Pre-seed VC firm backing European founders in AI, energy, robotics, and space
Atlantic is a Berlin-based pre-seed fund investing across four thesis areas: AI & Compute, Energy & Climate, Industrial & Robotics, and Space & Security. The tech stack—Go, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, Kafka, Neo4j—is unusually deep for a VC firm, suggesting either portfolio companies' engineering signatures or internal infrastructure for deal sourcing and founder support. The hiring velocity (20 roles posted in 30 days across engineering, design, investment, and ops) and notable CTO role indicate Atlantic is scaling operational and technical capacity, not just capital deployment.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Operations, Chief of Staff, Chief Technology Officer
Atlantic leads pre-seed funding rounds for European founders, with a track record of 150+ portfolio companies since 2016. The fund operates thesis-driven across four technology verticals and provides hands-on support in fundraising and hiring. Active projects span autonomous systems deployment, production perception services, and operating model development—work suggesting either direct portfolio-company involvement or internal infrastructure to support founder scaling. The 11–50 headcount and distributed hiring across six European countries (Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Netherlands, UK) reflect a regional footprint aligned with European founder density.
Atlantic has active hiring across Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. Current open roles total 26, with 20 posted in the last 30 days.
Top-used technologies include Linux, Go, Rust, C++, Java, AWS (Lambda, SQS, SNS), PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Redis, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Python, and Spring Boot.
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