partners joined the round. With the fresh funding ECO Group w ..read more

We are happy to announce our investment in Henchman. The company is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, and offers a tool that allows legal professionals to draft their contracts in a much better and speedier way. The software solution grants seamless access to all the legal teams’ previously written clauses and definitions from repositories directly within Microsoft Word, is easily integrated without requiring any maintenance, and is system- and language-agnostic, thus rendering it a unique offering in the LegalTech software space. Acton participates in a € 6M A-Round together with lead investor ..read more

Klaus, the AI-powered customer service platform, has raised a €12 million Series A round of equity funding led by Acton Capital. Joining the round were previous investors Icebreaker, Creandum, and Global Founders Capital. Founded in 2018, Klaus has found traction with hundreds of global enterprise customers, among them household names such as Glovo, SoundCloud, and Epic Games. The new round of funding will deepen Klaus’ core focus on product and engineering teams while bringing new growth through sales and marketing. Recent research commissioned by Microsoft shows that 95 ..read more

Skribble AG completes Series A round of funding / New capital for geographic expansion / Digitalisation of signing processes / Investors see huge potential for growth / The legally valid solution for all industries. Zurich, 1 September 2022 – Specialist for electronic signatures Skribble AG, based in Zurich, has completed a round of funding with an investment volume of EUR 10 million. The round is led by Acton Capital Partners GmbH from Munich, an international venture capital company focusing on digital business models seeing strong growth in revenue in Europe and North America. VI Partners A ..read more