# Top 25 Payments Startup Investors in Hungary in June 2026 ## Hiventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce As one of the largest and most active venture capital fund partners in Central and Eastern Europe our mission is to create new ways of equity funding for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with high growth potential as well as more traditional businesses for the purpose of establishing a sustainable and competitive SME and enterpriseecosystem both in Hungary and in the region ## Portfolion - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Portfolion is a CEE-focused multi-stage investor with a flexible fund structure that allows it to back companies from or before 1st client until the end of their journey. The fund manager has backed some of the CEE region’s most successful companies including SEON, Novakid, Tresorit, Packhelp, and Starschema. ## Chainlink - Type: VC Fund - Location: Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, FinTech Chainlink is the most widely used oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts, enabling any blockchain to securely access off-chain data & computations. ## SBX Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech At SBX, we invest in transformative technologies, and the companies and communities leveraging them, through capital, media, and education. ## Hack VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. ## OKX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Victoria, Beau Vallon, Seychelles - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse. ## Maximilian Tayenthal - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland. ## Laurence Krieger - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Big Data Laurence Krieger is the chief operating officer (COO) at Tide, the online current account for small and medium sized businesses. Krieger has more than 12 years of experience working in senior roles at fast-growing fintech start-ups.Prior to Tide, he was COO of Revolut, where he helped to rapidly scale the business from initial start-up to over800,000 customers. He was previously founder and CEO of payment business Cobalt where he delivered high profitability and grew annual revenues to more than £100m. He launched one of the first prepaid cards into the UK with Moneysupermarket and has also held senior roles at Yahoo! UK and IE. ## Peter O' Higgins - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, B2B, Credit Peter O' Higgins ## Eamon Jubbawy - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Payments, Software, Apps Eamon Jubbawy is the co-founder of Onfido. In 2016, Eamon was named as one of Forbes' ‘30 Under 30’, and as the Digital Entrepreneur Awards' 'Young Digital Entrepreneur of the Year'. Eamon is Deputy Chair of Tech Nation's Fintech Delivery Panel. ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## Discovery Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology We are a team of investors who have walked the talk. We see ourselves as supporters of ambitious companies worldwide. Having scaled businesses from ideation to pre-IPO, we reinvest what we have learned in the past decade. ## Fiedler Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps We are a first check investor helping overlooked founders from peripheral European ecosystems defy the odds and create breakout companies. ## Waterdrip Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries. ## Creandum - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond. ## Matthew Howells-Barby - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency VP, Growth @ Kraken. Blockchain/FinTech Angel Investor. Prev: CMO @ Decentral Games, VP @ HubSpot. ## Stefan Jeschonnek - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Before Zeitgold, Stefan was a co-founder of the FinTech company SumUp and its chief product officer. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from the University of St. Gallen. ## Solus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education Solus Capital is a seed & early growth VC investment company ## Valentin Stalf - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Big Data Valentin Stalf is based out of Berlin, Berlin, and is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of N26. Valentin previously worked at WU Vienna as Member of the University Board. Valentin Stalf attended the University of St.Gallen. ## OXO Technologies Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Security OXO Technologies Holding is an investment firm in the tech sector in the CEE region. It includes a network of business angels as well as various financial and strategic investors as equity partners. The firm's investment policy targets the funding, partial or full buyout of early-stage tech ventures, accelerate their growth and marketexpansion and prepare them for subsequent funding rounds and exits. ## Leo Nilsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Big Data, Computer, Security Leo joined one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies, iZettle, in 2013. His initial roles focused on launching the company’s flagship products in new markets, including Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands and France. He later transitioned from this commercial role into product management, becoming Chief Product Officer in November, 2016.Prior toworking at iZettle, Leo’s background was in financial services — most recently at Merrill Lynch in the investment banking division. As CPO for iZettle, Leo oversees both product management and product marketing. ## ABCDE - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ABCDE | We invest in transformational founders. ## Trevor Owens - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Trevor Owens is a Managing Partner at Stacks Accelerator. ## Bonitás Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Education Bonitás is more than an investor. Our team helps the brave founders to pursue their dreams and build extraordinary companies. We push because we respect. Partnering with Bonitás, founders can benefit from our unmatched network and gain experience in management support. Bonitás is proud that our backed companies also propel great causes. ## Charles Delingpole - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co