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LAUNCHUB is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. Since 2012, we’ve been involved in the region and its diaspora, helping exceptional teams create the next generation of game-changing companies. We are currently investing out of our third fund, with a size of €74M, dedicated towards ambitious early-stage founders. Our focus🎯 Pre-seed and seed investing with tickets up to 2.5M EUR. 🧑 Founders solving large-scale problems with a global vision, in any industry. Our value-add💵 We get you prepared to score top-tier VCs for your next financing. 🏢 Access to a global network of clients, advisors, and co-investors. 🤝 Hands-on strategic guidance and mentorship. We are well-known for helping our companies raise large next stage investments rounds. → In fact, 75% of our portfolio companies raise follow-on funding by exceptional VCs from our co-investors network, raising over $450m of capital in total. Check out our co-investors here. FAQ ‣ Which countries do you invest in? We invest in founders with origin from South Eastern Europe, also known as the Balkans, and the broader Central Eastern European region, building companies anywhere around the world. ‣ What is your investment process? Our investment process is designed to be transparent and efficient, with a focus on supporting founders. It typically takes 2-3 weeks and includes: Initial analysis: After our initial conversation, we evaluate the market, opportunity, and the fundraising materials shared by the founder. Q&A: We work asynchronously, creating a shared document with our questions and collaborate with the founder on their answers. In-person meeting: We meet with the founder in-person to discuss their idea in-depth, get to know the team, and brainstorm together on plans for reaching the next funding round objectives. Group discussion: We hold a group meeting with you and our broader investment team to discuss and make a final decision on the investment. 💡 During this process, we also like to thinker with your product and speak to few of your clients to understand their pain points and usage experience. ‣ Are you investing in bridge and subsequent rounds? We tend to look at each subsequent round as a seperate investment decision so our participation is not guaranteed. However, we are committed to support our amazing portfolio companies through all stages of growth, including bridge rounds and subsequent funding rounds, up until Series B. ‣ What are your criteria for evaluating potential deals? When evaluating potential deals, we place a strong emphasis on the team, market, and vision. Specifically, we look for: an ambitious and talanted team proven to execute founder competitive advantage and path to a clear moat a big market or one with potential to grow or emerge ‣ How do you approach board governance and involvement with portfolio companies? As a hands-on investor, we are committed to supporting our portfolio companies in any way we can, including through introductions to customers, guidance on day-to-day operations, and assistance with raising new rounds of funding. In terms of board governance, we typically take a board seat if we are a significant contributor to the total round size or an observer seat otherwise. This allows us to stay informed and actively participate in helping founders make the best decisions for the company's long-term success.

500 aims to help the talented entrepreneurs of the region in building explosive businesses. Our mission is to back defensible technology companies fueling talent arbitrage and help create global powerhouses. Emerging Europe is a hotbed for talent. Thanks to the region’s highly skilled human capital, all of the unicorns from Emerging Europe target global markets from the get-go! Bridging these ecosystems globally, creates an opportunity for many more.

Frontier Ventures is a venture fund investing in early-stage technology companies with network effects in the United States and globally. Our investment team is based in the United States. The fund was founded by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Alimov, co-founder of IVI.TV, the largest video service for Russian-speaking consumers worldwide serving over 60 million users globally. Frontier Ventures partners with talented entrepreneurs to help them build global market-leading businesses. We stand out by helping our portfolio companies scale globally in Europe and Asia where our partners have access to strong networks of technology entrepreneurs, investors, and tech company executives. We open these powerful networks to the companies we invest in, which helps them scale across borders faster. We also help our portfolio companies raise follow-on financing by giving them access to more than 1,000 US and global VC, growth funds, and family offices where we have long-term business relationships. Our founding team has more than 30 years of collective experience in venture investing, having backed over 50 early-stage companies. Frontier Ventures is backed by family offices, technology entrepreneurs, and financial investors as limited partners. Most of our limited partners are current or former technology entrepreneurs. WHY ARE WE CALLED “FRONTIER VENTURES”? In the history of the exploration of North America, the term “Frontier” was used to determine the boundary between inhabited and unknown territory, where from the 18th to the 20th centuries, settlers developed new areas. Unlimited free land in this zone was available, and thus offered the psychological sense of unlimited opportunity. This, in turn, had many consequences such as optimism, future orientation, and shedding of restraints due to land scarcity. The development of new land to the West and the North of the United States became a catalyst for the settlement of the North American continent and its subsequent rapid economic development. By analogy, the name of our fund – Frontier Ventures – is intended to symbolize the limitless possibilities that are open to entrepreneurs and investors in the development of the software and Internet. Our team and our entrepreneur partners share the spirit of optimism and belief in success, combined with a rational willingness to take risks to achieve great goals, which at one time united the North American pioneers, during their advance towards the unknown.

Welcome to our VC! We are based in Baku. Azerbaijan and focus on investing in the Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkiye, and Eastern Europe. We believe that good founders can be found anywhere and are committed to supporting and empowering entrepreneurial talent in the region. Our team is made up of experienced investors and industry experts who are passionate about helping startups succeed. We provide not only financial support, but also strategic guidance and resources to help our portfolio companies grow and scale. We are excited to work with founders who are driven, innovative, and committed to making a positive impact in the world. If you are a founder looking for a supportive and collaborative partner, we would love to hear from you. Thank you for considering us as you embark on your entrepreneurial journey. When evaluating founders, there are several key factors to consider. One of the most important is scalability, or the ability of the company to grow and expand over time. This includes not only the size of the market opportunity but also the ability of the founders to adapt and innovate as the market changes. Another important factor is endurability, or the ability of the founders and their team to sustain the business over the long term. This includes not only financial stability but also the ability to withstand setbacks and challenges as they arise. Vision is also crucial in evaluating founders. This includes not only the long-term goals and direction of the company, but also the ability of the founders to clearly communicate their vision and inspire others to follow their lead. In addition to these key factors, we also consider the size and potential of the market, the competence and experience of the team, and the speed at which the business is able to achieve key milestones. By carefully evaluating these factors, we can make informed decisions about which founders and companies have the greatest potential for success.

We are an active venture capital group with a current emphasis on pre-seed, seed, and series A startups. We’re flexible and on occasion, have also invested in late stage and cross over rounds. While Arc is geographically agnostic, to date most of our investments have been based in Israel, Europe and the US (outside of Silicon Valley). Many of our portfolio companies have benefitted from our assistance on strategy, tactics, business development, and even distressed situations.

FQV is an early stage VC fund focused on investing in startups from the Western Balkans. Balkan founders around the globe and any startup considering Balkans as their talent competitive advantage. We are operators and once we build conviction around a startup, we aim to be the first sizable institutional money by leading the rounds and taking a board seat to ensure we can move the needle for our portfolio companies in a significant way. Our Approach Three Investment Strategies Each Reinforcing One Another. Investing in startups based in Western Balkans: Top startups from the region with proven founders and business model, startups that currently skip local investors (outgrow them) and we help them with intros to top foreign VC. Balkan founders around the world: Startups run by Serbian and Croatian founders in diaspora who can benefit from our connections to more effectively operate parts of their business from Serbia and Croatia. Startup with presence in the Balkans: Elite US/Canadian startups who need help with product building & faster execution. Here we take an active role in team and product building (setting up teams here in the region) to secure an allocation in a round led by a Tier 1 VC from the Valley.