Grow in EMEA provides financial solutions, makes direct investments and gives investment advisory services in the EMEA region since 2015 with its offices in Tallinn – Estonia, Dubai – U.A.E and Istanbul – Turkey.
Waiting for Startups with: MVP, first income
Fields of interest: B2B SaaS
Benefits for Startups: investment, network
Fund range per team: €25 - €100k
Investment conditions: Equity
Presto Ventures is a venture capital fund empowering talented start-up founders in Baltics, Balkans, CEE and Caucasus. They invest in promising technology start-ups, supporting them via the provision of invaluable resources and guidance, enabling them to achieve local and global success. Presto Ventures was founded by Přemysl Rubeš in 2016 and is headquartered in Prague.
Waiting for Startups with: First traction
Fields of interest: B2B Software
Benefits for Startups: Mentorship, Network
Investment conditions: Open to negotiation
Auriga Cyber Ventures is a specialised early-stage fund for European cyber security startups.
Teaming with Cyber Doers, we are rooting for Cyber Founders.
Waiting for Startups with: MVP
Fields of interest: Cybersecurity
Benefits for Startups: Our acceleration strategy is based on a network of involved entrepreneurs and principals in the field of cybersecurity
Fund range per team: €500k – €1M
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Europe
Baltic Sandbox Ventures is an early-stage VC dedicated to developing the Deep Tech and Life Science ecosystem in the Baltic region. Our focus is on early-stage individuals and teams that are engaged in research and development and are seeking to address complex technical challenges with significant potential for commercial applications.
Fields of interest: DeepTech, Life Science, Software++
Waiting for startups with: “Scientific minds” who are doing R&D on the specific solutions/technologies (minimal viable team); founders with a proven scientific background; strong innovation component
Benefits for startups: Investment, incubation and acceleration programs, mentorship, community, networking
Funding range per team: 5000 EUR grants per team member and up to 15K per team, investment – from 25 to 400K EUR, depending on the stage
Investment conditions: Grants - non-equity, investment - equity
StartupIst Ventures is a team that helps early-stage startups with the potential to disrupt their industries, with a preference for companies with unique and unusual ideas, and a desire to avoid companies with many competitors. Their portfolio of startups includes those from various industries, including e-commerce, fintech, and HR technology, and they are constantly seeking new opportunities to invest in and assist growing startups. Their commitment to helping portfolio companies achieve their full potential and make a positive impact in the world is evident in their collaborative and supportive approach, which includes providing guidance, resources, and connections to help them succeed.
Waiting for Startups with: Early Stage
Fields of interest: Agnostic
Fund range per team: $50K
Investment conditions: SAFE, Convertible Loan and Equity
Market focus: Global
DÓBRA is an Impact Venture Studio that builds startups from the Idea stage till the Seed round. We focus on social impact issues, like habitat sustainability, climate change, health, safety, active longevity, social goods, future tech-lifestyle.
Fields of interest: Impact
Waiting for startups with: Ideation, Prototype
Benefits for startups: DÓBRA team works as a part of the brand new startup teams. All legal and operational tasks will shutting down. This support is bolstered by partnerships we forge with businesses and noncoms.
Fund range per team: 100-300k Eur
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Baltic States, CEE
Gamedev Fund is an early-stage investment fund aiming to help talented teams in shipping their games by providing knowledge, contacts, and funds. We invest in premium indie games for PC/consoles with a playable demo on hand.
Fields of interest: Premium indie videogames
Waiting for startups with: Playable demo
Benefits for startups: Investment, mentorship, network.
Funding range per team: 100k-500k Eur
Investment conditions: Revenue sharing, equity, etc.
BackingMinds is a female founded VC fund investing 0.5-3M EUR in tech companies in seed stage. We believe in the business of doing things differently and look for potential in areas that others overlook as we find and back high-performing founders outside the networks of traditional venture capital. Currently investing from our second fund of 50M EUR with a Nordic and Baltic focus.
Find us on LinkedIn.
Waiting for Startups with: Post revenue, Growth
Fields of interest: Tech, Industry agnostic
Fund range per team: 0.5-3M EUR
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Nordics, Baltics, EU/EEA
Innovestor Life Science is an early-stage VC fund launched in Finland in 2022. Our team, consisting of experienced life science and digital health entrepreneurs and professionals, invests in science-backed startups especially in the fields of therapeutics and digital health.
Waiting for Startups with: Focus on life saving science
Fields of interest: Pharmaceutical, digital health, health tech, med tech
Fund range per team: Initial investment 250k€ - 3M€ with capacity to follow on with successful companies
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Nordics and Baltics
An early stage fund, currently investing out of a €70m vehicle into Emerging Europe. Our initial ticket size ranges between €250k-€2m. We typically invest at pre-seed & seed, while selectively investing at Series A rounds as well. We are also a part of the 500 Global network, a US-based multi-stage investor.
Waiting for Startups with: Idea, prototype, MVP, initial traction
Fields of interest: Various
Benefits for Startups: We make a lot of introductions, both through our own and the 500 Global network, to downstream capital, potential customers, and mentors. We also provide access to our Founder Hub where you can connect with other 500 portfolio companies & receive perks.
Fund range per team: €250k - €2M
Investment conditions: SAFEs, equity rounds, convertible notes
Market focus: Emerging Europe, including the Baltics
