Practica Capital is a Vilnius-based Baltic venture capital firm focused on seed to growth-stage investments in tech-enabled companies across the Baltic and Nordic regions. It manages around €132 million across four funds and has completed more than 70 investments across sectors including software, fintech, biotech, marketplaces, and AI. The firm takes a hands-on approach as a company builder, often taking board seats and providing strategic support to founders to help scale internationally. Practica Capital positions itself as a Baltic syndicate partner, co-investing with local, regional, and international investors, accelerators, incubators, corporates, and public agencies, and it is active across Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and wider Europe, including the Nordics and CEE.

European Investment Fund is the EU's financing arm for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps, providing financial instruments to improve access to affordable financing across businesses throughout their lifecycle. It focuses on supporting innovation, growth, competitiveness, social impact, and sustainability across the EU, including funding for infrastructure investments. By leveraging its capital base, the EIF fosters public-private partnerships to amplify investment and shares risk with banks, funds, and other partners to mobilize lending to SMEs and equity funding for startups through guarantees and equity instruments across EU member states, candidate countries, and EFTA states.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provides project financing and banking products to banks, industries and private enterprises, including loans for projects, equity and quasi-equity investments, equity funds for smaller enterprises, guarantees and trade finance. It also offers policy reform dialogue and advisory services and supports loan syndication. The bank assists privatization and restructuring of municipal services and invests across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and real estate in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on market transition and private sector development. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in London, it seeks to promote sustainable growth, job creation and higher living standards through financial support, advisory services and policy reform.

Coinvest Capital is a Lithuanian corporate venture capital firm that operates as an evergreen investment platform, collaborating with groups of business angels and other investors to back startups and growth-stage companies. Based in Vilnius, the firm pursues a sector- and stage-agnostic approach with a focus on defencetech, miltech, big data, SaaS, climatetech and greentech, life sciences, biotech and medtech, and impact initiatives including supporting women founders. The company emphasizes patient capital and ecosystem-building in Lithuania, partnering with angel networks and leveraging international partners to strengthen the local startup scene. In line with its corporate backing, Coinvest Capital backs ventures aligned with strategic priorities such as defense innovation and technology-enabled solutions.

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.

Specialist VC is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that provides early-stage funding and active support to technology startups. It concentrates on B2B software, SaaS, fintech, platforms, software-enabled hardware, and deep tech, investing across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine, and Belarus. Through Specialist VC Fund II, the organization continues the evolution of United Angels VC, led by Riivo Anton, Gerri Kodres, and Indrek Kasela. The firm emphasizes long-term relationships and hands-on partnership, leveraging an extensive network of industry connections to help portfolio companies scale. It pursues a collaborative approach with founders, offering strategic guidance, resources, and network access to accelerate growth while upholding sustainability and equality principles in its governance and operations.

Iron Wolf Capital is a Vilnius-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in artificial intelligence and deep-tech startups across the Baltic region and Baltic diaspora. The firm leverages hands-on operational and international networks to help portfolio companies scale, drawing on team experience in finance, technology, and entrepreneurship. Typical investments range from €0.5 to €2 million, with the firm often leading or co-leading rounds. Since 2019, Iron Wolf Capital has backed more than 20 startups spanning photonics, robotics and AI, and actively contributes to the Baltic innovation ecosystem through initiatives such as the Baltic Deep Tech Report and the Deep Tech Breakfast Series, alongside a bimonthly newsletter. The firm emphasizes ESG principles and maintains strategic ties with ecosystem partners, including cornerstone investor ILTE, a Lithuanian state-established financial institution.

Contrarian Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage climate technology startups in Europe and Israel. Founded in 2017 and based in Vilnius with offices in London and Amsterdam, it backs pre-seed and seed rounds with a typical ticket size in the EUR 1-4 million range. The firm concentrates on the energy transition, including smart grid, energy efficiency, storage, e-mobility, distributed generation, and renewable solutions, alongside data analytics, virtual power plants, and e-services for infrastructure. It emphasizes a founder-centric, long-term partnership and operates a platform that supports portfolio companies through ecosystem events, scaling frameworks, and deal facilitation. The approach centers on practical, contrarian investment in technologies that can become core infrastructure, with a global outlook and a focus on Europe and Israel.

