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Venture Capital Firm Verb Ventures Launches €25M Fund For Supply Chain Platforms

Apr 30, 2025 | By Kailee Rainse

Verb Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, has raised €25 million for its second fund.

SUMMARY

  • Verb Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, has raised €25 million for its second fund.

This fund will focus on early-stage startups building B2B marketplaces and data platforms that improve global trade and supply chains.

The firm invests in companies at the late-seed to Series A stage. It looks for startups that make traditional B2B industries more efficient, especially those that improve transparency, simplify buying processes, and connect different parts of the supply chain. These digital solutions are in high demand because they help businesses save time and money.

Verb Ventures has already invested €1 million from the new fund into SkySelect, a company that uses AI to improve the way aviation materials are purchased.

Founding Partner Alexander Chikunov expressed enthusiasm about the new fund, stating, “We’re absolutely thrilled to launch our second fund! The past couple of years have been tough for venture capital, which makes us even more grateful for our amazing LPs who believe in us and fuel our mission of backing brilliant founders ready to transform entire industries.”​

General Partner Igor Burlakov added, “I believed in Alexander’s vision from the very start, back when Verb Ventures was just taking shape. Now, I’m excited to step up and help scale Verb Ventures, and to back entrepreneurs who are redefining the way business is done globally.”​

About Verb Ventures

Verb Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage B2B startups. They focus on marketplaces and data platforms that help modernize global trade and supply chains. Verb Ventures mainly invests in late-seed to Series A startups in the UK and Ireland, especially those working to fix inefficiencies in old-fashioned and hard-to-navigate B2B industries.

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