# Top 25 Consumer Startup Investors in Hungary in June 2026 ## Portfolion - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Portfolion is a CEE-focused multi-stage investor with a flexible fund structure that allows it to back companies from or before 1st client until the end of their journey. The fund manager has backed some of the CEE region’s most successful companies including SEON, Novakid, Tresorit, Packhelp, and Starschema. ## Hiventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce As one of the largest and most active venture capital fund partners in Central and Eastern Europe our mission is to create new ways of equity funding for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with high growth potential as well as more traditional businesses for the purpose of establishing a sustainable and competitive SME and enterpriseecosystem both in Hungary and in the region ## Day One Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We are an early-stage technology investor, managing privately financed funds. We seek to find and join the most exciting Central Eastern European teams on their global mission. ## Széchenyi Capital Fund Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fashion, Medical, Shopping Széchenyi Capital Fund Management, a state-owned investment company, finances micro-, small- and medium-sized companies in Hungary. ## Blue planet climate protection risk capital fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Logistics, E-Commerce climate-tech thematic VC ## Google - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Google provides the Android operating system, the Chrome web browser, and a search engine to support global connectivity. Its software suite includes productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar, alongside media platforms like YouTube and Google Play. The firm designs hardware, including the Pixel line of smartphones, tablets, and wearabledevices integrated with Wear OS. Through its research divisions, the company creates generative models and tools such as Gemini 3.1 and Veo 3.1 for image creation, video generation, and conversational assistance. Current features include Agentic Vision for visual reasoning and Personal Intelligence, which utilizes Google Photos for contextual content creation. ## Fiedler Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps We are a first check investor helping overlooked founders from peripheral European ecosystems defy the odds and create breakout companies. ## Laurence Krieger - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Big Data Laurence Krieger is the chief operating officer (COO) at Tide, the online current account for small and medium sized businesses. Krieger has more than 12 years of experience working in senior roles at fast-growing fintech start-ups.Prior to Tide, he was COO of Revolut, where he helped to rapidly scale the business from initial start-up to over800,000 customers. He was previously founder and CEO of payment business Cobalt where he delivered high profitability and grew annual revenues to more than £100m. He launched one of the first prepaid cards into the UK with Moneysupermarket and has also held senior roles at Yahoo! UK and IE. ## Vsquared Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Manufacturing Vsquared Ventures invests in early-stage deep-tech companies that are tackling society's most pressing challenges, with a focus on quantum and novel computing, green energy, robotics, AI/ML, new space, synthetic biology, and healthcare. It is committed to a partnership and will go to any length to help accelerate and scale vision,unlocking all seemingly impossible possibilities. ## Assembly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed - Focus: Software, Supply Chain Management, Internet We invest in, and strategically support, the entrepreneurs and mobility companies moving the Western world. ## Charles Delingpole - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove. ## Eamon Jubbawy - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Payments, Software, Apps Eamon Jubbawy is the co-founder of Onfido. In 2016, Eamon was named as one of Forbes' ‘30 Under 30’, and as the Digital Entrepreneur Awards' 'Young Digital Entrepreneur of the Year'. Eamon is Deputy Chair of Tech Nation's Fintech Delivery Panel. ## Discovery Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology We are a team of investors who have walked the talk. We see ourselves as supporters of ambitious companies worldwide. Having scaled businesses from ideation to pre-IPO, we reinvest what we have learned in the past decade. ## Maximilian Tayenthal - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland. ## Peter O' Higgins - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, B2B, Credit Peter O' Higgins ## Lead Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Lead Ventures is a Budapest-based venture capital firm, specialist of financing scale-ups in Central Europe. Its mission is to support the region’s most promising ventures with capital, experience and a wide-ranging professional network, enabling them to transform their industry with innovation. Lead Ventures provides equity financing tocompanies in their scale-up phase, the typical ticket size is between EUR 2-10 million. Lead Ventures is searching for dynamic teams with a unique story, outstanding growth potential and solutions tested and validated by the market. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the mobility, energy and sustainability as well as b2b services and software sectors, however, Lead Ventures is open to support teams active in other areas as well.Lead Ventures has EUR 200 million under management invested by MOL, the most successful energy company in CEE, and two financial institutions specialised in supporting the startup ecosystem - the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) and Eximbank. ## Creandum - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond. ## Valentin Stalf - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Big Data Valentin Stalf is based out of Berlin, Berlin, and is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of N26. Valentin previously worked at WU Vienna as Member of the University Board. Valentin Stalf attended the University of St.Gallen. ## Leo Nilsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Big Data, Computer, Security Leo joined one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies, iZettle, in 2013. His initial roles focused on launching the company’s flagship products in new markets, including Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands and France. He later transitioned from this commercial role into product management, becoming Chief Product Officer in November, 2016.Prior toworking at iZettle, Leo’s background was in financial services — most recently at Merrill Lynch in the investment banking division. As CPO for iZettle, Leo oversees both product management and product marketing. ## Andgo Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, 3D Printing, 3D Technology Andgo Partners is a team of serial entrepreneurs with strong track record in founding and developing businesses across various industries. They provide smart money to technology-driven, mostly Hungarian startups to help market entry and international roll-out. ## Stefan Jeschonnek - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Before Zeitgold, Stefan was a co-founder of the FinTech company SumUp and its chief product officer. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from the University of St. Gallen. ## Oktogon Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We leverage our local background, operational expertise and global network to help CEE startups realize their fullest potential. Our Scope in Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria. Founding team and core technology exist and have ‘zero to one’ potential. Product has global appeal from day one. Early stage.Capable of achieving extraordinary growth. Focus on technology-heavy plays. Our portfolio companie: Bitrise, Recart, Enduraid.Why Oktogon? Led and partially funded by the entrepreneur behind Hungary’s largest-ever startup M&A success Regional network of potential co-investment partners Principals and mentors with proven startup and entrepreneurial experience Strong connections to US and Western European tier 1 VCs, Angels and partners Access to a large network of local technical and management talent ## Jan Deepen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Internet Before Zeitgold, Jan was a co-founder of the FinTech company SumUp and its chief commercial officer. Before SumUp, he was a principal at the Boston Consulting Group. Jan received his doctorate from the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. ## KAYA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet We are committed to supporting founders at every stage of their journey, from studio projects and pre-seed through to Series A and follow-ons. ## Marius Istrate - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Software Former Chief People Officer of UiPath, from 2017 until 2020. Former CEO of SkillValue, from 2014 until 2016. Angel Investor and VC Investor. Focus on Enterprise SaaS, Productivity Tech, Dev Tools, Cloud, AI & Automation. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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