Practica Capital is a Vilnius, Lithuania-based venture capital firm that funds Baltic technology founders from seed to growth stages. Established in 2011, it concentrates on tech-enabled companies in the Baltic States and the Nordic region, and supports founders as company builders through early-stage investments and selective growth rounds. The firm is described as an active Baltic syndicate partner, co-investing with local, regional and international venture capital firms, accelerators, incubators, angels, corporates and public institutions. Practica Capital focuses on software and information technology sectors and aims to take minority stakes while providing strategic guidance and governance support to portfolio companies.

Founded in 2017, Coinvest Capital is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It invests in startups and companies across various stages and sectors, with a current focus on DefenceTech, DeepTech, BigData, SaaS, ClimateTech, Life Sciences, Biotech, MedTech, Impact Investing, and supporting women founders.

70Ventures is an investment firm that backs B2B entrepreneurs and helps them build data-driven sales teams that deliver predictable revenue, providing funding from pre-seed to Series A based on revenue milestones.

Open Circle Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It concentrates on early-stage technology companies in information and communications technology, robotics, and high-tech sectors across Northern Europe. The firm prefers teams led by serial entrepreneurs with past growth, fundraising, or exits, and targets product-building startups that demonstrate high potential, rapid growth, and the ability to expand into foreign markets. Its investment approach centers on an initial conversation to understand ambition, a short series of meetings to assess fit, discussion of terms, and due diligence before committing to a venture partnership. Open Circle Capital aims to support startups through meaningful technical and market development as they scale.

Iron Wolf Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, founded in 2018. It is an EU-based seed and early-stage investor with a global outlook, focusing on information technology, fintech, marketplaces, IoT, SaaS, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other deep-tech sectors, particularly in the Baltic region while maintaining international reach. The firm blends entrepreneurial and financial experience to support building international businesses, leveraging networks in the Baltics and London. It seeks ESG-aligned investments.

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.

Contrarian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on climate tech and the energy transition. It invests in pre-seed to growth-stage companies across Europe and Israel, with emphasis on smart grids, energy storage, energy efficiency, distributed generation, e-mobility, and related digital and infrastructure technologies such as big data analytics, virtual power plants, and smart homes. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, with additional offices in London and Amsterdam. Contrarian Ventures operates a hands-on, founder-first approach backed by a platform-based model to mobilize resources and support startups building the infrastructure for decarbonization.

Specialist VC is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that backs early-stage startups, typically from pre-seed to Series A rounds. The firm focuses on companies operating in business-to-business software, software as a service, fintech, platforms, software-enabled hardware, and deep technologies. Its active geographic focus includes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine, and Belarus, with a stated aim of supporting founders across these markets.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

Spring Capital is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that backs technology companies in the Baltic and Nordic regions. Founded in 2008, it pursues seed and growth investments, focusing on scalable technology-driven startups and growth companies that are EBITDA-positive or approaching profitability. In seed rounds it typically writes checks of about €75,000–€200,000 to participate in larger rounds with runway, while in growth rounds it seeks minority stakes in rounds of €300,000–€700,000. The firm concentrates on the information technology sector and prefers opportunities in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the broader Baltics and Nordics. Management invests its own capital to support portfolio companies.

IMI.VC is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania, established in 2011. It invests in internet-based and technology startups, with a focus on mobile applications, gaming, e-commerce, and information technology sectors, and provides capital along with advisory services. The firm also runs a startup academy program that offers funding, mentorship, and workspace to help startups develop their ideas and connect with venture and strategic investors.

Presto Ventures is a Prague-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Přemysl Rubeš. It invests in early-stage technology startups across NATO and allied nations, focusing on seed and Series A rounds. Based in the Czech Republic, the company provides portfolio founders with resources and guidance to accelerate development and achieve local and global success, prioritizing impactful, fast-growing tech companies in the Central and Eastern Europe region.

