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Top 30 Financial Services Startup Investors in Hungary in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 30 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Financial services startups based in Hungary. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from Hungary. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Financial Services Startup Investors in Hungary in December 2024

Investor	Financial Services Hungary investments
PortfoLion Capital Partners	4
365.fintech	2
Euroventures	2
Solus Capital	2
Matthew Howells-Barby	1
ABCDE	1
Charles Delingpole	1
Leo Nilsson	1
Chainlink	1
Eamon Jubbawy	1
Laurence Krieger	1
Jan Deepen	1
Advance Global Capital	1
OXO Technologies Holding	1
Bonitás Ventures	1
Valentin Stalf	1
Peter O' Higgins	1
Stefan Jeschonnek	1
Fiedler Capital	1
Mark Ransford	1
OKX Ventures	1
Hack VC	1
Discovery Ventures	1
Trevor Owens	1
Creandum	1
Charlie Songhurst	1
OKX Ventures	1
Maximilian Tayenthal	1
Studio1 Startup Factory	1
SBX Capital	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Big Data
Series A, Seed, Series B
Hungary, Poland, United States

Portfolio highlights

NORBr — Build your no-code payment stack with the best payment providers. One API to rule them all. Move faster. Go further.
4fizjo — 4fizjo.pl is a store offers premium sports and physiotherapy accessories for health and relaxation.
Coding Giants — Put description here

365.fintech is a boutique VC focusing on pre-seed & seed API-first, infrastructure & b2b/b2b2c fintech in broader CEE & Baltics.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Ondato — Ondato provides end-to-end eKYC and AML solutions to streamline your compliance processes. Fight fraud with an identity verification service.
Montonio — 10x lower fees and the most customer-friendly financing solution.
Velaris — Velaris is a flexible, all-in-one Customer Success platform to help you create winning experiences. Automation, alerts, lifecycle management, health, intelligence

Budapest-based Euroventures is one of the longest-established and leading independent private equity and venture capital firms in Central Europe, with a proven ability to achieve international exits over two decades in a fast-changing environment. It has advised or is advising five investment programmes totalling over €180m since 1989, with a focuson funding INNOVATION and GROWTH in Hungary and Central Europe. The investors in Euroventures funds have been international institutional Investors. Euroventures' nearly 50 current and former portfolio companies illustrate the commitment to provide steady support through the cycles of the regional and global economy. Its professional team members have many decades of private equity / venture capital experience between them. Recent investments have targeted growing businesses with innovative technologies in the fields of medtech, big data, security, and IoT among others. Euroventures has had an outstanding track record in supporting its portfolio companies entering global markets. As a result, it has delivered highly successful exits, including IPOs (Vienna, NASDAQ, NYSE) and several dozens of trade sales to international corporations. Euroventures is a founding member of the Hungarian Venture Capital Association and complies with the conduct, governing principles and valuation/reporting guidelines of Invest Europe.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Hungary, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Antavo Enterprise Loyalty Cloud — Build the loyalty program of your dreams 10x faster, and run it on the most powerful loyalty platform with the best Workflow editor. All powered by AI.
Daytrip — Daytrip is a platform for traveling with local drivers. It allows independent travelers to get the most out of their vacation by connecting them to local drivers, who drive them from one city to another with their own cars, discovering local sights and culture on the way.It gives travelers an opportunity to see otherwise unreachable countrysidesights, meet real locals and get to know local history, culture and current affairs first-hand. Daytrip is an entirely new approach to traveling, combining the comfort of package holidays with the flexibility of independent planning and authenticity of backpacking.
Prefixbox — Prefixbox makes eCommerce search easy. Easy to integrate search modules increase conversion rates and online revenue within weeks.

