Top 30 Marketplace Startup Investors in Latvia in December 2024
A list of 30 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Latvia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Latvia. We update this investor list every month.Top 30 Marketplace Startup Investors in Latvia in December 2024
Investor | Marketplace Latvia investments |
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FlyCap | 7 |
ZGI Capital | 4 |
Base Ventures | 2 |
SOSV | 2 |
European regional development fund (ERDF) | 2 |
Dean Dorrell | 1 |
Wistron Corporation | 1 |
IT-Farm | 1 |
Jay Zaveri | 1 |
Angelsdeck Global Ventures | 1 |
Amazon Web Services | 1 |
Merito Partners | 1 |
Chris Hulls | 1 |
Chris Sang | 1 |
The Untitled Venture Company | 1 |
Sten Tamkivi | 1 |
Andris K. Berzins | 1 |
Social Discovery Group | 1 |
Dan Bragiel | 1 |
BaltCap | 1 |
Toivo Annus | 1 |
Angels Band | 1 |
Vinny Lingham | 1 |
ZenStone Venture Capital | 1 |
JOINT JOURNEY | 1 |
NuVX Capital | 1 |
Harry Cheung | 1 |
Seraph Group | 1 |
Andrej Jakovlev | 1 |
Carthona Capital | 1 |
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.
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.
We founded Base Ventures to turn access into opportunity for investors, founders, and the next disruptive idea.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Mansa — Built by Black creators with a passion for making culture-positive content, Mansa is the only place to stream the best in Global Black stories
- Bootup — Bootup creates a marketplace for tech talent. Bootup's goal is to build tools to help bridge the gap between those looking for economic upward mobility and technology companies looking for strategies to solve for the impending talent crisis. We are excited to support all of the individuals looking to break into tech, the educators fuelingtheir growth, and the enterprises who power the industry.
- Parade — Find and manage carriers, boost margins. Precise pricing, optimized bidding, shipper connectivity.
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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
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- 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.
Dean Dorrell has a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and had a successful initial career as a bond trader, arbitrageur and proprietary trader. He was a coder from very early days and used those skills whilst trading to formulate some of the earliest proprietary models, quant trading systems and statistical arbitrage methods in the 1990’s that led to himbecoming Head of Bond Trading at Paribas in London and later joining Greenwich Capital and Greenwich Natwest.
Dean made his first angel investment in 1998 and during the mid-2000’s transitioned into a VC/private equity/operating executive role with Redbus Group in London which had successful exits such as RFD to Lionsgate and Lovefilm (which was the merged entity that the Redbus founded Video Island became part of) to Amazon and was named winner of the Richard Branson sponsored Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100.Dean moved to Australia in 2010 and became the Managing Director and an Investment Committee Member of M.H. Carnegie & Co. in 2011, primarily leading the deal team in early stage venture investments and private equity deals (largely focused on distressed real assets such as marinas and pubs).Dean co-founded Carthona Capital in 2014 which has become one of Australia’s leading early stage venture capital companies with over $200m of FUM.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Credible — As a multi-lender marketplace that allows borrowers to receive competitive loan offers from its vetted lenders, Credible empowers consumers to take control of their finances. After answering a few questions about themselves, consumers can receive rates without affecting their credit score or sharing their personal information with lenders untilthey're ready to proceed with an offer.Credible is fiercely independent and committed to delivering fair and unbiased financial solutions for millennials.
- Lounge — Use Lounge to organise events and groups in seconds, without a newsfeed. Stop scrolling, start living.
- Airdog — We build smart robots that bring unprecedented value to its owners.
Wistron Corporation, an original design manufacturer, provides a range of design, manufacturing, and after-sales service support functions for information and communication technology products worldwide. The company's product portfolio covers various technology products, including notebook personal computers (PCs), mobile communicationproducts, servers and storage systems, networking products, desktop PCs, LCD TVs, information appliances, game consoles, and other consumer electronics. Its after-sales services include product replacement, repair and support, and product support solutions, both for products it manufactures and for products produced by other manufacturers. The company sells its products to various vendors who distribute these products under their own brands. Wistron Corporation was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- iKala — iKala's mission is to enable AI competencies of our enterprise customers, to increase their customer acquisition capability and customer lifetime value.
- GMI Cloud — GMI Cloud is a business of empowering the world's best ideas. Which provide businesses all over the globe with unmatched cloud access to top-tier GPUs like the NVIDIA H100 and streamlined software platform for integration, virtualization, and deployment.
