Impulse Ventures
Laubova, Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Overview
Impulse Ventures is a venture capital investor focused on tech startups in the CE region. The money we invest and the network we provide are just the beginning; our commitment reaches far beyond. As a team of investors, founders, HR experts, and finance and product specialists, we are ready to work alongside the founders with whom we partner up. We are devoted to understanding our portfolio companies’ businesses—which is why we only invest in a selected few standout companies a year. Over the past decade, we’ve helped build and successfully exit major tech companies, including Kiwi.com, Mall.cz or Centrum.cz in combined value exceeding 650 mil EUR. Our focus is on the Seed and Series A stage but we often invest in the follow-up rounds as well, supporting founders throughout the entire journey. Investing our own money allows us to keep our decisions flexible. No fixed investment horizon, no limitations, no artificial rules. Only the impulse to pursue riveting ideas without boundaries.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Endel
Participated · Series A · Sep 2020
Endel builds an AI-driven platform that generates personalized, real-time adaptive soundscapes using inputs such as movement, time of day, weather, location and other factors. The company offers multiple modes — relax, focus, sleep, recovery, study and move — and has partnered with artists like Grimes, James Blake and Miguel to produce content. Endel’s technology is patented and described as scientifically validated; the team says its soundscapes can increase focus by 7x and decrease stress by 3.6x with regular use. The app is available on iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Amazon Alexa and Apple TV and reports more than 1 million monthly active users and over 1.5 million monthly listening hours. Usage rose roughly 30% during the pandemic, with focus overtaking sleep as the top use case. The company plans to speed up soundscape production, deepen artist and scientific collaborations, and move toward an always-on, more proactive personalization model over the next few years. Endel provides a service that generates background soundscapes and ambient audio. The article describes the company as having Russian roots. It reports that Endel raised $5 million in a funding round. Named investors include Target Global and True Ventures, alongside other unspecified investors. The article does not include details on instrument type, prior rounds, founding year, location, revenue, or user metrics. Coverage of the raise appeared on vc.ru. Endel offers an app that generates personalized, adaptive sound environments intended to help users focus, relax, and sleep better. Its core algorithm incorporates circadian rhythms, the pentatonic scale, and sound masking to produce adaptive audio. The soundscapes adapt to inputs such as time of day, weather, heart rate, and location to boost productivity and cognitive abilities. The company received an investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund; the amount and terms were not disclosed. Endel is based in Berlin, Germany and was a 2018 alumnus of the Techstars Music Accelerator. No additional financial metrics or future product plans were specified in the article.
Team
No current team members are available.