Solus Capital is a seed & early growth VC investment company

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Hungary

Portfolio highlights

Quino — AI-driven workspace for students. Summarize and chat with any document. Share your findings with your friends. Learn Easy. Learn Fast.
Duelbox — Customized games for any event. Build an unforgettable event with our ever-growing game universe that's made to be personalized.
YourAnastomosis — Why are we needed?Until recently, there were no objective methods to evaluate the quality of the practice of vessel anastomosis (vascular suture) for cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons, and surgical trainees. It was not possible to know how one surgically created vessel suture will behave, and what its long-term effectiveness will be.How arewe solving these challenges?Our technological innovations provide objective feedback about the quality of anastomoses during surgical training. Our method can be used as a convenient and gamified system, for surgical education and training for attendees, learners from all stages of training and levels of expertise. What do we offer?Your Anastomosis offers anastomosis (vascular suture) analysis for surgeons, surgical trainees and medical students. Our technology provides simulated environments, by digitizing and blood flow conditions, and evaluating short and long-term results of the specific vessel. The innovation in our technology allows for an objective assessment of an anastomosis, creating clear surgical and technical suggestions for improvement.

VP, Growth @ Kraken. Blockchain/FinTech Angel Investor. Prev: CMO @ Decentral Games, VP @ HubSpot.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Hungary, United States, Cayman Islands

Portfolio highlights

DLC.link — We are building a bridge that will let Clarity contracts settle on Bitcoin, unlocking a trillion dollars of Bitcoin to be used for DeFi (Decentralized Finance).
Eigenpie — Eigenpie is a restaking SubDAO that gives holders of Liquid Staking Tokens the chance to enhance their earning potential by restaking assets.
ether.fi — Delegated Staking Protocol

ABCDE | We invest in transformational founders.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Hungary, United States

Portfolio highlights

APRO Oracle — APRO Oracle delivers full data support across the ecosystem. It is the most widely incorporated oracle within the Bitcoin environment. APRO Oracle uses TVWAP to accurately calculate prices by aggregating prices from leading institutional-grade data suppliers and exchanges.
Echo Protocol — Echo is a versatile protocol that specializes in bridging, liquid staking and restaking, and yield solutions.
Vanilla Finance — Vanilla Finance could be a trading platform designed to facilitate buying and selling of assets, possibly with a focus on cryptocurrencies or other financial products.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
Prosper — Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers.
Juniper — Juniper is a reproductive healthcare insurance provider.

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.

Investment focus

Big Data, Computer, Security
Series A
Hungary

Portfolio highlights

SEON — SEON Fraud Prevention tools help organisations reduce the costs and resources lost to fraud. Spot fake accounts, slash manual reviews and cut chargebacks now.

Chainlink is the most widely used oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts, enabling any blockchain to securely access off-chain data & computations.

Investment focus

FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
Estonia, Germany, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

Hemera — Hemera Protocol is a decentralized account-centric programmable indexing network that is designed to serve as a public goods data infrastructure unlocking the full potential of data networks in web3.
ThirdFi — ThirdFi specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to facilitate the development, trading, investment, and management of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. With a focus on multi-chain interoperability, ThirdFi offers an API, SDK, and developer tools aimed at enhancing the DeFi ecosystem. The platformsupports liquidity provision and token reward earning through its Earn API, catering to developers looking to build in the Web3 space. ThirdFi's infrastructure is tailored for the evolving needs of web3 finance, enabling seamless integration and operation across various blockchain networks.
Galaxis — Galaxis: Your Web3 SocialFi platform to build, engage, and grow decentralized communities. Empowering you for a sustainable, third-party-free engagement.

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.

Investment focus

Payments, Software, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

Nous — Find out exactly how your household finances will be affected by the cost-of-living crisis with Nous on your side.
Screenloop — Screenloop is the hiring intelligence platform that allows you to source candidates, analyse interviews, and automate the reference process.
Volter — Volter software offers a comprehensive solution for commercial and industrial property owners to deploy, manage, and improve solar assets.

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.

Investment focus

Big Data, Computer, Security
Series A
Hungary

Portfolio highlights

SEON — SEON Fraud Prevention tools help organisations reduce the costs and resources lost to fraud. Spot fake accounts, slash manual reviews and cut chargebacks now.