Integer.pl Group is a leading private postal group in Europe that has rapidly expanded its InPost parcel locker network across numerous countries worldwide. Within three years, the company deployed its locker technology in Australia, Chile, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala. The service has earned high customer satisfaction, reflected in a Net Promoter Score of 89% as of February 2019, and has received several industry awards, including the World Mail Awards 2013, Retail Innovation of the Year 2013, and Delivery Innovation Excellence UK 2014. Integer.pl Group continues to build a strong global footprint in the logistics sector through its innovative locker solutions.

Koinvesticinis Fondas is a Lithuanian venture capital firm focusing on seed and growth capital investments across industries. It targets equity investments ranging from 0.1 million to 1.6 million euros and pursues co-investments. The firm operates with personal capital and is based in Lithuania, with a preference for opportunities in the Lithuanian region.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Superhero Capital is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investments in technology-enabled companies in Finland and the Baltics. It concentrates on software and related sectors such as B2B software, health tech, fintech, IoT and SaaS, supporting insight-driven startups. Founded in 2015, the firm operates across Finland and the Baltic states.

NGL, established in 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is an angel investment group focusing on early-stage startups. It offers extensive business angel education, facilitates syndicate investments, and provides advisory board members to support its portfolio companies.

Trind Ventures is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage European startups. It invests across Northern and Central Europe in marketplaces, consumer solutions, and PLG-driven B2B products, as well as software and information and communications technology, supporting both business-to-business and business-to-consumer models.

Katapult Group is an Oslo-based accelerator and venture firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage technology startups, with a focus on climate and ocean-related initiatives. The company operates Katapult Accelerator, a program that supports startups in environmental, societal, and exponential technologies, and Katapult Ocean, an ocean-focused venture initiative. Together, these platforms aim to steward capital and innovation toward sustainable development, aligning impact with technology and fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Superangel is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies. Founded in 2018, it focuses on information technology sectors such as fintech, mobile, SaaS, sharing economy, blockchain, and AR/VR, and invests globally with a preference for European and North American opportunities. The firm is led by tech entrepreneurs and has supported early-stage companies across Baltics and Nordics, aiming to back builders of world-changing technology.

Crosspring is a venture capital firm based in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, focused on early-stage investments in B2B and SaaS startups. It pursues pre-seed opportunities and supports companies across Eastern Europe and North America, investing in venture funds and, when suitable, making direct investments. The firm leverages decades of business knowledge and a wide partner network to assist entrepreneurs from early traction to international growth.

Inven Capital is a Prague-based venture capital firm that invests in climate tech and sustainable startups across Europe and Israel. It targets late-stage growth opportunities in areas such as clean energy, energy efficiency, distributed generation, storage, flexibility, IoT, green transportation, smart home and software models that decarbonize households and agriculture. The firm supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance and active involvement, including piloting on customer and asset bases and access to an energy trading desk. Founded in 2014, Inven Capital seeks long-term value through close collaboration with founders to scale innovations in the energy transition. It is backed by ČEZ, a major European energy utility, and the European Investment Bank, with substantial capital at its disposal.

HBM Healthcare Investments is a Switzerland-based investment firm founded in 2001 and based in Zug. It concentrates on the healthcare sector, spanning human medicine, biotechnology, medical technology and diagnostics. The firm maintains a diversified portfolio that includes private companies, public companies, funds, cash and other assets, reflecting exposure across different stages and sectors within healthcare.

Lemonade Stand is a venture capital firm based in Tallinn, Estonia, that concentrates on early-stage B2B technology investments. The firm targets founders from the Baltic and Eastern European regions and provides capital typically in the €25,000–€300,000 range to support teams, technology development, or early traction.

Simpact Ventures is an impact-focused venture capital firm based in Poland that backs tech-driven startups with strong business potential and positive social or environmental impact. It seeks to combine profit with purpose by supporting founders building technology companies that aim to create meaningful change, including opportunities across Central and Eastern Europe.

