Shapers is a $75M European fintech fund built and run by two brothers who position it as their own startup, with Philippe's background as Hedosophia's first employee informing their approach as a smaller, more focused alternative to hyper-scaling funds. The fund operates with extreme thematic focus on early-stage European fintech only, backed by 60+ fintech founders and operators in their "Shapers Club" who generated 3 of their first 8 deals and serve as both capital and a tightly worked network.