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
SMOK Ventures is a US/CEE venture capital fund investing 100k-1M EUR in early stage startups in Central & Eastern Europe and diaspora. Our primary focus is software and gamedev. We love to work with serial entrepreneurs with a global vision who aim to build global leaders in their industries.
Waiting for Startups with: mvp, first income
Fields of interest: software, gamedev
Benefits for Startups: We're part of global network of funds created by Paul Bragiel.
Fund range per team: 25 M
Investment conditions: equity, safes
Market focus: CEE
Voima Ventures, founded in 2019, is a Nordic early-stage investor investing in science-based innovations and companies across the Nordics and Baltics. Voima Ventures helps founders scale deep technology ventures to global markets. Voima Ventures is a team of 12 investment and growth entrepreneurship professionals who share a passion for science-based tech. Voima Ventures holds a strong track record in investing in high-growth science-based solutions by being an early investor in success stories like those of Solar Foods, Dispelix, MVision, Betolar and Enifer.
Waiting for Startups with: Stellar team with prototype, MVP, first income
Fields of interest: Deep tech, biotechnology, dual use technology, foodtech, agritech, climate, energy, semiconductors, optics, photonics, quantum, healthtech, life sciences
Benefits for Startups: Mentorship, network, board expertise
Fund range per team: 200k-2.5M for initial tickets, selective follow-ons
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Impactful technology innovations for the planet, people and industry. No specific market focus
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
Kiilto Ventures is an impact first, early-stage VC focused on the sustainability and livability of the built environment.
Our purpose is to future-proof the built environment and make it great for the planet and people. That’s why we invest in and build companies that could positively impact key verticals in the built environment, which is currently responsible for nearly 40% of all global CO2 emissions.
We support startups in their early stages as an active owner. In practice, this includes potential board work and hands-on assistance with research, development and innovation, go-to-market, and fundraising. Our team consists of industry experts and entrepreneurs passionate about making a difference and our networks expands from industry professionals to global startup & investor scene. We normally come in as an investor at pre-seed or seed round.
Our portfolio is made up of companies that are accelerating positive change for the planet, people and the built environment – from emerging materials to AI-powered solutions. We are the venture arm of Kiilto, a over 100-year-old, family-owned company, so we are not afraid of a long-term horizon.
Waiting for Startups with: Protype, MVP
Fields of interest: PropTech, ConstruTech, DeepTech, Construction Circularity, Materials Innovation
Benefits for Startups: cooperation with our 80-person RDI department, mentorship, built environment contacts, discovery sprints
Fund range per team: €100-400k
Investment conditions: equity
Market focus: Europe
Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a global venture capital investor providing long-term growth equity for fast growing digital technology companies. BPI has been a partner for visionary entrepreneurs looking to build global category leaders across the consumer and SMB segments. As a financial investor for the Hubert Burda Media group, BPI leverages Burda’s capital, brands and sector expertise, particularly in the areas of business expansion, internationalization and localization.
Waiting for Startups with: revenues of €5m+
Fields of interest: Consumer, SME, cybersecurity, fintech, SME productivity, marketplaces
Benefits for Startups: Growth stage experts including a broad global network
Fund range per team: 5-20m first check
Investment conditions: open to doing primary or secondary or CLN/SAFE
Market focus: US, Europe (incl. Blatics), South-East Asia, Australia
Fiedler Capital are a first-check investor helping overlooked founders from peripheral European ecosystems defy the odds and create breakout companies.
Waiting for Startups with: MVP, and first income
Fields of interest: FinTech, Developer Tools, B2B SaaS, KYC, Marketplace, ClimateTech - overall, a generalist VC
Benefits for Startups: Mentorship, network, and follow-up investments
Fund range per team: 100K - 700K
Investment conditions: Equity, convertible and safe
Market focus: Eastern Europe