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.

FIRSTPICK is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania, that backs early-stage Baltic technology startups, with a focus on AI-first software and sectors such as fintech, SaaS, deeptech, RegTech, and cybersecurity. It typically provides initial checks between €100,000 and €500,000, with follow-on capacity up to €1 million, to support inception and pre-seed rounds. Beyond capital, FIRSTPICK offers access to a network of founders and operators and practical early-stage know-how to help portfolio companies grow and navigate challenges. The firm prioritizes founder conviction and aims to strengthen the Baltic startup ecosystem by supporting ambitious Baltic founders at inception and beyond.

Open Circle Capital is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania, investing in early-stage technology companies in ICT, robotics and high-tech sectors across Northern Europe. It typically makes initial investments in the low hundreds of thousands of euros and can support rounds up to several million, while providing value through team building, business guidance and fundraising support. The firm often leads or participates as a syndicate partner and aims to help portfolio companies scale internationally, prioritizing teams with growth, fundraising or exiting experience. The focus is on product development and fast growth, with a preference for companies that have achieved first revenues and are led by serial entrepreneurs.

Cats.VC is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania, investing in technology companies across Europe with activity in Latin America. It targets scaling startups in sectors such as SaaS, FinTech, MedTech, EdTech, B2B software, and LATAM consumer retail, with a focus on early-stage ventures. The portfolio comprises about 24 companies, with initial investments around $400,000 and total deal sizes in the $3-4 million range. The team includes managing partners Max Chebotarev and Yakov Kop and a managing director who source and close deals in LATAM, reflecting a cross-regional approach. Cats.VC emphasizes engagement with entrepreneurs and seeks to collaborate with founders to drive growth.

Wave Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. It concentrates on pre-seed and early-stage investments across the Nordics and Baltics, backing first-time founders and Gen Z entrepreneurs. The firm is described as Europe's largest student-run venture capital and operates with a small team formed by graduates from top regional universities. Its portfolio is informally grouped as The Wave, and the firm emphasizes proactive support for portfolio companies, pursuing opportunities across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Founderheads is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It focuses on early-stage investments in cryptocurrency and web3 startups, adopting a founder-first approach that emphasizes hands-on involvement and strategic value-add beyond capital, effectively acting as supportive co-founders for portfolio companies in Europe.

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.

ZAKA VC is a venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments across Europe and North America. Based in Prague, it has a regional footprint across Central and Eastern Europe, including Bratislava, with scouts in Berlin and the Baltic region. The firm backs early-stage startups across a broad mix of sectors such as health tech, biotech, industrial tech, AI and analytics, B2B and B2C software, consumer apps, e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, retail, utilities, real estate and other technology-driven areas. It emphasizes founder-friendly, fast support and adds value through a strong network of entrepreneurs and investors, aiming to help portfolio companies scale internationally and bridge opportunities between North America and Europe.

Tera Ventures is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early-stage digital startups across Europe, with a home market in Estonia and investments spanning Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic. The firm focuses on AI-powered innovations in enterprise software, fintech, automation, and robotics/deeptech, and maintains an industry-agnostic yet theme-driven approach. Tera is hands-on and founder-friendly, often leading rounds and providing follow-on capital to help portfolio companies navigate early growth. It emphasizes helping portfolio companies enter international markets, notably the US, the UK and Japan, and leverages a global advisory network to provide portfolio companies with access to expertise. The firm supports companies across pre-seed and seed stages and operates with a portfolio-centric, international mindset.

Presto Ventures is a Prague-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Přemysl Rubeš. It invests in early-stage startups—from seed to Series A—across fintech, food, energy, software and deeptech, including defense-oriented technologies, with activity spanning NATO and allied countries. The firm supports portfolio companies through early funding and strategic guidance to help them scale.

