Sands Capital Ventures
Investor profile
Venture capital
Sands Capital Ventures has backed 17 European tech companies across 21 funding rounds between 2016 and 2026, joining rounds totalling €2.1B. Most active in Software and Healthtech. Data as of Nov 2026.
Also recorded as: SANDS
Deals
21
distinct rounds
Companies
17
backed
Active span
2016–2026
11 yrs
Total round €
€2.1B
sum of rounds joined
Deals by year
distinct rounds / yearSands Capital Ventures — deals by year — interactive chart.
Data table
| Sands Capital Ventures — deals by year | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 |
Top sectors
by dealsSands Capital Ventures — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Sands Capital Ventures — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Software | 6 |
| Healthtech | 4 |
| AI | 3 |
| Cybersecurity | 3 |
| Fintech | 2 |
| Hardware | 2 |
| Legaltech | 2 |
| Cloud | 1 |
| Media | 1 |
| Deeptech | 1 |
Stages
by dealsSands Capital Ventures — stages — interactive chart.
Data table
| Sands Capital Ventures — stages | |
|---|---|
| Other | 6 |
| Series D+ | 6 |
| Series A | 4 |
| Series B | 3 |
| Pre-Seed | 1 |
| Series C | 1 |
Countries
by dealsSands Capital Ventures — countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Sands Capital Ventures — countries | |
|---|---|
| UK | 12 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
Co-investment network
shared roundsCo-investment network — interactive chart.
Hover a node for shared-deal counts; click a co-investor to open its profile.
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Frequent co-investors
shared rounds- Accel3
- Salesforce Ventures3
- Alkeon Capital2
- Baillie Gifford2
- Benchmark2
- Bessemer Venture Partners2
- BlackRock2
- Entrepreneur First2
- Founders Fund2
- General Catalyst2
- ICONIQ Capital2
- Khosla Ventures2
- LocalGlobe2
- Novo Holdings2
- Point72 Ventures2
- Redpoint Ventures2
- Section 322
- Temasek2
- Addition1
- Adrian Locher1
- AI Fund1
- Amadeus Capital Partners1
- Ancora Finance Group1
- Andera Partners1
- Atlassian Ventures1
Portfolio
top 30 by total round €| Company | Country | Rounds | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legora | Sweden | 2 | €1.0B |
| Snyk | UK | 1 | €448M |
| Quanta | UK | 1 | €205M |
| Fire1 | Ireland | 1 | €115M |
| Funding Circle | UK | 1 | €91M |
| PolyAI | UK | 2 | €85M |
| red sift | UK | 1 | €48M |
| Teckro | Ireland | 2 | €30M |
| Papercup | UK | 2 | €28M |
| Credo AI | Belgium | 1 | €19M |
| Hawk AI | Germany | 1 | €16M |
| RevEng.AI | UK | 1 | €13M |
| Brightflag | Ireland | 1 | €7.0M |
| Speech Graphics | UK | 1 | €6.3M |
| Holy Technologies | Germany | 1 | €4.3M |
| Cnuic | UK | 1 | €3.0M |
| Holdson | UK | 1 | €1.7M |