Top 5 Marketplace Startup Investors in Georgia (June 2026)

Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021). Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano. Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion. As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Geography: United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 55
Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Angel $90k–$110k; Pre-Seed $85k–$2M
Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

D2X Group — Trade digital asset options and futures on the EU-regulated market infrastructure for institutions.
SuperWorld — The Virtual World mapped on top of the real world to create, discover and monetize content.
Knowledge Gate Group — Connect with global experts in life sciences and accelerate your innovation pipeline with AI-assisted insights.

Show all investments...

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 778
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Carv.com — Carv's AI recruiting platform is designed to take over repetitive admin tasks related to intakes and interviews, for a renewed focus on the candidate.
Elevate Pay — Bloom mobile banking app helps in money transfer in Sudan.
Amica Finance — Jupiter's consumer-focused neo-banking startup Amica Finance operates as an NBFC non-banking finance company.

Show all investments...

Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 39
Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$5M; Series A $8M–$23M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

PAYZE — PAYZE is a tech-enabled API-based payment gateway that instantly onboards online merchants and provides online marketplaces capability to define any number of relevant split schemes. PAYZE provides an environment for online marketplaces to define payment split schemes once and never again worry about additional accounting or risks with taxes. This“automated ecosystem” enables marketplaces to scale their products without worrying about a settlement between all actors on their platforms nor checks from relevant tax authorities.
Telda — The easiest way to send, spend and save money. Open your account for free directly from your phone and start dealing with your money the easy way
Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenueanalytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.

Show all investments...

Unique investment funds for those who believe the best opportunities for profit, impact, and innovation can be found in frontier & emerging markets.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Investor stats

Total investments: 36
Round size: Seed $100k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $268k–$1.5M; Series A $2.1M–$17M
Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Cargon — A simple, fast and innovative industry leading service with powerful analytical tools.
Trukkr — Real-time fleet tracking, route optimization, and ERP integration for logistics companies. Transform your supply chain operations today.
Datacultr — Datacultr is a leading digital debt collection and risk management platform with Device Financing Solutions for Banks, NBFCs, FinTechs, Telcos, and MFIs.

Show all investments...