NGL provides education for business angels, facilitates group investments, and places advisory board members, and operates NGL Ventures, an angel group founded in 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania that focuses on early-stage startups.

The European Innovation Council is a Brussels-based European Union organization established in 2018 to support deep‑tech innovation by helping startups, researchers and technology transfer activities move ideas toward market. It operates a portfolio of programs including Pathfinder, Accelerator, Transition, STEP Scale Up and Pre-Accelerator, and collaborates with partners to provide funding, mentorship and resources across the innovation lifecycle. The council emphasizes high-impact, science‑driven technologies with broad societal benefit and promotes inclusion, with initiatives to involve women‑led projects. It engages the wider ecosystem through awards, events and community initiatives and monitors impact through data platforms. By coordinating with private investors and other stakeholders, it aims to accelerate the scale-up of European deep‑tech firms and strengthen Europe’s position in global technology leadership.

Metaplanet is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that concentrates on early-stage, deep-tech investments with a long-term impact mandate. The firm backs AI, robotics, life sciences, enterprise and consumer technology, biotech, healthcare, cryptocurrency, transportation and related sectors, seeking novel, evidence-based innovations with the potential for outsized returns and societal benefit. It pursues a founder-friendly, hands-off approach, providing support while preserving founder autonomy. Metaplanet favors ethical considerations and aims to build a community of mission-driven companies focused on safe technologies for humanity's long-term survival and meaningful legacies. The firm has backed more than 170 companies and achieved notable exits, reflecting a broad, diversified portfolio across technology sectors.

Superhero Capital is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm that concentrates on seed-stage investments in software-enabled startups across Finland and the Baltic states. It typically makes early-stage commitments of roughly €100,000 to €1 million and focuses on software, health tech, fintech, IoT, and other B2B technology-enabled sectors. The firm positions itself as a founder-friendly partner, seeking to understand founders’ challenges and offer support without taking control of the business. With a track record of backing a broad portfolio and substantial follow-on funding, Superhero Capital aims to help entrepreneurs scale in the New Nordics. While the primary focus is Finland and the Baltics, the fund has historically considered opportunities outside the region when aligned with its strategy.

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.

Change Ventures is a Tallinn-based venture capital firm that backs ambitious Baltic founders at seed and pre-seed stages. It typically invests between €100,000 and €500,000 in technology startups, with a focus on B2B and SaaS businesses from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, or the Baltic diaspora. The firm emphasizes team capability and resilience in its evaluation and supports portfolio companies in achieving product-market fit through hands-on support and connections to a broader network of follow-on investors and partners. Since its founding in 2016, Change Ventures has pursued a founder-friendly, fast decision-making process and aims to help portfolio companies scale globally from the Baltic region.

Superangel is a Tallinn, Estonia-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies worldwide. Founded by tech entrepreneurs, the firm focuses on AI, robotics, mobility, logistics, fintech, software-as-a-service, and related IT sectors, while maintaining a broad, sector-agnostic approach. It supports founders with capital and strategic guidance, leveraging a network to accelerate growth. It has backed notable Baltic and Nordic startups such as Bolt, Pipedrive, Grabcad, and Veriff, and seeks opportunities across Europe and North America. Typical investment sizes range from €0.05 million to €2 million, with follow-ons. The firm emphasizes global ambitions and building world-changing technology.

Trind Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Tallinn, Estonia, that invests in Europe-based startups across consumer-focused segments, marketplaces, and business-to-business software and ICT. The firm supports early-stage and community-driven ventures, helping them through initial investments and subsequent funding rounds to achieve sustainable growth. It emphasizes partnerships with founders and provides resources through its Trind Toolbox, including a matching test to assess investment viability. Trind engages with the startup ecosystem through events and regular updates, reflecting a hands-on approach to supporting portfolio companies and fostering long-term growth.

Crosspring is a venture capital firm based in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. It backs early-stage technology companies, focusing on pre-seed to seed-stage B2B software-as-a-service ventures across Eastern Europe and North America, and also makes investments in venture capital funds. The firm combines decades of business knowledge with a broad network of partners to support entrepreneurs through the startup lifecycle, from early traction to international growth. Crosspring collaborates with local companies, universities, governments, and international bodies to stimulate entrepreneurship and early-stage investment opportunities, aiming to accelerate the development of innovative businesses and future market leaders.

