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At a Glance
Highland Europe is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom founded in 2003. We provide growth capital for exceptional teams and total commitment to a collaborative and successful relationship The firm focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ investments across sectors including Aerospace & Defense, Other, Consumer, Fintech, Climate. The firm manages $2.5B in assets under management. Notable portfolio companies include Adjust, Malwarebytes, UiPath, Supercell, MySQL, Featurespace and Coupa. Invests in European growth-stage technology companies across enterprise software, fintech, and consumer internet.
“Invests in European growth-stage technology companies across enterprise software, fintech, and consumer internet.”
Fergal Mullen is a partner and is named on both Fund II's and Fund VI's Form D filings, bracketing the firm's history. Laurence Garrett, Irena Goldenberg, Sam Brooks, Tony Zappala and Stan Laurent appear as executive officers on Funds III through VI, making them the continuous investment core. Ronan Shally is partner and chief financial officer, Julia Chapman a long-standing officer, and Paul Millar was named promoter on Funds III, IV and V. Helena Richardson joined the officer group for Fund VI.
The wider partnership adds Jacob Bernstein, David Blyghton, Gajan Rajanathan and Jean Tardy-Joubert, with Josephine Healy as general counsel and Abhishek Lahoti as head of platform. About 36 people work across the London office on Golden Square and Geneva. The mandate is growth-stage, product-led software and consumer companies in Europe and Israel raising EUR 20 million to 80 million.
Highland Europe's Technology Growth series, domiciled in St. Helier, Jersey, runs six funds and climbs steeply. Fund I filed a $273.35 million offering and sold $200.02 million, first sale 7 November 2012, which dates the platform's first close to 2012. Fund II filed $353.54 million in June 2015, Fund III $543.56 million in June 2018 and Fund IV $706.26 million in September 2020. Fund V was filed in July 2022. Fund VI had sold $1.26 billion as of July 2026 against a first sale on 20 November 2025, and the firm announced it as a EUR 1.1 billion close in July 2026.
Separate Highland Europe Special II and Special III vehicles were filed in 2015 and 2018, plus Co-invest 1, 2 and 5 partnerships for concentrated positions. The firm reports more than $4 billion in assets under management, 80-plus portfolio companies, 30 exits, over $6 billion in aggregate portfolio revenue and more than 20,000 portfolio employees. Recent leads include a $40 million Series A in Adaptyv and a $50 million Series B in Unframe.
Highland Europe primarily invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This means they focus on companies that are at the earliest idea or prototype phase.
Highland Europe is headquartered in London, UK. Many of their portfolio companies are also based in this region, though they invest across geographies.
Highland Europe focuses on investments in Enterprise, Fintech, Consumer, Gaming. Their portfolio reflects deep expertise and networks within these sectors.
Highland Europe's typical investment check size ranges from $. to $.. Actual amounts may vary based on the stage, sector, and specific opportunity.
Highland Europe manages approximately $4B+ in assets under management (AUM) across their funds.
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