Change Ventures is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that focuses on technology companies, with a preference for B2B and SaaS businesses in Eastern Europe. It backs early-stage companies in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Baltic diaspora entrepreneurs building elsewhere, with typical checks ranging from around €100,000 to €750,000. The firm supports portfolio companies to reach product-market fit, raise subsequent rounds, and scale, leveraging a network of follow-on investors and partners.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Innovestor is a Helsinki-based Nordic venture capital investor and financial services company that provides growth funding and strategic insight to technology, life science and health startups. Founded in 2014, the firm operates through affiliated investment entities and maintains offices in Helsinki. It supports early and growth-stage companies by offering capital and access to industry expertise through a team of professionals and specialists. Innovestor targets sectors including software, information technology, healthcare, life sciences, cleantech, and industrial technologies, and maintains regulatory oversight by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a multinational fund management company specializing in investments in energy, renewables, and water infrastructure across Europe, Asia and North America. The firm manages a family of infrastructure funds, including CIP II, CIP III, CIP IV and CIP V, all aimed at long-term, core infrastructure exposures with a focus on renewable energy and related assets. Its team brings extensive experience in regulated infrastructure, project development, and energy projects, with leaders who have held senior roles at DONG Energy. CIP pursues durable, long-horizon investments in assets such as offshore and onshore wind, solar, electricity transmission and energy storage, as well as other clean infrastructure opportunities.

Metaplanet Holdings is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Tallinn, Estonia. It backs early-stage companies across a broad range of sectors, including artificial intelligence and robotics, life sciences, enterprise and consumer technology, biotech, cryptocurrency, healthcare, transportation, and other technology-driven fields. The firm supports novel, evidence-based innovations with the potential for outsized returns and aims to create meaningful impact.

Impellent Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Rochester, New York, founded in 2018. It makes early-stage investments, focusing on pre-seed and seed rounds in the United States and Canada.

Nordic Eye Venture Capital is a Danish venture capital firm with offices in Copenhagen, Zurich, London and San Francisco. It invests in Nordic early-growth technology and lifestyle companies, selecting opportunities with global growth potential and aims to support them to achieve exits within about five years.

Lead Ventures is a Budapest-based venture capital firm that backs growth-oriented technology companies in Central Europe. Founded in 2017, it focuses on late Seed through Series B and scale-ups, typically investing €2-10 million. The firm backs teams with strong growth potential across sectors including software as a service, AI, cybersecurity, enterprise automation, fintech, adtech, telecom, mobility, energy and sustainability, and B2B services, with a preference for founders from Central Eastern Europe. Lead Ventures leverages its regional network and industry experience to help portfolio companies scale, expand within Hungary and the broader Central and Eastern Europe region. The firm is backed by corporate and financial institutional investors, including MOL and the Hungarian Development Bank and Eximbank, and manages around €200 million in funds.

SmartCap is a government-backed fund-of-funds organization in Estonia that manages and invests in private venture-capital funds and early-stage investment programs. It seeks to back fund managers and form partnerships to finance ambitious companies, and has served as the investment arm of public funds such as KredEx. Established in 2011 and based in Tallinn, SmartCap coordinates fund-of-fund activity and oversees early-stage investments through collaborations with regional venture-capital managers to support the growth of innovative Estonian companies.

Goldfish Fund is a venture capital firm established in 2001 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage startups within Frontier Markets, seeking opportunities that demonstrate strong potential for growth. Goldfish Fund focuses on a diverse array of sectors, including e-commerce, security, retail, food, restaurant chains, beauty, entertainment, robotics, travel technology, mobile applications, marketplaces, and internet technology. The firm aims to support companies with exceptional products and talented teams that aspire to develop into world-class enterprises.

