Team up
As company builders we understand the intricate nuances of getting funds off the ground and have actively built multiple of them. We make sure you have everyone and everything you need to get started and consider ourselves part of your team.
Get funded
We are deeply embedded in the international eco-system of institutional investors and family offices and have a long track record of investing in funds. We are committed to bringing the funds in our portfolio up to scale.
What we offer.
Common Magic
Sarah Drinkwater
Meet Sarah Drinkwater, the visionary leader at the helm of Common Magic, a microfund with a laser focus on projects that put community front and center.
Don't Quit Ventures
Noa Khamallah
Allow us to introduce you to Noa Khamallah, a remarkable individual with a rich and diverse background who is enabling emerging market entrepreneurs.
5th Quarter Ventures
Tihomir Bajic and Pedja Predin
Pedja Predin and Tihomir Bajic, the driving forces behind FifthQuarter.vc, are poised to replicate the success stories that put Eastern European countries on the venture capital map.
Twin Track Ventures
Nicola Sinclair
Meet Nicola Sinclair, the visionary founder and managing partner of Twin Track Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm dedicated to backing deeptech startups serving both commercial and national security customers.
āltitude
Videesha, Marc and Ingo
Āltitude, led by Videesha Böckle, Marc Penkala, and Ingo Drexler, is revolutionizing the European venture capital landscape, championing B2B startups, and spearheading the digital transformation of SMEs, all while creating unparalleled value and innovation.
Dawnbox
Bunmi Adekore
DawnBox is a pioneering climate action venture-building fund targeting market inefficiencies in major African economies.
BOOOM
Felix Plapperer and Nicolaus Schefenacker
A hyper-collaborative & networked micro fund, backing Europe's B2B backbone of tomorrow - fuelled by Unicorn founders Felix and Nicolaus.
First Momentum Capital
Benjamin Ehrlich and Eric Ries
Meet First Momentum Capital: A first of its kind fund of funds built by and for the best emerging managers.
Fluent Ventures
Alexandre Lazarow
Meet Alexandre Lazarow, the visionary founder and managing partner of Fluent Ventures a next generation global venture capital fund.
Omni Ventures
Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman
Meet Omni Ventures—the Manufacturing Tech VC. Founded by industry pioneers Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman.
Flywheel Capital
Sam Lawson
Meet Sam Lawson, a pioneering force in venture secondaries, driven by a team that’s reimagining liquidity for the venture growth market.
1991 Ventures
Denis Gursky and Viktor Gurskyi
1991 Ventures is a bold seed-stage venture fund based in London, dedicated to forging a bridge between Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Ukraine, and the global startup ecosystem.
Who we are.
Michael and Felix have been friends and business partners for over a decade. They founded a company together and made every mistake worth making (and quite a few on top).
Together with Paula and Michael, they are committed to spending the next decades making the funds ecosystem more accessible, more diverse, more fun and more profitable.
Michael Ströck
Founding Partner
Michael is a passionate entrepreneur and fund investor. He has been an active venture LP for over a decade, as well as a founding partner and founding investor of multiple funds. Together with Felix, Michael leads the Allocator One Anchor Fund, invests in the best new fund managers all over the world.
Paula Schwarz
Cohort Partner (Anchor Fund I)
Paula is a true impact entrepreneur and investor. She built StartupBoat, one of the leading social incubators . Coming from a family business background, she helped to build funds around the globe and received a scholarship from 500 Startups to finalise her Investment Management Trainee at Stanford University.
Felix Staeritz
Founding Partner
Felix has a long track record as an entrepreneur and investor. He built and exited FoundersLane, the largest independent corporate company builder in the world, creating over €1B in portfolio value across Europe and the Middle East with top-tier entrepreneurs, investors and corporates.
Michael Hwang
Cohort Partner (Anchor Fund I)
Michael brings 25 years of experience in the tech industry. He's a software engineer, six-time serial founder, consultant, director, and professor. As chairman of the board of Bigbang Angels, Inc. he led investments in over 100 companies, leading to six exits, two IPOs and four more portfolio companies in the pre-IPO phase.
“At A1, we were challenged to go really deep. Who's our real network, what's our real edge, what do we really want to achieve?”