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.

Investment focus

SaaS, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Hungary, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

sento.io — sento.io builds infrastructure to enable effortless B2B data exchange
Rebill — Rebill provides merchants with a unique control panel, and an API (programmatic environment) as well as pre-made payment pages so they can sell online in multiple regions very quickly, integrating with the financial entities and payment gateways they want.All customer's information, including non-sensitive card and subscription information,are stored at Rebill. Who, in turn, manages the recurrence of the collection of subscriptions, monitoring of card expiration and automatic collection retries to avoid delays and securing a predictable revenue model.Rebill is the last mile solution to improve the shopping experience for international stores. Provides flexibility to change providers: banks, or payment gateways, without losing information and in a matter of minutes.From Rebill, businesses can integrate multiple cloud services such as CRM (for customer management), or ERP (for business management), as well as local invoicing systems, among others.
SEON — SEON Fraud Prevention tools help organisations reduce the costs and resources lost to fraud. Spot fake accounts, slash manual reviews and cut chargebacks now.

Advance Global Capital, a financial services company based in the UK, specializes in trade receivables financing in emerging markets.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round
Hungary, Lithuania, Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

PastPay — Péntech is an invoice financing start-up enabling SMEs to increase their liquidity at the ease of clicking a button.
SME Finance — Develop your business instead of worrying about the cash flow.SME Finance has a vision to help business grow as smoothly as possible by offering quick and easy funding solutions through invoice finance (factoring), business loans and leasing. With a team of motivated professionals, we have one goal in mind – enable all SME companies acrossNorthern Europe region access financing without any hassle.
4Trans Factoring — We provide carriers with the financial products they need to grow. Register, upload invoices and receive money immediately.

OXO Technologies Holding is an investment firm in the tech sector in the CEE region. It includes a network of business angels as well as various financial and strategic investors as equity partners. The firm's investment policy targets the funding, partial or full buyout of early-stage tech ventures, accelerate their growth and marketexpansion and prepare them for subsequent funding rounds and exits.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Series A
Hungary, Finland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

iconicchain — iconicchain is on a mission to turn regulatory compliance into an automated, real time process. We disrupt the manual, sample based, Big Four consulting dominated approach by using private, distributed ledgers / blockchains shared between regulated companies, auditors, and regulators.
BitNinja.io — State-of-the-art server security with an all-in-one platform - Eliminate false positives and experience the proactive full-stack Linux protection
Blue Colibri — With the Blue Colibri App and engage your workforce! Our cloud based, secure multi platform solution creates a meaningful connection with your non-desk colleagues.

Bonitás is more than an investor. Our team helps the brave founders to pursue their dreams and build extraordinary companies. We push because we respect. Partnering with Bonitás, founders can benefit from our unmatched network and gain experience in management support. Bonitás is proud that our backed companies also propel great causes.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Education, Software
Seed, Series A
Hungary

Portfolio highlights

Livlia — As Hungary’s first hybrid real estate service, portal, and ecosystem, Livlia’s goal is to revolutionize the Hungarian and the regional real estate market with their automatized working methods, modern solutions and professional real estate experts. The platform is launching today with the aim of digitalising and revolutionizing and the entire realestate industry.Ads optimization, developed price strategy, pre-identified customers, all of which can be traced on the platform which is complemented by a dedicated real estate expert. As a result of their modern and digitalised solutions and working methods, they thrive working for one of the most competitive success fees (1,5%) within the Hungarian real estate industry offering more, for less.
MITE-CHEM KFT. — Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products
Gremon Systems — Digitalize your production with Gremon: discover the highest agricultural IT inventions in crop production, monitoring and evaluation of data. Be the first!