Katapult Group is an Oslo-based accelerator and venture platform that supports early-stage technology startups addressing climate, oceans and other environmental and social challenges. It operates accelerators and investment vehicles through Katapult Ocean and Katapult Africa, backing companies with capital, mentorship and education while promoting responsible stewardship of exponential technologies. The group engages a global network of founders, investors and partners to mainstream impact investing and foster ecosystem growth, with focus areas including ocean health, climate solutions, sustainable food systems, frontier technologies and related environmental domains.

HBM Healthcare Investments is a Swiss investment firm founded in 2001 that focuses on delivering access to a globally diversified portfolio of healthcare companies. Headquartered in Switzerland, the firm targets opportunities across human medicine, biotechnology, medical technology and diagnostics, investing in both private and public companies with established or near-market products. It emphasizes active portfolio management and provides strategic guidance to portfolio companies to support value creation. By leveraging demographic trends and medical innovation, the firm seeks attractive returns while maintaining a diversified asset mix that includes private holdings, public equities and funds. The company is noted for an attractive dividend policy with a yield around five percent.

Inven Capital is a European climate technology venture capital firm backed by the energy utility ČEZ and the European Investment Bank. Based in Prague, the fund oversees about 240 million euros and focuses on late-stage growth opportunities in innovative cleantech and smart energy startups across Europe and Israel. It targets sectors including energy efficiency, distributed generation, storage and grid flexibility, energy, Internet of Things, clean transportation, smart home, and decarbonization of households. The firm emphasizes founders with a clear impact vision and seeks to create long-term value through active support, pilots leveraging customer and asset bases, and access to a broad energy desk. It favors companies with proven business models and strong growth potential, offering strategic guidance and potential co-investment opportunities.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in New Jersey. The firm focuses on seed-to-growth investments in deep tech sectors, including biotech and life sciences, hardware and robotics, and cross-border software with emphasis on markets in Asia. It supports startups from early stages with investment capital as well as resources such as laboratories, collaborative spaces, and expert mentorship to accelerate product development and market traction. SOSV operates purpose-built programs to help portfolio companies raise follow-on funding, scale operations, and reach customers, often through structured matchmaking and access to a global network of investors. With a broad portfolio spanning hundreds of companies worldwide, SOSV aims to foster innovation, build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems, and contribute to sustainable technological advancement.

Lemonade Stand is a Tallinn, Estonia based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on early-stage B2B investments from the Baltic and East European regions. It provides seed funding ranging from €50,000 to €300,000 to teams with strong technology, traction, or potential, including pre-revenue and pre-product companies, and aims to back ambitious, diverse founders.

Simpact Ventures is a Warsaw-based impact investing venture capital firm that funds early-stage technology startups addressing social and environmental challenges in Central and Eastern Europe. It backs scalable companies with investments up to €2 million, across sectors including software, med-tech, ed-tech, ag-tech and the circular economy, seeking both financial returns and measurable positive impact. As Poland’s first impact investing VC, it partners with institutions such as the European Investment Fund and has expanded its reach to the EU and US to support ambitious teams and portfolio companies focused on health, education and sustainability.

Innovestor is a Nordic venture capital firm based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 2014, it invests in technology, life science, health startups, and other high-impact ventures across Europe, with a focus on early to growth-stage companies and SMEs. The firm operates a venture capital fund model alongside a co-investment platform, delivering funding and strategic guidance from a team of experienced professionals and industry experts. Its portfolio spans sectors including life science, sustainable technology, the green transition, and commercial real estate, and it emphasizes partnerships, entrepreneurship, and diversity within the venture ecosystem. Innovestor aims to generate value by backing innovative companies and fostering long-term growth through active support and collaboration.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a global investor in energy infrastructure, founded in 2012. The company develops and finances large-scale projects that support the energy transition, including solar and wind power, advanced bioenergy, energy storage, transmission, and low-carbon fuels. It operates in more than 30 countries across Europe, Asia and North America, managing approximately 37 billion euros in assets from over 200 institutional investors and employing a workforce of over 2,300 professionals. CIP seeks to create long-term value through sustainable, resilient energy infrastructure and has pursued strategic initiatives such as expanding UK battery storage capacity and scaling European biogas production.

