Inception Fund
Inception Fund is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm established in 2025. The firm specializes in early-stage venture financing for inception-stage technical founders who are developing global B2B software, AI, infrastructure, foundation models, and deeptech companies. Inception Fund invests between €100k and €1M, focusing on the top 0.1% of European and New Nordic founders. The firm provides capital and support to help teams transition from initial exploration to acquiring their first customers. It primarily targets technical founders, including solo founders and small technical teams, p
Investing activity
Inception Fund appears in 3 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $10M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $10M and the largest at $10M. The most recent are Zero (Seed, $10.3M (EUR 8.9M), Sep 2026), Agaton (Seed, $9.9M (EUR 8.4M), Feb 2026) and BottleCap AI (Seed, $7.5M, Jan 2026).
Inception Fund most often invests alongside Illusian Founder Office, Peter Sarlin, The Twenty Minute VC and Ilkka Paananen, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Inception Fund
What AI companies has Inception Fund invested in?
Inception Fund's AI investments include Zero, Agaton and BottleCap AI. The 3 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Inception Fund based?
Inception Fund is based in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
What stage does Inception Fund invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Inception Fund has invested at Seed, with a median round of $10M. Inception Fund led 1 of those rounds.
Who does Inception Fund co-invest with?
Inception Fund's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Illusian Founder Office (2 deals), Peter Sarlin (2 deals), The Twenty Minute VC (2 deals), Ilkka Paananen (2 deals) and Kieran Flanagan (2 deals).
How can founders reach Inception Fund?
Founders on Lounge can see Inception Fund's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Inception Fund to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.