- Princeton NuEnergy — Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup focused on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Its patented Direct Battery Recycling technology to produce high-quality and high value-added cathode active materials with low operating cost from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainableenergy and environmental solutions.
IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Japan, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- EMobi — EMoBi is a transportation company that provides freight transport, and electric vehicle services with reservation facilities.
- EV Motors Japan — EV Motors Japan provides sales and services for commercial vehicles in the automotive industry.
- Honeycomb — Honeycomb (fka Agilius) is the only place where you can buy a condo/apartment building master policy online in less than 3 minutes at a fraction of the cost! Instant, free, no hassle quotes, online everything and up to 40% savings. With all that we're bringing simplicity and transparency to the real estate insurance space for condoassociations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers everywhere. This is what we do. This is all we do.
Jay Zaveri has been serving Social Capital as a partner since November 2015. He also founded CloudOn and Future Thought Productions.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Japan, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Cleerly — Cleerly is a healthcare company whose mission is to create digital care pathways to prevent heart attacks. The company develops a new standard for coronary artery disease by integrating quality clinical science with the latest-generation AI, in order to offer actionable clinical insights to every stakeholder in the heart care pathway.Throughthese data-driven solutions, the company aims to provide a comprehensive solution for cardiovascular disease evaluation that offers value to the healthcare system and improves heart health for patients at risk of heart attacks.
- BitClout — BitClout is a platform owned by its users. Bitcoin is decentralizing money, BitClout is decentralizing social media.
- Kingdom Supercultures — Kingdom Supercultures create microbial cultures that help food manufacturers to create new foods with boosted benefits. It re-assembles nature's microbes into new combinations, creating plant-based foods that taste like dairy, low-alcohol beverages with full flavor, and natural preservatives that work as well as artificial ones.They workwith clients across diverse industries including food, beverage, personal care, beauty, and more. Their technology comprises an expansive biobank of GRAS microbial strains, high-resolution strain characterization, and new algorithms for predicting and assembling microbial communities.
AngelsDeck Global Ventures. Joint investments and exclusive community.AngelsDeck was created:01 For comfortable and mutually beneficial communication among its members, who share venture capital and self-development values. 02 For priority access to venture capital deals with a recommendation from trusted syndicators.03 By and forinvestors who have an impeccable business reputation and capital transparency.Our Values:* Expertise * We are proud of our members' combined expertise. We create and maintain an environment where all members can conveniently and comfortably share their valuable knowledge.* Exclusivity * In the venture capital market, there is a lot of competition among investors for promising projects. We showcase exclusive deals that are not on the surface.* Syndication * We have created a marketplace where experienced syndicate investors can compete for members' attention by the quality of their deals. Everyone can try the role of a syndicator.* Communication * "As a fish needs water, an investor needs a network," and we have created an exclusive club with a unique atmosphere of online and offline communication between members of equal enthusiasm, aspiration, and motivation.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Signum.ai — Signum.AI is a unique and powerful suite of external data acquisition and management solutions to growing your business. Make data-driven decisions, align sales and marketing and boost your company’s revenue.
- Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
- Upshift — The convenience of owning a car without all the headaches.
Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services. Its products and solutions include cloud computing, compute, networking, storage and content delivery, databases, analytics, application services, deployment and management, mobile services, applications, AWS marketplace software,startups, enterprises, partners, government and education, websites and web applications, big data and HPC, gaming, and digital media as well as backup, storage, and archive. The company also provides AWS management console, documentation, SDKs and tools, downloads, platforms, Java, JavaScript, mobile, PHP, Ruby, Python, Windows, .NET, resources, forums, tutorials and articles, whitepapers, training and certification, and AWS user groups for developers. In addition, it offers compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services; and mobile services, websites, and backup and recovery services. Amazon Web Services serves the government, education, and non-profit sectors in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Amazon Web Services was founded in 2006 and is based in Seattle, Washington. It has data center locations in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. It operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Grant, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Lebanon, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- VeraNet — VeraNet builds AI platforms that automate decision-making, providing businesses with data-driven recommendations.
- EvolutionaryScale — ESM3. Enabling scientists to understand, imagine, and create proteins.
- Bonumbit — Bonumbitt aims to enhance security, transparency, and efficiency in online transactions. The company offers advanced features such as smart contracts, a decentralized review system, and AI-driven analytics to provide personalized shopping experiences. The company's commitment to cutting-edge technology and strategic partnerships positions itas a leader in the evolving e-commerce landscape. With its upcoming token launch on major cryptocurrency exchanges, BBT is set to drive significant growth and redefine the future of online commerce.
