Thomas Howells
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- Full Name
- Thomas ("Tom") Howells
- Title
- Director / Partner
- Firm
- Euroventures (Euroventures Capital Kft.)
- Firm Type
- Institutional venture capital / private equity (not an angel — the "Angel Investors" label in the stub appears to be an aggregator error)
- Investment Stage
- Primarily growth-stage with international traction; also selective seed/early-round co-investments
- Check Size
- ~€2–5 million
- Target Company Profile
- Technology and software companies with significant operations in the CEE region and strong, demonstrable international traction
- Sector Focus
- Software — SaaS, marketplaces, big data/data & AI platforms, and IT security (also B2B, fintech, healthtech, adtech)
- Geographic Focus
- Central & Eastern Europe (Hungary and the broader CEE/SEE region), often with structures spanning Western Europe and North America
- Location
- Budapest, Hungary
Background
Thomas Howells is a Director and Partner at Euroventures, a Budapest-advised, Netherlands-based venture capital firm that has operated at the forefront of Central and Eastern European markets for over three decades. Over its history Euroventures has managed or advised five Central Europe–focused private equity and venture capital funds, and Howells has been closely involved in a large share of the firm's roughly 60 investments across Hungary and other CE countries — frequently in deals with parent companies, subsidiaries, or investment structures spanning Western Europe and North America.
Howells joined Euroventures in the mid-1990s. Before moving into venture capital, he trained and worked as an accountant in London, a background that informs his roles on the financial and governance side of the firm's investments. He serves as a member of the board and, per firm materials, has chaired Euroventures' Investment Committee. He holds a degree from INSEAD.
At Euroventures, Howells operates as one of a small partnership (alongside partners including Péter Tánczos and Zoltán Tóth, and junior partner Norbert Bial) that runs a concentrated, hands-on portfolio of 40–50+ current and former companies. The firm positions itself as one of the region's most established independent VC investors, with a track record of international exits to strategic acquirers and public markets.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Stage & check: Focuses on growth-stage software companies showing strong international traction, writing checks of roughly €2–5 million; also participates in earlier seed/Series A rounds as a co-investor.
- Where he says yes: Companies must have significant operations in the CEE region and a credible path to international (Western European / North American) markets — the firm's edge is helping regionally-rooted teams scale globally.
- Sectors: Technology and software, with stated specialization in "SaaS, marketplaces, big data, and IT security," extending in recent years to enterprise data and AI platforms.
- Enterprise data & AI conviction (his own words): *"Euroventures has been investing successfully in enterprise software and data solutions for many years. The obvious next step is enterprise data platforms that productionize and make a reality of AI beyond the hype."* (on the 2025 Datapao investment)
- What he values: "deep data platform expertise, strong management, and fast growth" — he explicitly cited these as reasons for backing Datapao.
Notable Investments
- Datapao — Data & AI consultancy (Databricks-focused) for regulated industries; Euroventures co-invested alongside Databricks in July 2025. Howells led the firm's commentary on the deal.
- Hunch — Serbian creative-ads automation / adtech startup; Euroventures co-invested in a €4M round (led by Catalyst Romania Fund II) in May 2022.
- Tresorit — End-to-end encrypted secure cloud storage (Hungary); early Euroventures investment (~2012), later acquired by Swiss Post — a marquee regional exit.
- SequenceIQ — Hadoop/cloud infrastructure startup (~2014); acquired by Cloudera.
- EPAM Systems — IT services / software engineering; Euroventures was an early backer (~2008) ahead of EPAM's NYSE listing.
- Eutecus — Computer-vision / embedded intelligence company (~2011 investment).
- Banzai — Acquired by Cisco (cited among the firm's data/professional-services successes).
- DataArt — Global software engineering firm (cited among the firm's notable successes).
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