Founded in 2009, Nausicaa Ventures is a multi-industry early stage venture capital fund that focuses on investment rounds between EUR 1 and 4 million. The firm was created by bringing together 35 private investors and selected institutional investors, such as the European Investment Fund or ING Bank, under the management of an experienced investment team. Nausicaa Ventures aims to cover the equity gap faced by most promising early stage companies on their path towards profitable growth, and has the resources, knowledge, experience and agility to respond to the financial and management needs of those companies. The firm specializes in early-stage, later-stage, series C and D round, growth-stage, and seed-stage capital investments, and prefers to invest in companies based in Benelux, France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom operating in the healthcare, medtech, information and communication technology, high-tech, manufacturing, and clean technology sectors.