Top 5 Marketplace Angel Investors in Serbia (September 2026)

Mark is an experienced Internet founder and executive. From 2000 to 2007, Mark was CEO for QXL ricardo, a leader of online consumer trading platforms. QXL was the best performing stock on the London Stock Exchange in 2005 and the LSE’s Main Market in 2004. It was sold for nearly £1 billion in 2007. He was also Chairman and CEO of Dailymotion from2007 to 2009. Under his leadership, the Company became the world’s number one independent video-sharing site with over 60 million unique visitors and 1 billion video views per month.Mark is an angel investor, non-Executive Director of Show My Homework, Dynistics and GoCardless and advisor to Spotahome. He has also invested in several other high-growth internet businesses across Europe such as QXL ricardo plc, Dailymotion, Emesa, Digitech, Shutl, Wave Optics, Chirp and Spotahome.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, DSP
Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 9
Round size: Seed $200k–$3.6M; Angel $637k–$828k
Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

RentCheck — RentCheck saves property managers time by allowing tenants to do their own inspections. 90% of customers save over 1 hour per inspection. Recommended by hundreds of property managers.
Arteli — Arteli is a predictive analytics platform using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve store optimization to drive higher revenue and margin. It effortlessly connects executives with actionable insights, propelling their businesses towards transformation. It's not merely data; it's comprehension, informeddecision-making, and, ultimately, the catalyst for achieving revolutionary outcomes. With Arteli's AI Analytics Interface, you're not merely staying in sync with your business; you're forging ahead as its leader.
Team Satchel — Creators of market-leading software, Show My Homework, Satchel has developed a powerful range of school software focusing on homework, behavior, classroom management, and teaching resources.Show My Homework has been our brand and our main product since it was launched five years ago. Having seen our company grow to over 70 employees and evolvemultiple products and services, we wanted our brand to encompass everything we offer. Making the change from Show My Homework to Satchel allows us to do this and supports our vision for the future.As a brand, Satchel will provide schools around the globe with exceptional products and a service second-to-none that can be relied upon to help deliver the best learning experience.

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Robert Dighero has over 20 years operational experience, the last 15 working with the internet. He is a partner at White Bear Yard and an active investor across Europe focused on early stage e-commerce, payment and marketplace businesses. He has led a number of investment syndicates and taken on a number of board and advisory roles.Robert waspreviously CFO of QXL ricardo from 1998 to 2008, overseeing development from start-up to its eventual sale to Naspers. He managed a diverse range of corporate actions including its dual listing IPO, consolidating the European online auction market with nine acquisitions, the largest over $1 billion and launching an MBO.The QXL Group was the best performing share on Main Market in both 2004 and 2005 and in the All-Share in 2007 with an over 35,000% share price increase in 5 years. Robert was short-listed for CBI / Real FD, FD of the Year in 2007 and the following year negotiated the Â£1 billion sale of QXL via a public take-over offer.Prior to QXL, Robert was CFO of AOL UK and previous roles included that of M&A at Bertelsmann USA and at Verulam Investments. Robert started his career at Bain & Co, having left Cambridge with a First class degree and a post-graduate degree in Engineering and has an MBA from Insead.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
Geography: United Kingdom, Serbia, Sweden

Investor stats

Total investments: 20
Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Angel $223k–$828k; Series A $2.3M–$3.7M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

Swipe — Swipe helps you make quick, beautiful, responsive presentations and lets you broadcast them in real-time to anyone, on any device, anywhere in the world. Swipe turns your presentations into conversations, by putting your content in the hands of your audience and lets you interact with real-time polls for a more modern, engaged, two-way presentationexperience. Rebuilt from the ground up with the tools to help save you time and make better presentations.
Lendino — Lendino er en markedsplads for lån, hvor private og professionelle investorer kan låne direkte til kreditværdige virksomheder til begge parters fordel. Ved at bruge lånemarkedspladsen sparer man tid, penge og besvær — både som investor og låntager. Du kan læse mere om hvordan Lendino virker her.
Lendable — Lendable is a lending platform. When you borrow money, it comes straight from an investor. Unlike banks, who hand out loans from piles of cash they look after on behalf of savers. Their platform is super-fast (you’ll see in a moment), and makes lending as hassle- free as possible. It’s a matter of a few clicks and you get your quote. Unlike banks,who require paperwork and run expensive branch networks.

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Stefan is an entrepreneur and investor from Germany who enjoys living in London. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been and in the same role at Last.fm. Stefan is a firm believer in European entrepreneurship andan active angel. He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and was a professional DJ for 15 years.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media
Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 42
Round size: Seed $584k–$3.2M; Angel $197k–$1M; Series A $2M–$16M
Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

Minitap — Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices.
HEY HOLY — HEY HOLY is redefining dog nutrition with the world’s first breed-specific dog food sold in a subscription. We believe every dog deserves food tailored to their unique health needs – because a German Shepherd isn’t a Chihuahua.Backed by science and crafted with only high-quality ingredients, HEY HOLY supports better digestion, fewer intolerances,and healthier, longer lives for dogs. Thousands of owners have already made the switch, choosing HEY HOLY to give their dogs personalized care and optimal health outcomes.
Mozart AI — Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries.

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Sergey Budyakov

Investment focus

Industry: Beauty, Chatbot, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Serbia, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Round size: Pre-Seed $30k–$30k
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

AI Beauty Bot — AI BEAUTY BOT is a 24/7 AI admin for beauty salons that automates client communication and bookings, ensuring no inquiries are missed and boosting your revenue effortlessly.
AI Beauty Bot — AI BEAUTY BOT is a 24/7 AI admin for beauty salons that automates client communication and bookings, ensuring no inquiries are missed and boosting your revenue effortlessly.

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