Baobab Ventures Launches 15 Million Dollar Fund to Back Deep Tech Startups Globally
Baobab Ventures, the London-based venture capital firm specializing in deep technology, has announced the launch of a new 15 million dollar investment fund aimed at supporting pre-seed and seed-stage startups around the world. The firm’s investment focus spans artificial intelligence, robotics, and defense technologies, backed by several institutional investors including «Cendana Capital», «Isomer Capital», and «RSJ Investments».
Founded by Carles Reina, Baobab Ventures builds on his extensive experience leading operations and expansion at global tech companies such as ElevenLabs and Uber across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, in addition to Tractable AI and Sonantic. Leveraging this background, Reina provides hands-on support to founders, helping them accelerate go-to-market strategies, enhance product development, connect with customers, strengthen hiring, and build robust operational frameworks.
Under its new fund, Baobab Ventures plans to invest between 300,000 and 350,000 dollars in each startup at the pre-seed and seed stages, with the goal of accelerating the growth of technical teams working in AI, robotics, and defense. The firm follows an “operator-investor” model, combining financial backing with daily, practical guidance.
Baobab Ventures has already completed seven disclosed investments, including notable companies such as Theker Robotics, Omnia, Murphy AI, and Altan AI, with three additional investments to be announced soon.
According to founder Carles Reina, the fundamentals of building companies have undergone a major shift over the past three years. He noted that traditional playbooks are no longer sufficient for driving growth, pointing out that startups today can close enterprise-level deals in under 60 days. Reina added that product-led growth has become a key driver of sales momentum, making “traction” a critical determinant of success. To achieve this, startups must master go-to-market execution, scale distribution rapidly, ship products on a weekly cycle, and strengthen direct customer engagement.
Reina emphasized his global experience in shaping go-to-market strategies across the United States, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Latin America, and the Middle East — expertise he aims to bring to the next generation of deep tech founders.
The new fund is supported by institutional backers as well as prominent individual investors. The list includes Emergence Ventures and Cyber Fund, in addition to angel investors such as Mario Götze and Dr. Fatima Goudal, alongside partners from Concept and Credo Ventures.
With this new initiative, Baobab Ventures seeks to cement its position as a specialized deep tech investor while enabling emerging technology startups to scale rapidly and sustainably on a global level.