Reshma Sohoni

Who they are

Reshma Sohoni is Founding Partner at Seedcamp — she co-founded the firm in 2007 with a €2.5M first fund and has since built it into the vehicle that backed Revolut, Wise, and UiPath.

Person

Reshma joined Seedcamp in September 2007 when the fund launched with €2.5M raised from 30 European investors — she has spent nearly two decades building it from a scrappy first fund into a multi-hundred-million euro institution. She studied Engineering and Business at the University of Pennsylvania (graduating 1998), then took an MBA at INSEAD in 2002–2003 — a classic transatlantic-then-European arc. Before Seedcamp she worked at MakeMyTrip and Vodafone in commercial and marketing strategy roles, with earlier exposure to M&A and venture capital work; she also held a Senior Advisor role at Anthemis Group and an advisor position at Credo Ventures. She's a Kauffman Fellow (since July 2011) and has been named to the Midas Seed List multiple times. Her public voice is active — LinkedIn posts on portfolio updates, fund news, and European ecosystem commentary — and she speaks regularly at conferences including SXSW London 2026, Sifted Summit 2026, SaaStock, and Cambridge University Enterprise Tuesday. The through-line is institution-building: she arrived at European seed investing before the category existed and has spent 18 years making Seedcamp the reference point others are measured against.

Company

Seedcamp's most recent major move is its June 2026 fundraise — $320 million across two vehicles: $220 million for Seedcamp VII (early-stage) and $100 million for a Select fund targeting growth-stage follow-ons. Alongside the capital raise, Seedcamp opened offices in New York and Miami, formalising a 'Transatlantic Bridge' strategy to help European founders access the US market and talent. In January 2026, portfolio company Curve was acquired by Lloyds Banking Group for £120 million. Earlier in 2026, Seedcamp led a €2M seed round for Topograph (global KYB infrastructure) and participated in 9fin's $170M Series C, which took the analytics platform to a $1.3B valuation. Fund VI (€166M, closed 2023) was the prior milestone; Fund VII is larger and structurally more ambitious, adding a dedicated growth sleeve for the first time.

Market

Seedcamp competes in European seed and early-stage VC against Y Combinator, Techstars, LocalGlobe, Index Ventures, Atomico, SpeedInvest, and Earlybird VC — though its 2007 founding gives it a longer track record and a portfolio of over 550 companies including 6 unicorns (Revolut, Wise, UiPath, Synthesia, Pleo, Fluidstack) and 5 IPOs. The broader European VC environment in 2025–2026 is shaped by geopolitical tension, evolving AI regulation, and energy price volatility — Seedcamp's stated 2026 focus areas of AI, DeepTech, physical AI, and applied science reflect where the fund sees durable opportunity despite those headwinds.

Network

Reshma's closest working relationship at Seedcamp is with co-Managing Partner Carlos Espinal (also listed as Carlos Eduardo Espinal MBE), who co-leads the firm with her as of 2026. Seedcamp was co-founded with Saul Klein, who remains a notable figure in the firm's origin story. She is also a Fellow of the Kauffman Fellows Program, placing her in a broader network of global venture investors.

Carlos Espinal· Managing Partner, Seedcamp
Saul Klein· Co-founder, Seedcamp

How they likely show up

Long tenure at Seedcamp (founded 2007, still Founding Partner in 2026) → thinks in fund cycles and decade-long portfolio arcs, not quarterly returns.
Active LinkedIn poster on portfolio updates, fund announcements, and European ecosystem commentary → comfortable being publicly visible and likely pays attention to who engages with her content.
Moved from commercial/marketing roles at MakeMyTrip and Vodafone into VC before European seed was an established category → has a builder's bias, not just a picker's bias; probably values founders who show commercial instinct early.
INSEAD MBA (2002–2003) combined with a UPenn Engineering and Business undergraduate → comfortable bridging technical and commercial conversations; won't need jargon translated.
Kauffman Fellows membership and multi-year Midas Seed List recognition → operates in a peer network of top-tier global investors; reputation and signal quality matter to her.
June 2026 fund adds a dedicated Select (growth-stage follow-on) vehicle alongside the core early-stage fund → the firm is deliberately scaling its ambition; she's likely focused on what Seedcamp becomes at this new size, not just what it has been.

Conversation tips

→ Reference a specific portfolio company she's backed — Topograph, Waniwani, or 9fin's unicorn milestone — rather than talking about Seedcamp in the abstract; she'll know immediately whether you've done the work.
→ Ask about the Transatlantic Bridge strategy and the New York/Miami office expansion — it's a live strategic bet and she'll have opinions on what it takes for European founders to actually win in the US.
→ Don't treat her as a generalist investor — she has 18 years of pattern recognition on European seed specifically; engage with that depth rather than asking broad 'what do you look for in founders' questions.
→ She has spoken publicly on seed funding's past, present, and future (SaaStock, Sifted Summit 2026) — if you've listened to or read any of that, say so specifically; she'll notice the difference between someone who skimmed her bio and someone who engaged with her ideas.

Toolbox

Openers

Open on the June 2026 fundraise — $320M across two funds including a new $100M Select growth-stage vehicle is a structural shift for Seedcamp, not just a bigger number, and it signals a deliberate bet on following winners further.
Reference the Curve acquisition by Lloyds Banking Group for £120M in January 2026 — it's a live portfolio outcome that shows the range of exits Seedcamp navigates, from fintech M&A to unicorn IPO paths.
Lead with the Transatlantic Bridge framing and the new New York and Miami offices — it's the freshest strategic move and opens a conversation about what European founders actually need to break into the US market.

Discovery questions

With Fund VII adding a dedicated $100M growth sleeve alongside the core early-stage vehicle — how does that change the internal dynamic when deciding whether to follow on versus letting later-stage investors lead?
Seedcamp's 2026 focus areas include physical AI and applied science alongside software — what does a seed-stage physical AI company look like that's fundable at the earliest check size?
After 18 years and over 550 portfolio companies, what does Topograph's €2M KYB seed round tell you about where infrastructure gaps in fintech still exist that most investors are sleeping on?

Avoid

Don't ask generic 'what do you look for in founders' questions — she has nearly two decades of public commentary on this; come with a specific company, market, or thesis and ask her to react to it.

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