Stake Capital Group
About Stake Capital Group
Venture and technology group that invests in and builds deep‑tech, AI and Web3 infrastructure (builders/operators at the intersection of blockchain, cryptography and AI).
Julien Bouteloup is listed as founder and CEO of Stake Capital Group on the firm's site and his Crunchbase profile. The firm's website says it has made more than 200 investments since 2015 and has a presence in Europe and the US. LinkedIn lists Gonçalo Reis as Managing Director and Léo Leclercq as a VC analyst, and gives the firm 11 to 50 employees. The founding year is not settled: LinkedIn shows 2021 and Luxembourg as headquarters, while Crunchbase shows Zug on one page and Luxembourg on others. No partner is publicly named as leading AI deals.
The firm's site describes its focus as frontier AI, compute infrastructure, defense and aerospace, cryptography and life sciences. It says it works with founders from the earliest stages and stays involved through later institutional rounds. It also operates eucompute.net, a European compute service for demanding AI workloads, and runs validation infrastructure across more than 30 networks with a growing footprint in AI inference. Crunchbase counts 31 investments, but the public examples it lists, such as seed rounds in Cometh and Bluejay Finance, are Web3 projects rather than AI companies. I found no dated AI investment examples in the sources.
Public directories list pre-seed, seed and Series A/B as the stages the firm backs. eu-startups gives a typical investment of €1.5M to €3M, and Pitchkit gives the same range across pre-seed through Series B. AllBusiness lists a cheque size of $2M to $3M. These are third-party figures, and the firm does not publish its own check sizes in the sources I found.
No fund names or fund sizes are published in the sources I found. Cryptorank lists a Stake Capital Group crypto fund page with investment counts, but no size.
- stake.capital
- crunchbase.com/organization/stake-capital-group
- crunchbase.com/organization/stake-capital/financial_details
- crunchbase.com/person/julien-bouteloup
- linkedin.com/company/stake-capital
- eu-startups.com/investor/stake-capital-group
- pitchkit.net/investors/stake-capital-group
- allbusiness.africa/investors/stake-capital
Investing activity
Stake Capital Group is listed on Lounge as a venture capital investor based in Zug, Switzerland. The deals desk records Series A and later AI rounds and seeds over $10M, so smaller checks may not show here yet.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Stake Capital Group
Who founded Stake Capital Group?
Julien Bouteloup is listed as founder and CEO. Sources disagree on the founding year, with LinkedIn showing 2021 and the firm's site citing investments since 2015.
Does Stake Capital Group invest in AI?
Its website lists frontier AI and AI inference infrastructure among its focus areas. Public sources do not name specific AI startup investments with dates.
What stages does Stake Capital Group invest in?
Public directories list pre-seed, seed and Series A, with some adding Series B. The firm has not published official stage criteria in the sources I found.
What is the typical check size for Stake Capital Group?
Third-party directories list about €1.5M to €3M or $2M to $3M per deal. The firm does not publish its own check size.
Where can I find Stake Capital Group on LinkedIn?
The firm's LinkedIn company page is linked from this profile. No X account was confirmed in the sources I found.
Where is Stake Capital Group based?
Stake Capital Group is based in Zug, Switzerland.
How can founders reach Stake Capital Group?
Founders on Lounge can see Stake Capital Group'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 Stake Capital Group to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.