Margin Ventures launches €50m fund for 'overlooked' founders: ‘Frustrated with uniformity in VC'
4 feb. 2026
17:43
Many European VCs keep funding similar founders from similar schools solving similar problems.
Two investors who made it through that elite system think many of the best founders are hiding in the margins – and they're raising a €50m fund to prove it.
Two investors who made it through that elite system think many of the best founders are hiding in the margins – and they're raising a €50m fund to prove it.
Two French investors who climbed up the ranks of elite finance are launching a €50m fund to back the founders typically shut out of European venture capital.
Paris-based Margin Ventures, founded by Mehdi Belkahla and Anas Jaballah, is targeting entrepreneurs from the "margins" – socially, geographically, or academically – who are developing tools to address issues such as climate change, access to healthcare and education, and inclusive use of AI.