# Top 5 Marketplace Startup Investors in Serbia in June 2026

## Mark Zaleski
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, DSP

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.

## Robert Dighero
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

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 £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.

## South Central Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belgrade, Vojvodina, Serbia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

South Central Ventures is dedicated to investments in startups, small and medium globally oriented technology companies in SE Europe.

## Stefan Glänzer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media

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.

## SeedBlink
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

All-in-one solution for fundraising, managing and trading equity. Explore promising tech startups and flexible funding opportunities with SeedBlink.

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