Mangrove Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000 that concentrates on early-stage technology companies. The firm aims to turn visions into reality by providing financing, strategic guidance, and industry relationships, with a history of backing notable unicorns such as Skype, Wix, WalkMe, Flo Health, K Health, and others. Mangrove targets internet and software businesses across sectors including online services, marketplaces, SaaS, mobile, security, and related infrastructure, with a geographic focus on Europe (including the Benelux, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia) and Israel, and opportunistically in the United States, Canada, and India. The practice combines long-term, patient capital with active involvement to help portfolio companies scale in growth phases.

byFounders is a Copenhagen-based venture capital firm with an office in San Francisco that backs early-stage technology startups, primarily in the Nordic and Baltic regions, through pre-seed and seed rounds and, in some cases, Series A. Operated by a collective of accomplished regional entrepreneurs, the firm provides hands-on support alongside capital to help founders scale globally. It focuses on technology ventures, with emphasis on artificial intelligence, and makes follow-on investments in its portfolio to sustain growth.

Lighthouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital and accelerator based in Prague, Czech Republic, that supports European technology startups with funding and professional guidance. It targets technology projects with a focus on the Czech market and leverages an international team of experienced tech veterans to provide mentorship, entrepreneurship support, and strategic guidance in areas such as mergers and acquisitions and marketing, backed by a broad network of mentors. The firm collaborates with Czech startup incubators, tech partners, universities, and government institutions to nurture portfolio companies and smart city initiatives.

BADideas.fund is an angel investor group based in Riga, Latvia, founded in 2022. It operates as an early-stage angel syndicate that funds Central and Eastern European startups, typically providing 50k to 100k euros per investment. The firm is formed by founders and operators who contribute hands-on experience to help portfolio companies achieve product-market fit, build scalable growth engines, and accelerate fundraising. Its network includes experienced founders and operators who share operational insight and collaborate to back ambitious startups in the region.

Sway Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs early to mid-stage technology companies in the United States. It partners with high-potential teams building innovative technology and scalable platforms, aiming to support ventures with the potential to define new enterprise or consumer categories.

DN Capital is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that backs seed to early-stage software, fintech, and consumer internet companies in Europe and North America. It focuses on firms that plan to operate on both sides of the Atlantic and helps them build international businesses, reflecting a cross-border investment approach with activity across the UK, Northern Europe, and North America.

Brighteye Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm that specializes in education technology. It backs seed and Series A startups operating at the intersection of learning, entertainment, and creativity, with the goal of expanding human potential. The firm leverages experience across technology, education, media, and venture capital to help portfolio companies refine products, form partnerships, and scale across geographies. It targets software and EdTech companies and supports opportunities across North America, Europe, and Israel, seeking ventures that use technology and industry know-how to build competitive, globally scalable businesses.

Launchpad Capital is a venture capital firm based in Oakland, California. It focuses on early-stage fintech and related technology sectors, including financial technology, cryptocurrency and blockchain, mortgage technology, real estate technology, and insurance, and builds and invests in pre-seed and seed stage fintech companies.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

InReach Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm that backs early‑stage European startups, with a focus on software, information technology, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2015, the firm uses proprietary software to scale early‑stage investments across Europe and seeks to align incentives between investors and entrepreneurs. It typically participates in early rounds in European software and AI companies, supporting founders as they grow.

OTB Ventures is a European venture capital firm founded in 2017 with offices in Amsterdam and Warsaw. It specializes in deep tech investments across Europe, targeting late seed to Series A/B rounds for startups developing technologies in SpaceTech, AI and data, Enterprise AI, Physical AI, Novel Computing, FinTech and Cybersecurity. The firm emphasizes access to Central and Eastern European deal flow and is described as the largest VC originating from the CEE, managing over $300 million in assets.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.

Cats.VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It invests in European technology companies, helping them scale across the region.

APX is a Berlin-based venture capital firm and accelerator that invests in early-stage startups across Europe. The firm is supported by prominent partners Axel Springer and Porsche, focusing on companies with scalable digital business models and global ambitions. Since its inception in 2018, APX has made over 60 investments in startups from 20 different countries, collaborating with more than 100 co-investors. The firm seeks out dynamic founding teams and sustainable business ideas, aiming to foster innovation and growth in various sectors. Currently, APX maintains a portfolio of 15 investments and continues to explore opportunities with inspiring entrepreneurs.