Elephant Partners is a Boston-based venture capital firm established in 2015 that concentrates on early-stage investments in technology companies, with a focus on enterprise software and consumer internet platforms. The firm seeks fast-growing, capital-efficient enterprises across the United States, including opportunities in mobile markets. It targets investments in software, consumer internet, and related technology sectors and operates as a registered investment adviser.

Hummingbird Ventures is a global venture capital firm with a presence in London, Antwerp, Ghent, and Istanbul. It backs extraordinary founders building generational technology companies, spanning fintech, AI, biotech, blockchain, healthcare, gaming, hardware, and software. The firm supports early-stage and growth-stage startups, providing capital from seed through later rounds and leveraging its operational experience and global network to help portfolio companies scale. It prioritizes long-term partnerships and founder-driven visions, seeking out entrepreneurs with conviction and an unconventional approach. By combining strategic guidance, hands-on resources, and a broad ecosystem, Hummingbird aims to accelerate growth and create enduring value for its companies. Its portfolio includes notable global companies such as Deliveroo, Kraken, Peak Games, and Showpad.

Karma Ventures is a Tallinn, Estonia-based venture capital firm that concentrates on late-seed and Series A investments across Europe, with a focus on deep-tech software startups. It provides capital and substantial operational support to founders with early traction and global ambitions, helping them scale through strategic and technical guidance. The firm backs companies across sectors such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, IoT, fintech, software development, and sustainable technology, and emphasizes active involvement within Europe’s deep-tech ecosystem to foster growth and collaboration among portfolio companies.

SEED Capital is a Copenhagen-based Danish venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies in Denmark and the Nordic region. Over more than a decade, it has built a portfolio of software, IT, TMT, healthcare and consumer technology firms, supporting founders with strategic guidance, fundraising and scaling in addition to capital. The firm typically invests in the early to late seed range, with ticket sizes in the multi-million Danish krone range, and manages multiple funds focusing on Denmark and Nordic markets (including Denmark II, III and IV). Notable portfolio companies include Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa and Forecast.

Prosus is a global consumer internet group and technology investor that builds, scales and acquires internet platforms across online marketplaces, classifieds, payments and fintech, food delivery, travel and education. It pursues growth through strategic equity investments, acquisitions and operating capabilities, leveraging a global footprint in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The company operates many leading internet platforms and supports its portfolio with ventures, capital markets activity and emphasis on AI initiatives. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Prosus is the international internet assets division of Naspers and focuses on value creation through technology-enabled platforms and ecosystems.

Northzone is a global venture capital firm founded in 1996 and headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Oslo, and Stockholm. It backs technology-focused companies across Europe and North America, spanning early-stage to growth-stage investments in sectors such as software, information technology, healthcare, fintech, AI, blockchain, gaming, marketplaces, SaaS, mobile, edtech, and consumer tech. The firm emphasizes founder partnerships, leveraging its network to support scale, internationalization, and long-term growth. Its portfolio includes category-defining companies and unicorns, reflecting a history of backing ambitious founders from inception to expansion.

Impellent Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Rochester, New York, with offices in New York and the Washington, DC area. It is a generalist investor focused on pre-seed and seed-stage startups, providing funding and strategic support up to about 1.5 million dollars at various stages of a company's journey. The firm emphasizes an operator-first approach, values founders from diverse backgrounds, and backs ambitious projects beyond traditional urban centers, aiming to partner with teams that may grow into scalable businesses across the United States and Canada.

