Raspberry

Raspberry is a syndicate of individual private investors, led by Alex Farcet, focused on ClimateTech and AI-enabled startups.

We’ve co-invested in 21 startups (and 6 follow ons) since mid-2022.  

Investment focus & scope

  • Raspberry is a fast, founder-friendly way to close the final gap in a VC-led round—so founders can stop fundraising and get back to building.

    Our members are busy successful individuals who rarely invest solo, so the capital we bring is truly additive. And because we aggregate all checks into a single SPV, founders get one line on the cap table, one signature, and no added governance complexity.

  • We invest in relatively early stage tech startups addressing climate change and/or deploying AI to solve real world problems.

    We typically only co-invest in startups raising their first VC money - making the transition from ‘amateur money to ‘professional’ money.

    These startups have figured out their problem-solution and have confirmation of product-market fit. They are typically looking to raise €1m - €5m to accelerate their go to market.

    We occasionally join A+ rounds when we get an allocation that makes sense for both the founders and us.

    See our investments.

  • To date Raspberry has taken on allocations in individual starrtups ranging from €50k to €650k .

    We are a syndicate so it’s our job, with the founders, to present each co-investment opportunity clearly and transparently. Raspberry members then make their own individual decisions on a case by case basis.

    We work with founders during the process to set a target and to coordinate when to close based on co-investor interest.

  • So far we’ve focused on European startups, with Israel and some US deals in scope. We have also made our first investments in African based startups.

    LatAm and Asia and the rest of the world are out of scope.

  • We only present one startup at a time to the Raspberry syndicate members, allowing them to consider each co-investment on a case-by-case basis.

    We made our first co-investment in mid-2022 have presented about one startup per month, minus the slow summer and Xmas months.

Coinvestors & founders

Coinvestors

Get access to VC led startup investments with small individual checks.

Founders

Close your funding gap quickly and efficiently, and only add one line to your cap table.

How it works

How Raspberry works for co-investors and for founders.

Why Raspberry?

The mission:

To save founders time when they’re fundraising so they can get back to their core mission.

To give individuals who are ‘long on cash, but short on time’, access to great ClimateTech & AI startups thereby deploying additive capital to support impactful innovation.

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