Capital for Europe's
sovereign digital future.
We back technical founders building the cybersecurity and infrastructure layer that Europe's next decade depends on.
Two operators. One conviction.
We've been inside the problems
your founders are solving.
IYK is a founder-led venture firm. Linda and Claudio built and scaled cybersecurity businesses before writing their first check. That operating experience shapes how we evaluate companies, how we show up as partners, and what we believe Europe still needs to build.
We bring capital, genuine domain expertise, and an honest point of view. We don't promise everything — but we show up for the things that matter.
Europe's security layer is being built right now. The founders who define it need partners who understand what they're actually building — and why it's hard.
We invest in what Europe cannot afford to get wrong.
Cybersecurity
Technical defensibility is non-negotiable. We look for companies solving real attack surfaces — identity, access, data sovereignty, supply chain integrity — with research-grade depth beneath the product.
Digital Infrastructure
The invisible layer everything else depends on. API-first, embedded, sovereign — built to scale without sacrificing auditability. We back founders who understand that infrastructure is a long game, and play accordingly.
Applied AI
When AI solves a structurally hard problem in security or infrastructure — not as a feature, but as the core of the value — we pay attention. The wedge must be defensible and the customer need must be urgent.
IYK didn't just write a check — they understood the architecture before we'd even finished explaining it. That's rare. Most investors learn your domain from you. Linda and Claudio already knew it.
Building something that matters?
We want to hear from technical founders working on hard cybersecurity and infrastructure problems in Europe. At any stage of a conversation.