Lead Ventures

Lead Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Budapest, Hungary, that focuses on financing scale-ups and emerging growth companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Established in 2017, it specializes in investments across various sectors, including mobility, energy and sustainability, as well as B2B services, software, chemicals, IoT, and retail. The firm typically invests between €1 million and €10 million, targeting dynamic teams with strong growth potential and validated market solutions. With €100 million under management, Lead Ventures is backed by MOL, a leading energy company in the region, along with two financial institutions dedicated to supporting the startup ecosystem. The firm aims to empower promising ventures with not only capital but also experience and a robust professional network, fostering innovation to transform industries.

Ádám Csuhai

Principal

Virág Dezso

Principal

András Dunai

Partner and Director

Abel Galacz

Founder and CEO

Balázs Haszonics

CFO

Kristóf Székely

Partner

Past deals in Former Yugoslavia

Leanpay

Series A in 2021
LeanPay is a app for online purchases in installments and arrange repayments without visiting the store.

AMODO

Series A in 2020
Amodo d.o.o. develops a cloud-based connected customer platform for insurers. It offers Advanced Driving Behavior Analytics, a solution that processes the data from the connected vehicle, and generates advanced driving behavior and driving pattern reports; and Driver Engagement and Coaching, a solution that drives interaction with the driver through a gamified approach. Additionally, the company offers business consulting, behavior based customer segmentation, content management system, and scoring framework and templates. It serves small and medium enterprises, and insurance, automotive, and transport industries. Amodo d.o.o. was founded in 2013 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia with additional offices in Vienna, Austria and San Francisco, California.

Neticle

Series A in 2019
Neticle is one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS startups in Hungary, providing text analytics solutions for enterprises in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Ukraine. The company has four product to boost data-based business decisions: Neticle Media Intelligence, which can show companies what the web thinks of their brand and products; Zurvey.io, which is a survey maker & analyzer, able to automatically analyze thousands of textual data like open-ended survey responses or product reviews. The motor of these systems is the Text Analysis API and Data API which can be easily integrated into companies' own platform.