Molten Ventures is a British venture capital firm based in London that backs Europe’s high-growth private technology companies across stages from seed to growth. The firm concentrates on sectors such as deeptech, consumer tech, healthtech, software-as-a-service, and enterprise software, and provides capital along with strategic support, networks, and domain expertise to accelerate growth. With two decades of experience, Molten Ventures seeks to identify transformative trends and invest in ambitious founders, aiming to create value through scaling companies and delivering exits via strategic acquisitions, trade buy-outs, or IPOs. The firm emphasizes partnering with founders to build global tech leaders, leveraging its multi-stage approach and broad perspective on the European technology ecosystem.

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded in 1996, with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva. It backs technology startups across stages from seed to growth in sectors including software, AI, fintech, healthcare, data, media, and consumer services. The firm provides capital and strategic support, helping teams assess business models, scale operations, and navigate financing rounds. Its broad network connects founders with investors, partners, and market opportunities to support growth across geographies. Index Ventures emphasizes long-term founder relationships and hands-on collaboration, offering guidance and resources to help companies reach global markets. It also launched Index Origin, a seed fund designed to support entrepreneurs from day one.

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.

Tenity is a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor dedicated to the future of fintech and related industries. The organization runs two core engines: Innovation Partnerships, which collaborates with corporations and governments to design and operate innovative programs, and Venture Capital, investing in early-stage startups. Through a network of hubs, Tenity connects people, capital, and ideas, delivering funding initiatives, hackathons, accelerators, and market activation programs to startups, corporates, governments, and investors across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Established as a spin-off from SIX in 2016, Tenity has expanded its global footprint and strengthened its presence in the UK through strategic acquisitions. It focuses on fintech, insurtech, Web3, and digital health, with activities spanning Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and APAC regions.

Lead Ventures is a Budapest-based venture capital firm and the investment arm of MOL, focused on financing and scaling ambitious technology companies in Central Europe and the Baltics. It provides equity investments to growth-stage ventures, typically in the 2-10 million euros range, with emphasis on B2B software, SaaS, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, enterprise automation, fintech, mobility, energy and sustainability, IoT, and related sectors, as well as B2B services. The firm seeks startups with validated market traction and strong growth potential, offering capital, strategic guidance, and access to a broad network to support international scale-ups. Lead Ventures aims to build long-term partnerships with founders and other investors, leveraging MOL's resources and a network of financial institutions to back ventures that can transform their industries.

Energize Capital is a global technology-enabled investment firm focused on accelerating innovation in the digitized and decarbonized economy. Founded in 2016, it pursues venture and growth investments in software, services, and technology-enabled solutions that address energy, climate, and industrial challenges. The firm collaborates with portfolio companies to help scale early-stage products, expand commercially, and navigate public markets. It leverages a broad corporate network and strategic partnerships with institutional and strategic limited partners, including major energy and industrial players. Energize Capital targets opportunities in renewable energy, electrification, climate risk, and sustainable infrastructure, aiming to drive growth while advancing decarbonization and resilience across sectors.

Kaya VC is a Prague-based venture capital firm investing in the Central and Eastern European region across sectors including AI, biotech, SaaS, personal health, energy transition, and consumer experiences. It backs founders from pre-seed to seed with a founder-centered, equal-partnership approach and a long-term commitment to helping portfolio companies scale. The firm emphasizes identifying promising, often unconventional ventures and provides strategic guidance and access to resources to foster transformative innovation. Kaya VC has more than 40 investments and evolved from Enern Investments as a focused successor in venture capital for the region.

Mangrove Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-headquartered venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000. It focuses on early-stage and growth investments in technology companies, including internet and software sectors, online services, marketplaces, SaaS, mobility, security, and related areas. The firm targets companies across Europe, Israel, and potentially North America and India, leveraging financing, strategic guidance, and industry relationships to help portfolio companies scale. It maintains offices in Luxembourg, Berlin, and Tel Aviv and has backed notable unicorns such as Skype, Wix, WalkMe, Flo Health, K Health, and TBOL, among others. The firm seeks disruptive tech with global potential and aims to support entrepreneurs from early development through growth stages, emphasizing practical value and long-term partnerships.