Francesco Monaca

Giant backs frontier technology founders rebuilding the foundations of civilisation. We champion entrepreneurs driven by purpose and relentless ambition to advance humanity. There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redesign how the world works. Profound technological breakthroughs are accelerating amidst climate crisis, demographic upheaval and geopolitical revolution. Giant seeks companies reimagining foundational systems: energy, materials, industry, work, finance, biology and healthcare. We invest from first cheque to growth. From AI, robotics and automation to techbio, electrification and the future of work. Giant stands for technology as a force for good, crafted by high integrity founders.

Giant backs frontier technology founders rebuilding the foundations of civilisation. We champion entrepreneurs driven by purpose and relentless ambition to advance humanity. There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redesign how the world works. Profound technological breakthroughs are accelerating amidst climate crisis, demographic upheaval and geopolitical revolution. Giant seeks companies reimagining foundational systems: energy, materials, industry, work, finance, biology and healthcare. We invest from first cheque to growth. From AI, robotics and automation to techbio, electrification and the future of work. Giant stands for technology as a force for good, crafted by high integrity founders.

Founded in 1997, Pan-European VC Earlybird backs exceptional early-stage companies, supporting them through their growth and development phases and providing financial resources, strategic support, plus access to an international network and capital markets. Through two separate strategies, Earlybird focuses on tech-enabled businesses across software applications, infrastructure, and deep tech, while Earlybird Health focuses on life science breakthroughs accelerated by data-driven analytics and operations. Earlybird also has a pro-bono impact initiative, Vision Lab. With EUR 2.5 billion under management across fund streams and a history of 9 IPOs and 37 trade sales, Earlybird is among Europe’s most established and active venture capital firms. More information: www.earlybird.com X: https://x.com/EarlybirdVC LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/company/earlybird-venture-capital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earlybirdvc/

Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and boutique venture capital firm. We focus on talents, not industries. We believe in lifelong learning & personal growth, empowering entrepreneurs with unique access to successful founders. We are a fund built by founders for founders.

Weve seeded impactful founders since 1999 at places like Citymapper, Improbable, Lovefilm, Moo, Wise and Zoopla. Londons just getting started.