Volker Rofalski

EUVC is the platform at the center of European tech. We connect the people, capital, and companies building Europe, from leading VCs and LPs to founders and operators shaping the next generation of companies. Through media, community, and events, we create the environment where high-signal conversations happen, relationships are built, and opportunities emerge. Our podcast features some of the most prominent voices in European venture and tech. Our community brings together investors and operators. Our events, including the EUVC Summit and Awards, create moments that matter for the ecosystem.

SmartPetPro GmbH is an innovative, high-tech company specializing in the development and production of premium-quality, healthy, and sustainable wet food for dogs and cats. Our state-of-the-art facility sets benchmarks in ecological and sustainable manufacturing, alongside market-leading automation. We serve a wide range of clients, from established leaders in the pet food industry to emerging brands. With flexible production processes, we support small, innovative companies from day one, offering expertise and production know-how in a collaborative approach. This enables start-ups to leverage our platform as a foundation for growth and a springboard for strategic expansion.

We partner with deeply technical teams at inception and help with their first fundraise, commercial hires and customers. As entrepreneurs and operators, we have helped build two unicorns and have backed 100+ preseed and seed teams at the frontier of technology in robotics (ARK, Allonic, CoProd, Starlife, Hyperdrives), energy (Glow, Reverion, ToZero, Crosstown, Hestia), space (Momentum, Gama, Recast, Popcorn, Yuri) and AI (SE3, Orbem, Tabula, Calibre, CakeWalk). ____ We are backed by a tightly knit network of founders, angels, PE and VC partners, industry veterans and family entrepreneurs. Some of the investors, weve coinvested with: Benchmark, Index, Accel, Creandum, Bessemer, General Catalyst, LakeStar, EQT, 50Y, LocalGlobe, BlueYard, Kindred, Seedcamp, Atlantic, Adjacent, Inflection, Interface, Amino, NP Hard, Belief, YC, EWOR.

āltitude is an early-stage VC fund investing in software start-ups serving SMEs in Europe. The last decade was dominated by B2B enterprise, we bet on the next decade SME Tech. We invest EUR 250K cheques in multi-revenue business models for SMEs across Europe.

We co-invest with selected top Business Angels in early stage (seed / pre-revenue) technology companies. Our allstars-network includes the most experienced and successful Business Angels - were matching their investments.

EUVC is the platform at the center of European tech. We connect the people, capital, and companies building Europe, from leading VCs and LPs to founders and operators shaping the next generation of companies. Through media, community, and events, we create the environment where high-signal conversations happen, relationships are built, and opportunities emerge. Our podcast features some of the most prominent voices in European venture and tech. Our community brings together investors and operators. Our events, including the EUVC Summit and Awards, create moments that matter for the ecosystem.

SmartPetPro GmbH is an innovative, high-tech company specializing in the development and production of premium-quality, healthy, and sustainable wet food for dogs and cats. Our state-of-the-art facility sets benchmarks in ecological and sustainable manufacturing, alongside market-leading automation. We serve a wide range of clients, from established leaders in the pet food industry to emerging brands. With flexible production processes, we support small, innovative companies from day one, offering expertise and production know-how in a collaborative approach. This enables start-ups to leverage our platform as a foundation for growth and a springboard for strategic expansion.