Top 15 Internet Startup Investors in Latvia in December 2024
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Internet startups based in Latvia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Internet companies from Latvia. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Internet Startup Investors in Latvia in December 2024
Investor | Internet Latvia investments |
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ZGI Capital | 2 |
European regional development fund (ERDF) | 2 |
Andrej Jakovlev | 1 |
Almaz Capital | 1 |
FlyCap | 1 |
AdFirst.vc | 1 |
VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) | 1 |
Moscow Seed Fund | 1 |
Microsoft for Startups | 1 |
Richard Frank | 1 |
Mamba | 1 |
Marat Kichikov | 1 |
New Nordic Ventures | 1 |
Envac Group | 1 |
Alex Hofmann | 1 |
ZGI Capital is the fund management company that manages "ZGI fund”, that was founded to support entrepreneurs lacking start-up capital for their business. The total amount of assets available for venture capital investments is of EUR 7.4M. Combined with bank financing, this will allow to finance investment projects with total assets of up toEUR 30M. The fund acts on behalf of various investors including the State.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, Consulting
- Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
- Latvia, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- eAgronom — eAgronom helps farmers generate additional revenue streams, improve soil quality, and access better financing.
- KOOL Latvija — "KOOL Latvija" is a new concept gas station created in Latvia, which at the same time is also a convenient fast shopping place.
- Bioreactors.net — Biotechnical center is an innovative company and we provide solutions for industrial biotechnology processes, bioreactor manufacturing and industrial automation. We manufacture bioreactors for laboratory, pilot and industrial scale.
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) aims to improve the European Union's economic, social, and territorial cohesion by resolving imbalances across its various regions. ERDF funds initiatives for which the European Commission and national and regional governments in member countries share responsibility. Each member state'sgovernment decides which initiatives to support and is responsible for their continued supervision.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Grant, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Germany, France
Portfolio highlights
- Losanje — Losanje has a brand and an upcycling workshop that gives second-hand and unsold completed apparel and textiles a second life. Its goal is to create an innovative manufacturing chain that will allow for the first time the industrialization of upcycling, as well as to implement the most credible solution, both ecologically and economically.
- PulmoBiomed — Pulmobiomed has developed a best-in-class exhaled breath condensate device, capable of capturing Covid-19 particles in as little as 5 seconds. Pulmobiomed a biotechnology company is working with industry leaders in integrating their diagnostic capabilities into our PBM-Hale device. Pulmobiomed techn
- Knock Technology — The world's simplest video chat app: Improves mental health and boosts innovation. It's a secure, cost effective and peer-to-peer telecoms solution for everyone.
Andrej Jakovlev
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Investment focus
- B2B, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- machinesearch.io — Introducing the ultimate search engine for industrial machinery ads Comprehensive search results, Saved searches and alerts and many more.
Almaz Capital is an international venture capital firm investing in early stage, capital efficient technology companies. A unique bridge fund headquartered in Silicon Valley, Almaz Capital connects Eastern European/former Soviet engineering and entrepreneurial talent to the U.S. market and helps build global businesses. The firm invests inhigh-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence and blockchain applications, data engineering, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, networking architecture and infrastructure. Its investors include Cisco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. Founded in 2008, Almaz Capital has invested in over 30 portfolio companies and has had nine exits to date.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- United States, Russian Federation, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Yazen — Yazen is a digital obesity clinic that offers weight loss through modern pharmaceutical treatment.
- PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
- Alison AI — Stop wasting time and money on A/B testing. Analyze data, create impactful creatives, and optimize for outstanding results.
FlyCap AIF is a Venture Capital Fund of total size of 15.75 MEUR. The Fund provides growth capital for Latvia based SME’s in a form of investments in equity and mezzanine capital.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Consumer Goods, Medical
- Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
- Latvia, Estonia, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Tapcore — Tapcore is the only solution on the market that enables mobile developers to monetize pirated copies of their apps through advertising. Established in 2015, we are a remote company with headquarters in the Netherlands. Currently we serve over 150 million ad requests daily (and counting!).
- Purified — Purified is a nutritional supplement supplier.. It offers black chocolate produced by the best doctors in collaboration with scientists.
- Elmo — In our car sharing business Elmo Rent we wanted to serve maximum customers with minimum resources, so we created remote control technology to deliver vehicles.
AdFirst.vc is a venture capital firm designed to co-invest with other VCs in early and expansion stage start-ups. They perform Marketing Due Diligence ads tests for start-ups and help the investor evaluate the reachable audience, check the marketing competencies of the team, and reduce the cost of attracting customers. Testing allows to confirm thecompany's capitalization and eliminate marketing risks. In the future, they oversee the marketing strategy of the project in order to control KPI.
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Investment focus
- E-Learning, Mobile Apps, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Russian Federation, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Adapty — The all-in-one service for in-app subscriptions. Develop, optimize and grow apps with iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Unity and Web support.
- Synchronization — Synchronization is an online education platform.
- Akademiya Peremen — Akademiya Peremen is an educational platform that focuses on the life style segment of health, beauty, style, and psychology.
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
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Investment focus
- Social Media, Mobile Apps, Education
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus
Portfolio highlights
- Uchi.ru — Uchi.ru offers online courses for school students.
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
- AliExpress Russia — AliExpress Russia is a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia.
The Fund for the Promotion of Venture Investment in Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere of Moscow was established by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy of Moscow.