Merito Partners is a growing private investment company operating in Latvia and the New Nordics.
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Investment focus
- Furniture, Smart Home, Smart Building
- Seed, Private Equity
- Latvia
Chris is the cofounder and CEO of Life360. Before doing the whole startup thing, he did a stint in banking at Goldman Sachs and spent a few years in the Air Force. He went to college at UC Berkeley, and was about to start class at Harvard Business School when he had a last minute change of heart and decided to pioneer the trend of being an ivyleague pre-dropout. In his time off, Chris likes to do anything that involves machines that move--like building drones, driving cars, flying planes, and piloting hovercraft. He is also widely credited with coining the term App Store Optimization.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Drones, Mobile
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Tile — Tile Bluetooth trackers help you find your keys, wallet, phone and everything that matters. Join the world's largest lost and found community and never lose anything again.
- Adgile Media Group — Adgile Media Group is the nation’s leading tech-enabled, data-driven out-of-home media company
- Airdog — We build smart robots that bring unprecedented value to its owners.
Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, India
Portfolio highlights
- Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
- Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
- Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
the Untitled Ventures is an early growth stage fund specializing in deep tech from Eastern Europe. Find out how we develop innovative startups into international businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Russian Federation, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Naco — Our mission is development of top quality solutions based on new materials and exceptionally innovative coating technologies for climate neutrality and sustainable products.
- VAMA — VAMA is a one-stop virtual platform that provides easy access to e-pujas, e-darshans, and astrology services, to devotees from across India and the world.
- Wizart — Wizart Home Visualizer helps customers all over the world to choose and visualize finishing materials. Digital tools that boost your sales of finishing materials online and help your clients make decisions quickly
Sten Tamkivi is the Chief Product Officer at Topia (formerly MOVE Guides). He was previously co-founder and CEO of Teleport (acquired by Topia), the place to scout for startup people. He co-founded the company as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz.Sten has been a tech entrepreneur since 1996. After founding a few companies in Estonia, he joined Skypeas an early executive, ran the original R&D office, and held several global product leadership roles for 8+ years.He has an MS in Management from Stanford GSB.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, United States, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
- Katana — Katana gives thousands of manufacturers a live look at their business with visual, intuitive, and easy-to-use ERP software.
- Entrepreneur First — We are the best place for the world's most ambitious talent to come together and build game-changing technology startups from scratch.
Andris K. Berzins is the Managing Partner at Change Ventures. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, B2B, Business Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Latvia, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Reach.ly — Why outreach like it's 2001? Elevate your outreach and supercharge buyer engagement with dynamic landing pages, video and voice outreach and GenAI data enrichment prompts.
- Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
- Origin Robotics — Origin is a defense technology company that specializes in advanced autonomous systems. It was co-founded in 2022 by UAV industry serial entrepreneurs to address the growing security threats in Europe.
Social Discovery Group is the world's largest group of social discovery companies. It unites more than 40 brands, an investment fund and a venture studio.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Internet, Mobile
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, China
Portfolio highlights
- My NFT Wars — My NFT Wars is an innovative open-market collectible game with a strong emphasis on RPG and strategy elements. Collect heroes and build your strategy for victory in PVP and PVE battles. Join the world, full of the never-ending struggle for resources, territorial conquest, and political domination.
- Woebot Health — With Woebot Health, you can deliver instantly accessible, chat-based mental health support to patients and members, with the goal of offering the tools and insights to enhance their care experience, improve population health and increase provider efficiency.
- Zhonghui Laser — Zhonghui Laser is an emerging technology company dedicated to the development and manufacture of advanced lasers.
Dan Bragiel has co-founded 2 companies and has been involved in startups for the past 10 years.
He began with mobile gaming at Paragon 5 focusing on running the offices in Poland, Netherlands and Argentina. He then co-founded the startup Meetro, a pioneer in the location/mobile space. He then went on to start Lefora that was sold in 2010.
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Investment focus
- Software, Logistics, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Enevo — Enevo works with its customers to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Founded in 2010, Enevo began providing waste data from dumpster sensors using its proprietary analytics software. Enevo now provides full management of waste and recycling services for restaurant, retail and commercial property customers throughoutNorth America. It provides the first predictive end-to-end solution that automates the whole planning and operations of waste and recycling logistics.Enevo has raised more than $34M in private equity funding to date and continues to invest in technology and new processes to deliver the peace of mind its customers need.
- Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
- Drip Capital — Drip Capital offers trade financing product targeted towards SMEs in developing markets. Its automated risk assessment model allows rapidly growing SMEs quick and easy access to finance. With a focus on technology, Drip aims to eliminate the hassle of paperwork and bureaucracy and create a seamless borrowing experience for its clients.The companyconsists of a team of financial consultants, engineers and analysts from Wharton, Stanford, and IITs with years of experience at Standard Chartered, Black Rock and Yahoo. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley investors - Y Combinator and StartX. They are always eager to connect with sharp minds to grow within their quest to becoming the future of global trade finance.Drip Capital was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
BaltCap is a private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania focusing investment on the growth and realization of small and medium enterprises.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Latvia, Lithuania, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Trafi — Our platform is designed to run even the most complex transport systems and has been trusted by Berlin (BVG), Brussels (STIB), Portsmouth & Southampton (Solent Transport), Munich (MVG), and Zurich (SBB).
- UPRENT — UPRENT is a pumping system rental provider which are accompanied with trench shoring systems and power generators. The company serves customers with effective products which enable to get the job done in the shortest time and with lowest energy costs. It guarantees a high level of customer satisfaction by maintaining a constant communication withcustomers, managing customer satisfaction measurement, identifying customer complaints and needs, and assuring appropriate service according to customer needs and requirements.UPRENT was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Riga, Latvia.
- TrueCare24 — Care professionals and services for home and business.
Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Singapore, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
- Enview — Enview offers the next generation of Geospatial Analytics Software and GEOINT technology for energy companies and governments to protect their critical infrastructure.
- GOSU Data Lab — Try the World`s first game voice assistant to master the game effortlessly. Learn more - how it works and how can it help you.
AngelsBAND - business-angels in Belarus, support for startups with brainy funding
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Computer Vision, Professional Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Latvia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ZENOO — ZENOO is a personalized RAW food & wellness product service for your pets well-being in a convenient way.
- CopyMonkey.AI — AI for Amazon Listing Optimization. Generate Amazon Descriptions and Bullet Points with keywords. Create your first Optimized Amazon Listing for free.
- Zenoo — Whether building from ground up or improving your current onboarding journey, Zenoo is the provider of choice for startups to global institutions.
Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device.
He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to developwebsites.
Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006.
He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Internet, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
- Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
- Collectibles.com — Collectibles is the Home of Collectors: Cards, Comics, Coins, Stamps and more. Connect with Likeminds, Trade and Showoff your Collection for free
Introduction of the investment thesis of ZenStone Venture Capital: Investing in passionate founders with extraordinatry vision and execution at post seed and early venture stages.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Real Estate, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Brazil, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Bolt — Bolt makes Ecommerce better with One-Click Checkout and CheckoutOS. See how Bolt checkout boosts your sales today.
- EquityZen — EquityZen's mission is to improve the way startup employees are paid by unlocking the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players: the shareholder, the company, and the investor.
- DecorMatters — Discover home decor ideas and interior design inspiration. Shop your favorite furniture stores and socialize with other interior designers.
Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
- Altris.AI — AI for Ophthalmology & Optometry is the future of eye care. It will set high diagnostic standards for the industry and bring better patient outcome as a result. Together we will solve the preventable blindness problem.
- Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
Company’s strategy is to assemble a diversified portfolio of investments in leading deep tech technology companies.
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Investment focus
- Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Russian Federation, United States, Malta
Portfolio highlights
- Imot.io — Boost your Sales team with AI-powered Quality Assurance
- Neatsy.ai — The world's 1st app that detects orthopedic and podiatry health issues with a Phone camera.
- Proaction.pro — Proaction testing system was developed based on the experience of domestic HR experts in banking, telecommunications, commercial, construction and other industries.
Harry Cheung - Partner @ Siren Studios
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Investment focus
- Apps, Drones, Internet
- Seed
- Latvia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Secret — Secret offers an online platform that enables users to share their personal secrets with other users anonymously. It owns and operates a mobile application that helps users to share and connect with friends. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Airdog — We build smart robots that bring unprecedented value to its owners.
Seraph Group invests and shares exclusive, early-stage investment opportunities.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Latvia, Taiwan
Portfolio highlights
- Natilus — We are creating a new generation of hyper-efficient blended wing body aircraft designed to make commercial aviation more sustainable and efficient, ensuring a healthier planet for future generations.
- Autio — HearHere is a travel audio app that shares the depth and diversity of stories - cultural, geographical, historical, and mythological.
- GridRival — GridRival is a sports betting startup built for race fans with the mission of making motorsports more engaging. We accomplish this through a valuable and unique fusion of fantasy-style gaming & betting, motorsports content, and built-in social functionality.
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.
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
- BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
- Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.
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