Verb Ventures

About Verb Ventures

Verb Ventures is an independent UK and European venture capital firm operating from London with fund vehicles structured as Luxembourg SARLs. The firm was founded in 2023 (publicly announced in July 2023) by founding partner Alexander Chikunov. Assets under management as of December 2024 include the €25 million Fund II close (April 2025) plus an undisclosed Fund I vintage 2023. The structure is an independent venture capital manager with fund vehicles in Luxembourg. The firm operates two known vehicles: Fund I (vintage 2023, size undisclosed) and Fund II (€25 million closed April 2025) with plans to build a 15-company portfolio across Fund II over three years. Igor Burlakov joined as General Partner co-leading Fund II in 2025. The founding team brings 25-plus years combined experience in venture investing, family office investing, talent and private equity.

Investment thesis

Verb Ventures pursues a late-seed to Series A venture investing strategy in B2B marketplaces, data platforms and digital infrastructure powering global trade and supply chains. The thesis targets companies addressing limited price transparency, procurement complexity and fragmented supply chain infrastructure in traditionally opaque B2B markets. Sector focus is B2B marketplaces, procurement technology, data platforms, supply chain technology and trade infrastructure. Geographic scope is the UK, Northern Europe and the US East Coast. Ticket size is €500,000 to €1.5 million initial cheque with follow-on capacity up to €4 million. The limited partner base spans family offices of digital entrepreneurs, industrial investors and former senior executives from businesses including Yahoo Marketplace and Prisma AI. Value creation operates through hands-on partnership at scale-up stage with capital deployment matched with operating-network access, B2B go-to-market support, supply-chain expertise and long-term founder commitment. The firm explicitly positions late-seed and Series A as the inflection point where product is proven and capital is deployed to scale operations.

Recent activity

Recent investments include SkySelect in B2B SaaS and procurement covering aviation parts (2025), SmartCat in data platform (2023), YardLink in B2B marketplace covering construction (2023) and Geomiq in B2B marketplace covering manufacturing (2023). No exits have been announced given the firm is approximately two years old. The platform continues to deploy Fund II across UK and European late-seed and Series A B2B marketplaces, procurement technology and supply chain infrastructure. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.