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12 CEE VCs Ready to Invest with Fresh Capital

12 CEE VCs Ready to Invest with Fresh Capital, TheRecursive.com
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In this article, we’ve begun listing half of the CEE VCs ramping up their capital, positioning themselves as key players in the startup ecosystem. All new VC funds are detailed in our State of AI in the CEE 2024 report. If you have any suggestions, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

Here are 12 CEE VCs Ready to Invest with Fresh Capital:

 

1. Apeiron Ventures (Greece)

Ticket Size: €300K to €1M
Month Announced: May 2024
Fund Value: €25M
Portfolio Companies: Circuland, Peek, Bluon Energi

 

2. BrightCap Ventures (Bulgaria)

Ticket Size: €0.4M to €3M
Month Announced: July 2024
Fund Value: €60M
Portfolio Companies: KardiAI, CoLumbo AI, Enview

 

3. bValue Growth (BVG) (Poland)

Ticket Size: €5M to €15M (equity stake of 20-40%)
Month Announced: April 2024
Fund Value: €90M
Portfolio Companies: SEEDia, Vidoc Security Lab, Sportano

 

4. Early Game Ventures (Romania)

Ticket Size: Up to €6M
Month Announced: May 2024
Fund Value: €60M
Portfolio Companies: DruidAI, Relock, Tokinomo

 

5. Fifth Quarter Ventures (5QV) (Western Balkans)

Ticket Size: €0.5M to €1M
Month Announced: October 2024
Fund Value: €18.4M
Portfolio Companies: Better, Orgnostic, Wasp

 

6. Full Speed Ventures (Poland)

Ticket Size: €1M to €4M
Month Announced: February 2024
Fund Value: €50M
Portfolio Companies: 4Semantics, tylko, cosmose AI

 

7. GapMinder Ventures (Romania)

Ticket Size: Up to €2.5M
Month Announced: February 2024
Fund Value: €80M
Portfolio Companies: AMSIMCEL, Cyscale, FintechOS

 

8. Lead Ventures (Hungary)

Ticket Size: €2M to €10M
Month Announced: July 2024
Fund Value: €100M
Portfolio Companies: aiMotive, CloudTalk, all eyes on screens

 

9. Purple Ventures (Czech Republic)

Ticket Size: €250K to €750K
Month Announced: March 2024
Fund Value: €40M
Portfolio Companies: campiri, Choice, toroto

 

10. SMOK Ventures (Poland)

Ticket Size: €92K up to more than €0.9M
Month Announced: January 2024
Fund Value: €23M
Portfolio Companies: Alokai, FAMS, Collabwriting

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11. Underline Ventures (Romania)

Ticket Size: Up to €0.5M
Month Announced: November 2023
Fund Value: €20M
Portfolio Companies: Nestor, SaleSqueze, Turneo

 

12. ZAKA VC (Czech Republic)

Ticket Size: €250K to €300K
Month Announced: July 2024
Fund Value: €10.5M (target €15M)
Portfolio Companies: easySales, Miros, Readmio

 

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Loredana Dobrea is a Startup & Tech Research Editor specializing in market research and data analysis. She leads data collection efforts and writes analytical articles, with a particular focus on AI, HealthTech, Education, and Social Impact sectors. Covering everything from emerging startups to established industry players in the CEE tech ecosystem, Loredana brings their stories to light with clarity and depth.