# Top 15 Startup Investors in Azerbaijan in June 2026

## Sup VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Social, Apps

## Caucasus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services

Caucasus Ventures is a venture capital firm.

## European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Finance

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests in changing lives. Through our financial investments, business services and work on policy reform, we're doing more than ever before to build open, market economies across 3 continents.

## SABAH INVESTMENTS LLC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed

SABAH.lab is a startup acceleration center focused on helping startups get through idea validation, MVP production, and fundraising. We aim to establish a flourishing startup ecosystem in Azerbaijan and the region.

## White Hill Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, B2B

We invest in fast-growing technology companies at various stages around the world

## Enabling Qapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Finance

## responsAbility Investments AG
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

Impact investment products - fight climate change, drive sustainable food systems & create a more inclusive world without compromising returns.

## Advent Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Advent Venture Partners is one of Europe's most successful growth and venture capital investors in market-leading tech and life sciences businesses. They have designed their strategy, teams and funds so they can focus on backing a select few companies. They pride their selves on establishing true partnerships with entrepreneurs in order tobuild valuable businesses together.

## John Hawkins
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: SEO, Video, Shopping

John Hawkins is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Generation Partners, a private equity firm that provides growth capital to technology-enabled services companies through buyout and minority equity investments. Through Generation and predecessor firms, John has 25 years of experience in private equity investing.Prior to founding Generation in1995, John was a General Partner of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., a venture capital firm which he joined in 1987. At Burr, Egan, Deleage, John invested mainly in telecommunications, data communications, software, and business services companies.Prior to this, John worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. in San Francisco, where he advised information technology companies in the areas of financial strategy, public offerings and mergers & acquisitions.Earlier, John was a publishing research analyst covering information technology companies for Woodman, Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath an investment bank which was subsequently purchased by Hambrecht & Quist.In addition to Captivate Network, John has served on the Board of Directors of over 20 companies including: HotJobs (NASDAQ: HOTJ) – a pioneer in online recruiting; P-Com (NASDAQ: PCOM) – a communications infrastructure equipment supplier; Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) – a leading online media company; thePlatform – a developer of digital content software solutions; Agility Recovery Solutions – a leading disaster recovery provider; High End Systems – a premier manufacturer of intelligent lighting; ShopWiki – an advanced comparison shopping search engine; Donuts – a domain registry where he is a board observer; and iCrossing – a large independent, global interactive advertising agency.John graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English with honors from Harvard College in 1982, where he was a John Harvard Scholar. John received his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1986.John is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization.

## Rene Reinsberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software

Rene Reinsberg is the Co-Founder and President of Celo.

## Azeo Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Marketing, 3D Technology

As of October 2002, Azeo Ventures was acquired by Alven Capital Gestion. Azeo Ventures is a venture capital investment subsidiary of Eurazeo, a French investment company born of the merger between Eurafrance (Groupe Lazard) and Azeo (formerly known as Financiere & Industrielle Gaz et Eaux). The fund is dedicated to investing in the new economyfor the total amount of $55 million. Azeo Ventures invests in start-up and early venture companies in Internet services, technology and telecommunications. Their typical investment is between $1 million and $7 million per portfolio company (from the 1st round of financing until the introduction to the Stock Exchange). AZEO Ventures team generally requests a seat on the board of directors of the companies in which it invests. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Paris, France. Azeo Ventures was formerly a subsidiary of Eurazeo.

## Marek Olszewski
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Software, Blockchain

Marek Olszewski is the President at Valora.

## Allegory Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: GreenTech, Blockchain, FinTech

Allegory Labs is an investment company that invests and builds at the intersection of web3 and climate.

## Aalto Startup Center
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel

Aalto Startup Center runs a Business Generator program for startups in Espoo, Finland. They offer their services to startups at the beginning of their journey. Business Generator model “From Ideas to Impact” lasts 12 + 12. It is Program Journey. Program provides startups with support, coaching, tools and modern, communal workspaces, as well asnetworks for fundraising.

## Orange DAO
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software

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