Niterra Ventures is the $100M venture arm of Niterra, a global technology leader with 90 years of experience. We partner with Series A+ founders, investing $0.5–$5M and bringing deep technical expertise and global reach to help scale meaningful technologies.
Waiting for Startups with: first income
Fields of interest: robotics, mobility, sensors, industrial IoT
Benefits for Startups: support with manufacturing, engineering, Japan market
Market focus: global
Orbit Capital is an investment manager that supports tech & tech-enabled scale-ups in the CEE and DACH regions. It offers Growth Equity and Growth Debt financing, through two funds. Orbit Growth Equity invests in Europe's emerging stars that have reached the scale-up phase and are aiming for global expansion. We issue initial tickets ranging from €8-15 million and currently support four companies: Booksy, MEWS, Preply, and Rohlik. Orbit Growth Debt offers non-dilutive capital to accelerate the growth of tech companies. We invest €3-7 million per deal in companies boasting an ARR of €3 million. We have supported 10 companies across 15 deals, including Convious, Cloudtalk, Rohlik, ThreatMark, and Twisto Group.
Waiting for Startups with: product-market fit
Fields of interest: generalist fund
Fund range per team: 100mln
Investment conditions: venture debt
Market focus: CEE & DACH
Specialized in start-ups in Telecom, Fintech and Applied AI
Waiting for Startups with: MVP
Fields of interest: Telecom, Fintech, Applied AI
Fund range per team: 100 K USD to 3 M USD
Investment conditions: Equity, SAFE
Market focus: Global
Elevator Ventures is the venture capital fund backed by Raiffeisen Bank International, Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien, and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark and manages funds of more than 100m€ to elevate the growth of technology companies in Fintech and Beyond Banking. The team invests in Series A and B growth equity rounds in DACH and CEE and uses the deep expertise and intel of its corporate investors to support their portfolio companies. To date, Elevator Ventures has deployed over €50 million, with investments into 18 companies - resulting in five successful exits - and into two additional funds.
Waiting for Startups with: Achieved product market fit and ready to scale.
Fields of interest: Fintech, Cybersecurity, Climate Resilience, Legaltech, Regtech
Benefits for Startups: Raiffesein Bank network for business development opportunities
Fund range per team: €1-3m
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: DACH & CEE
Lost Astronaut is a self-funded experiment in backing relentless builders. We’ve built and broken enough things to know the magic usually starts where the playbook ends.
We invest our own capital - €25K to €250K - and make decisions in 24 hours. No committees. No gatekeeping. No pretending to be more professional than we are. Just velocity, curiosity, and a little bit of beautiful madness.
Sometimes it flies. Sometimes it explodes. Either way, we learn, build again, and keep moving.
Waiting for Startups with: team, MVP, first income
Fields of interest: Generalist – open to opportunities across all sectors
Benefits for Startups: fast, founder-first investment and hands-on mentoring
Fund range per team: from 25 000 to over 250 000 Eur
Investment conditions: equity-based investment
Market focus: Europe-focused, with a global outlook
Highland Europe provides growth capital for exceptional teams and total commitment to a collaborative relationship.
Waiting for Startups with: Revenue generating
Fields of interest: Technology
Fund range per team: Growth capital
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Technology
Verge is a VC fund manager focused exclusively on impactful healthtech startups at a global scale and at their earliest stages. The Fund invests in scalable technologies that solve large unmet needs in health and platforms that can reach millions. We don't invest in molecules, gene therapy or drug development platforms.
Waiting for Startups with: prototype, first income
Fields of interest: Healthtech
Fund range per team: 50M
Market focus: Global
Prague-based fund investing €300k to 3M in Baltic & CEE startups. From pre-seed to Series A.
We love to lead rounds.
Waiting for Startups with: Pre-revenue startups with experienced founders and seed/Series A startup with great KPI metrics.
Fields of interest: All (except for Pharma, BioTech, Web3 and Blockchain)
Benefits for Startups: J&T bank network, fundraising support, follow-up rounds, leading rounds
Fund range per team: €300,000 - €3,000,000
Investment conditions: Equity or convertible notes
Market focus: Baltics & CEE
ATR is the core research of Keihanna Science City located in the middle Kyoto, Osaka and Nara in Japan. ATR drives innovation ecosystem from the perspective of a world-renowned research institute and organizes KGAP+, a distinguished startup acceleration program. In collaboration with international innovation organizations, KGAP+ carefully selects deep-tech startups from various sectors and supports their expansion into the Japanese market by facilitating local strategic partnerships. Over the past 10 batches, 155 companies from 17 countries have participated, achieving a 68% matchmaking success rate and a satisfaction rate of 4.3/5.
Fields of interest: Deep-tech sectors such as health care / medical, material, smart devices, manufacturing, agri/food-tech, green-tech, robotics, etc.
Benefits for founders and teams: Supports to explore to the Japanese market, such as Mentoring, exposure at virtual pitch events and being introduced to potential partners/customers