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Investment focus
- Software, Advertising, Information Technology
- Seed, Debt Financing, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Vestem — Vestem is a biotechnology company that develops new bioveterinary cell therapies for regenerative therapy and next-generation pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pets.
- Picvario — DAM systems allow centralizing, systematizing, searching, and sharing all types of digital files (images, video, audio, etc.). Picvario platform is a reliable storage of the files. Flexible management. API Integration
- Qummy — Qummy produces and freezes dishes for restaurants using its patented Smart Ice technology, which preserves the dish's nutritional and organoleptic features.
Microsoft for Startups is a global program designed to help startups scale with free access to Azure cloud and a streamlined path into selling alongside Microsoft and our vast partner ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- VitVio — VitVio is a platform built around AI and computer vision with the goal of improving efficiency and quality of care in operating rooms.
- UniPay — UniPay is an eCommerce platform for infrastructure and industry-lacking regions that offers 5 products that enable trust, promote transparency, and enforce accountability.
- Emission Sentri — Drive emission management and reduction with insights
Richard Frank
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Investment focus
- iOS, Apps, VoIP
- Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Roamer — Roamer is the first mobile app that links your regular mobile number to a foreign SIM and saves up to 97% on roaming charges for calls and data. It keeps your usual number when traveling abroad and uses cellular, not WiFi.
Mamba is the number one Russian online dating service, which cooperates with major portals including Mail.Ru, Rambler and MSN.com and over 30,000 others. The company’s database holds over 18.6 million registered users, over 40% of which are active. Mamba primarily targets customers in Russia and the CIS and is also going to launch dating servicesabroad. The business model is centered on the “pay as you go” principle: the users are more inclined to pay for additional instant low cost services, rather than bigger monthly subscription. Company’s billing system is one of the largest in the world with more than 40 possible ways to pay for Mamba’s services. According to various estimates, Mamba controls about 85% of the market.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Social Media, Social Network
- Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- F3 — F3 is a social discovery app to make new friends and communicate with existing ones.
Marat is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and early stage investor.
He is the founder of several successful companies, including a consumer finance bank, few e-commerce companies and investment fund.
He serves on the board of his several portfolio companies (Bioloka, Wow Cube, F3 and RelesticaHolding), utilizing his knowledge and expertise in Blockchain industry which he joined to in 2013 as a partner in Bitfury Group.
In both as a fund and as an angel investor, Marat have invested in 30+ fin tech, e-commerce, blockchain technology, educational, healthcare and gaming companies, providing business expertise and financial & advisory support to founders.
Marat has a master's degree in finance & business management and a bachelor's degree in law.
In his free time, Marat likes surfing and skiing!
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Intropia — Find Web3 jobs and other opportunities, capitalize your network, and hire the best talent.
- SODA — SODA enables the next generation of consumer crypto and meme coins and allows meme coin developers to leverage Telegram.
- EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!
NNV is a seed stage VC fund. We invest in B2B startups from CEE and CIS region and help them to expand internationally
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Latvia, Estonia, Georgia
Portfolio highlights
- OHMYSYNT — AI-powered tool for businesses and creators, that alters videos in seconds using text prompts.
- DrugCards — Local literature screening will be under control with DrugCard. It's: continuous, regular, transparent, multi-language, and cost-effective.
- Rapid Delivery Analytics — RDA: Unlock data-driven insights for mobile-first grocery and convenience delivery. Monitor stock availability, market shares, search performance, and more in real-time.
Envac is one of the most innovative players in the global waste collection industry and inventor of the pneumatic waste collection system.
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Investment focus
- Waste Management, Internet of Things
- Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- The Littery — The Littery is an environmental services company that recycles plastic pollution into e-lottery tickets.The company uses IoT and Computer vision to reframe litter into e-lottery tickets that cause an instant change of attitude due to the innate human optimism bias resulting in an immediate and lasting behavioral change. Its breakthrough idea hasthe potential to revolutionize the littering and household packaging collection markets with its superior solution by motivating citizens to keep their cities clean by themselves. Cities that partner with The Littery experience cleaner communities with less litter and happier citizens at a lower cost.The Riga, Riga-located company was founded by Michael Manniche in 2019.
Hofmann most recently held the role of musical.ly’s President in North America, where he led expansion efforts to build the world’s fastest growing entertainment social network. Within three months of Hofmann joining the team, app downloads increased from 200 to 400,000 per day. musical.ly hit the top of the app chats in 21 countries and has grownto over 200 million users globally.During his time at musical.ly, Hofmann helmed the company’s global content, brand, entertainment, and talent partnerships, in addition to heading all corporate functions for North and South America. He oversaw the closure of deals with all three major music labels and publishers. Under his leadership, the company closed its largest product partnership with Apple Music, as well as original content partnerships with Viacom, NBCU, and Hearst Digital. Hofmann also orchestrated partnerships with top artists like Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Jason Derulo and 250+ other artists worldwide.In early 2018, Hofmann announced he was moving on from musical.ly to pursue new ventures following the company’s successful merger with Chinese tech giant, Bytedance. He is currently investing in and advising new startups. He remains an ally and advisor to musical.ly. In 2017, Hofmann was chosen by Variety as one of “30 Execs to Watch” for its Digital Entertainment Impact Report and featured by Billboard on its Digital Power Players List: Guiding the Future in Music and Tech. Most recently, he accepted the WSJ Technology Innovator Award. A German native, Hofmann currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Social Media, Social Network
- Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- F3 — F3 is a social discovery app to make new friends and communicate with existing ones.
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