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Cottonwood VC

Cottonwood VC

Cottonwood’s investment focus is on hard science and deep tech, thus providing funding to IP-driven companies.

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  • Amount: 1M € - 3.0M €
  • Industry focus: ICT; Others;
  • Total budget: 100M €
  • Entity type: Venture Capital
  • Vertical focus: photonics, optics, micro- & nanoelectronics, advanced materials, nanotechnology, health sciences, climatetech, sensor technology, robotics, and advanced manufacturing
  • Website: https://www.cottonwood.vc/
  • Funding type: Equity investment;
  • Geographic focus: Northern Europe; United States of America;
  • Public/Private: Private
  • Stage focus: Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C;
  • Applicant target: SME; Startup;

Overview

Cottonwood is a top-decile performing early stage venture capital fund.

Their latest fund, Cottonwood Technology Fund IV, will range from €80 million to €100 million.

Early stage: average investment size of 1-3M and together with partners and other investors in follow-on rounds of their own portfolio.
Growth stage: average investment between 5M and 25M in B / C rounds.

They invest in patent-based hard science and deep tech startups in the Southwest US and Northern Europe.

Geographical focus: Southwest USA (NM, AZ, UT, CO, TX) & Northern Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland).

Verticals: Photonics, Optics, Micro- & Nanoelectronics, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, Health Sciences, Climatetech, Sensor Technology, Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing.

 

 Portfolio: Keiron, Qbird, Reyedar, Sencure
Last updated on 2025-09-16 17:04

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