Valentin Stalf is co-founder and CEO of N26. In 2013 he founded N26 with his longtime friend Maximilian Tayenthal. Back then already, both shared a vision of building a bank that the world loves to use. Since the initial product launch in 2015, N26 has grown to include more than 2.5 million customers across 24 European markets — with plans toenter the US in 2019. The firm has raised more than USD 500 million from some of the world’s most well-known investors, including Insight Venture Partners, GIC - Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Tencent, Allianz X, Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, Battery Ventures, in addition to members of the Zalando management board, and Redalpine Ventures. N26 has more than 800 employees based in in Berlin, New York and Barcelona, who are concentrated on reinventing the banking experience for the digital generation. With its full banking license, state-of-the-art technology and no branch network, N26 is redesigning banking for the 21st century. Before N26, Valentin was an Entrepreneur in Residence for Rocket Internet, an incubator and investor in online startups. There he helped to develop several companies in the mobile payments industry, including payleven and Paymill GmbH. Moreover, he worked in strategy consulting and investment banking. Valentin has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management and a master’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen. He is currently a member of the advisory board at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Investment focus

Retail, Grocery, Big Data
Seed, Series A
Germany, Hungary, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Kooky — - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles.
Kitchenful — Kitchenful is an app for personalized recommendations of recipes, which gets users the ingredients delivered from their local supermarket. Kitchenful's algorithm always suggests the most popular recipes that are 40% cheaper than meal kits.
SEON — SEON Fraud Prevention tools help organisations reduce the costs and resources lost to fraud. Spot fake accounts, slash manual reviews and cut chargebacks now.

Peter O' Higgins

Investment focus

FinTech, B2B, Credit
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Canada, France, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

Hero — Hero is a B2B payments and financing platform, offer direct online payment experience and receive your money immediately.
Pillar — Pillar is a fintech credit platform that allows retail consumers to monitor, build and grow their credit footprint as well as access a credit facility through the Pillar credit card.
Pillar Financial Technologies — All-in-one Financial Platform for Small Businesses

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.

Investment focus

SaaS, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, France, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

sento.io — sento.io builds infrastructure to enable effortless B2B data exchange
Rebill — Rebill provides merchants with a unique control panel, and an API (programmatic environment) as well as pre-made payment pages so they can sell online in multiple regions very quickly, integrating with the financial entities and payment gateways they want.All customer's information, including non-sensitive card and subscription information,are stored at Rebill. Who, in turn, manages the recurrence of the collection of subscriptions, monitoring of card expiration and automatic collection retries to avoid delays and securing a predictable revenue model.Rebill is the last mile solution to improve the shopping experience for international stores. Provides flexibility to change providers: banks, or payment gateways, without losing information and in a matter of minutes.From Rebill, businesses can integrate multiple cloud services such as CRM (for customer management), or ERP (for business management), as well as local invoicing systems, among others.
SEON — SEON Fraud Prevention tools help organisations reduce the costs and resources lost to fraud. Spot fake accounts, slash manual reviews and cut chargebacks now.

We are a first check investor helping overlooked founders from peripheral European ecosystems defy the odds and create breakout companies.

Investment focus

Software, iOS, Transportation
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Hungary, Serbia, Austria

Portfolio highlights

RivalSense — Monitor competitors of your startup. Receive curated weekly updates.
Salesforge — Salesforge is an all-in-one sales execution super app that gives every sales team the highest probability to hit their target by tackling email deliverability and the need to personalize cold email outreach at scale.We do that by enabling real-time AI & machine learning to decision critical sales activities, enhance messaging and eliminatethe need for various sales point solutions, therefore driving superior conversion rates.
Collabwriting — Collabwriting is a simple browser extension that helps you share, comment and collaborate on content you find online

Angel Investor

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Desia — Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services.
Aria — Aria is a fintech startup that allows companies to pay their freelancers. The company provides a response that is both innovative and concrete to a strong economic challenge that weakens talent and affects the competitiveness of companies. Aria was founded in 2019 and is based in Paris, France.
Briefcase — Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices.

OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high quality projects. This fund will invest in blockchain basic infrastructure, layer 2, Polkadot ecosystem, Defi, Filecoin ecosystem etc.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
Corn — Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.
Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!

Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
TAC — TAC is a TON network extension that allows the EVM community to access Telegram users, and it enables Ton wallet holders to easily interact with EVM dApps deployed on TAC.
Monkey Tilt — Join your new crypto casino at Monkey Tilt. Play with crypto, earn points & win prizes. Tilt Club VIP program includes bonuses, merch drops & more.

Micro VC supporting outstanding technology entrepreneurs across the globe.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Due — Discover our global payment platform. Powered by open, decentralised and interoperable networks.
Due — Due is a blockchain payment service provider that is developing a platform to connect domestic payment channels utilizing open and interoperable blockchain protocols.
NaroIQ — Discover how we make Money Matter through out innovative fund infrastructure, enabling fair and redistributive earnings in the ETF and fund market.

Trevor Owens is a Managing Partner at Stacks Accelerator.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Pre-Seed, Seed
Egypt, India, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

GoSats — Earn bitcoin rewards when you shop online at your favourite brands in India.
DLC.link — We are building a bridge that will let Clarity contracts settle on Bitcoin, unlocking a trillion dollars of Bitcoin to be used for DeFi (Decentralized Finance).
BlockSurvey — Get meaningful insights without compromising privacy. BlockSurvey's secure, AI-powered surveys put you in control, ensuring data ownership and peace of mind.

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Sweden, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tola — Tola offers a simple and easy way for businesses to pay and get paid, however and whenever they want. Sign up today!
Appcharge — Sell in-game items directly to your players with our mobile-first webstore solution. No excessive fees, no hassle. Only higher revenue with Appcharge.
Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.

Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Stelia — Stelia stands at the forefront of the AI infrastructure revolution and is driving the transition from Internet 2.0, designed for data movement, to Internet 3.0, designed for data mobility, enabling the seamless flow and processing of data across diverse environments. With its ground-breaking HyperBand platform, Stelia enables businesses toharness the full potential of AI. The company's mission is to become the backbone of the next generation of data mobility, empowering organizations across industries to accelerate innovation, optimize operations, and drive transformative growth. Stelia will be at the gravitational centre of the AI infrastructure ecosystem – a trusted partner and catalyst for change that brings together forward-thinking businesses, technology leaders, and industry experts to shape the future of AI. It was founded in 2021 and is located in London, United Kingdom.
Lodestar — Lodestar is a next-gen robotics company building a fully-integrated solutions to construct, restore and protect high-value assets in space.
Briefcase — Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices.

OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
Corn — Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.
Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Vitt — Vitt is building a platform that simplifies both fundraising for SaaS founders and creates a new asset class for investors to invest in. A SaaS company that has contracted revenue can apply for financing it upfront — rather than waiting for cash to come in monthly, through Vitt's web application they get the cash upfront.Vitt analyses theirfinancial data and gives them a financing decision in a matter of minutes — not months. No more searching for intros to venture capitalists in your network. It shouldn't be about who you know but what you've built.
Soveren — Soveren helps engineering and security teams protect personal data by detecting privacy risks and analyzing real-time data flows within your infrastructure.
Terra One — Terra One engages in the development and operation of large-scale battery storage systems.

Startup Factory

Investment focus

Software, Web Development, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed
Hungary

Portfolio highlights

HUB55 — HUB55 provides physical location as co-working space for any individual or group.
Eyedio Solutions Kft. — Vevőanalitika boltokban. Ismerje meg vásárlóit, mérje szokásaikat, növelje konverzióját.
Forestream Technologies Kft. — Elderly care with the latest technology

At SBX, we invest in transformative technologies, and the companies and communities leveraging them, through capital, media, and education.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Kuwait, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
SOKNA — SOKNA is Egypt’s first end-to-end funeral service providing your loved ones with care and respect at the completion of their life’s journey.
DLC.link — We are building a bridge that will let Clarity contracts settle on Bitcoin, unlocking a trillion dollars of Bitcoin to be used for DeFi (Decentralized Finance).

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