About This Fund
Picus Venture Fund II will invest predominantly in the most promising portfolio winners globally, leveraging the invaluable access and information advantage generated by Picus Capital’s unique early-stage investment approach to seek outsized return outcomes via a de-risked setup. The fund aims to continue the firm’s strategy of identifying and doubling down on portfolio winners globally, leveraging the unique insights and access advantages derived from the early-stage, privately-financed portfolio. It will partner with blue-chip institutional and corporate investors as well as highly regarded family offices. The fund has a target size of €200 million. Additionally, the fund will focus on technology companies in sectors such as financial services, HR, energy & climate, healthcare, logistics & mobility, real estate & construction, crypto & web3, deeptech, and e-commerce. The fund seeks to back purpose-led technology companies with a strong focus on sustainability, an area of significant importance within the Picus Venture Fund strategy. Fund II is the next vintage of the double-down strategy following the successful launch of Fund I in 2021, which was raised amongst a closed network of investors and was oversubscribed in less than 7 months. Furthermore, being the first investor in multiple unicorns such as Personio and Enpal, the fund has a strong track record in backing leading tech companies, and it pursues a long-term investment philosophy, supporting founders from the ideation phase to the IPO and beyond. It also has a significant pipeline of opportunities to leverage their unique insights and access derived from backing these businesses at the earliest stage.