Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Berlin, Germany
Countries of investment
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Israel
- United States
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
Industries
- AI
- Robotics
- Defense Tech
- Space Tech
- Deep Tech
- Cybersecurity
- Fintech
- Energy
- Enterprise Software
- B2B Software
About
Robin Capital is a Berlin-based solo GP venture firm founded in 2023 by Robin Haak, a former founder and SmartRecruiters executive, that invests at pre-seed and seed mainly across Europe with selected deals in the United States and Israel. In November 2026 it announced the close of Robin Capital Fund II at about $17M, matching the size of its first fund and bringing total commitments across both funds to about $34M. Fund II has already made 17 investments in AI, robotics, defense, space and other deep tech companies such as Marble Imaging, Ground A, Helicity Space and HyImpulse, and expects to build a portfolio of around 18 companies. Alongside the two funds, the firm has run three growth SPVs to follow on in ARX Robotics, Almetra and Ground A, and across both funds it has backed 51 companies.
Robin Capital is a Berlin-based solo GP venture firm founded in 2023 by Robin Haak, a former founder and SmartRecruiters executive, that invests at pre-seed and seed mainly across Europe with selected deals in the United States and Israel. In November 2026 it announced the close of Robin Capital Fund II at about $17M, matching the size of its first fund and bringing total commitments across both funds to about $34M. Fund II has already made 17 investments in AI, robotics, defense, space and other deep tech companies such as Marble Imaging, Ground A, Helicity Space and HyImpulse, and expects to build a portfolio of around 18 companies. Alongside the two funds, the firm has run three growth SPVs to follow on in ARX Robotics, Almetra and Ground A, and across both funds it has backed 51 companies.
Investment Thesis
Robin Capital backs European pre-seed and seed founders building in AI, enterprise software, robotics, defense, space and wider deep tech, while staying open to other sectors when the market opportunity is large. It invests founder to founder, typically writing cheques of $112K to $672K and backing gritty, conviction-driven teams from the very first round. The firm differentiates itself through a solo GP model that is intentionally small, a network of venture partners and about 100 operating partners and advisors, and a base of LPs made up of founders, operators and investors who help portfolio companies with hiring, customers and follow-on fundraising.
Manager's Experience
Robin Haak co-founded the AI job-matching platform Jobspotting, which merged with SmartRecruiters in 2016, and then served there as Global COO and Managing Director, helping raise more than $200M before SmartRecruiters was acquired by SAP in 2025. He was a founding team member and General Partner at growth equity firm Revaia, helping raise its inaugural fund of about $280M, and has invested in nearly 100 companies including N26, where he wrote the first cheque, Algolia, Aircall and Frontify. Venture partner Jerome Ternynck is the founder and chairman of SmartRecruiters.
Robin Capital Contacts Information
Primary contact
Team
Robin Haak - Founder & Managing Partner
Jerome Ternynck - Venture Partner
Lea Vajnorsky - Venture Partner
Uli Schmitz - Venture Partner
Portfolio
Marble Imaging
Ground A
Helicity Space
HyImpulse
SkySpy.ai
BioOrbit
ARX Robotics
Kombo
Almetra
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