IRIS Vision Capital is a global fundraising advisory firm. We sit at the intersection of ambitious founders, emerging fund managers, and the investors who back them, across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
IRIS Vision Capital was founded on a single conviction: the gap between great companies and the right capital is not a market problem. It is a relationships problem. We exist to close that gap.
We work with growth-stage startups and emerging fund managers who are ready to raise serious capital, and with LPs, family offices, and institutional investors who need curated, pre-qualified deal flow.
We do not spray and pray. Every introduction we make is deliberate, researched, and timed to matter.
Whether you are raising capital, deploying it, or trying to reach the right rooms, IRIS has a mandate for you.
We prepare, position, and represent growth-stage startups in front of the right investors, from first conversation to term sheet.
We help emerging and established fund managers articulate their thesis and reach the LPs and family offices who are the right fit.
For LPs, family offices, and institutional investors seeking curated, pre-qualified deal flow and ongoing investor relations support.
A structured, six-stage process designed to move fast, stay focused, and get your raise across the line.
We assess fit, understand your capital goals, mandate size, and timeline. If we can help, we take you on. If we cannot, we tell you what to fix first.
We review your materials, sharpen your narrative, and build a precision investor target list segmented by cheque size, sector, geography, and current deployment appetite.
Your LinkedIn and email outreach sequences go live. AI-assisted lead profiling, branded content, and inbox management activate your investor pipeline from day one.
We make direct, contextual introductions to matched investors in our network. Every introduction is a personal recommendation, not a forwarded email blast.
We stay in the process. Follow-ups, investor meeting coordination, due diligence support, and pipeline tracking so your raise keeps moving and does not stall.
Capital secured. We support the final leg through term sheet to close, and remain available for ongoing investor relations as your mandate continues to grow.
A selection of the investment managers, funds, and firms across our network, ranging from impact-focused vehicles to multi-hundred-million-euro managers.
All engagements listed represent firms with whom IRIS Vision Capital has an active or prior working relationship. Specific mandate details and terms are confidential. References available on request.
IRIS has always operated at the intersection of relationships. AETHER is what happens when you take that network and give it infrastructure.
AETHER is the Tinder of fundraising. Just as Tinder matches people based on compatibility, AETHER matches founders with the right investors based on thesis, stage, sector, and geography. No cold emails. No generic intros. Just the right conversation, with the right person, at the right time, at scale.
Steven Dossou is a fundraising strategist and investor relations professional with deep roots in the European, African, and Middle Eastern capital markets. He founded IRIS Vision Capital to bring institutional-grade investor relations capabilities to the founders and fund managers who need them most.
His approach combines rigorous preparation with warm, direct introductions to the right capital, working across funds ranging from early-stage impact vehicles to large multi-hundred-million-euro managers.
IRIS runs on relationships. Here is the team that builds, manages, and grows them.
Our investor relationships and advisory mandates span multiple geographies, with particular depth across Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Gulf region.
Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, UK, France, our primary operating base with deep institutional and family office relationships.
Active investor and founder networks across West and East Africa, with a particular focus on fintech and infrastructure mandates.
Growing presence with North American institutional investors, family offices, and fund managers seeking European and African exposure.
Through the AETHER platform, our matchmaking reach extends globally, accessible to verified members wherever they are based.
Whether you are raising, deploying, or building your investor network, book a discovery call with Steven and explore what is possible.
Cross-border fundraising advisory for emerging market GPs. Raising capital from European, American, and global institutional investors.
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