# Top 10 Hardware Startup Investors in Slovenia in June 2026

## LAUNCHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

LAUNCHub is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. 

## Bitstamp by Robinhood
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin

Bitstamp owns and operates a digital currency marketplace that allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and bitcoin cash. Damijan Merlak and Nejc Kodric founded Bitstamp in 2011. It has its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom with additional offices in Luxembourg andBerkeley in California.

## Sustainable Ocean Alliance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sustainability, Software, CleanTech

SOA develops leaders, cultivates ideas, and accelerates solutions to the biggest problems facing our ocean through the  Leadership and Accelerator programs

## Damijan Merlak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Health Care

Damijan Merlak - Board member @ Bitstamp

## VectoIQ LLC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning

VectoIQ is an advisory firm helping new companies in the smart transportation space. Reverse merger with Nikola Motor in June 2020.

## Day One Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Backing great companies when they're tiny

## 3TS Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

One of the leading European technology-focused growth capital investors, backing high-growth SMEs across Technology & Internet, Media & Communications.

## Fil Rouge Capital (FRC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) is an investment fund manager whose funds focus on early-stage businesses from pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds of investment.

## Nejc Kodric
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking

Nejc Kodric Since starting out in 2011 with little more than some basic computer equipment, €1,000 and a love of technology, Nejc has been instrumental in developing Bitstamp into one of the most trusted and highest volume bitcoin exchanges in the world. With offices in Luxembourg, London and New York, Bitstamp continues to grow from strength tostrength, serving its customers’ bitcoin trading requirements.Among his many achievements as chief executive officer, Nejc spearheaded the approach to become the first fully licensed virtual currency exchange in EU, which was granted in 2016, setting the benchmark for the Bitcoin industry’s continued consolidation and strength.With a keen interest in promoting economic empowerment and technology, Nejc has spoken at several conferences including Techcrunch, Bitcoin Foundation, MoneyConf, Deloitte Conference: Future Challenges, ICT Spring Europe and FundForum International, and was awarded Best Virtual Currency Start-up at The Europas in June 2014.Nejc was born in Slovenia, where he studied Organization and Management of Information Systems and Economics, and currently splits his time between his home country and Luxembourg.Specialities: Bitcoin, blockchain, trading, virtual currencies, economic empowerment, education, science and technology

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