Top 5 Payments Startup Investors in Serbia (October 2026)

Oriole Ventures is an investment fund dedicated to supporting blockchain projects in the WEB 3.0 space. In addition to the capital injection, Oriole Ventures helps projects via its expertise & connections with local crypto-influencers, media channels, and marketing agencies from all over the world.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Serbia

Investor stats

Total investments: 17
Round size: Seed $50k–$5M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

SYNTHR — SYNTHR is redefining instant and slippage-free asset movement across chains
Zone — Zone is a community-driven GameFi ecosystem built on Algorand blockchain. The ZONE ecosystem is cross-compatible with other blockchains and offers a gamefi bot for Discord that enables on-chain gaming challenges and fantasy sports.
Starfish Finance — Starfish Finance is the Operator of a gamified defi platform intended to be the web3 entertainment-fi brand.

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests in changing lives. Through our financial investments, business services and work on policy reform, we're doing more than ever before to build open, market economies across 3 continents.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Manufacturing
Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Private Equity
Geography: Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine

Investor stats

Total investments: 498
Round size: Post-IPO Debt $17M–$369M; Debt Financing $5.1M–$225M; Private Equity $15M–$100M
Lead/follow: 76% lead, 24% follow

Portfolio highlights

Infinity Power — Infinity Power is the largest African renewable energy company, offering innovative solutions in solar power, wind energy, and low-carbon hydrogen technologies. Discover our projects and commitment to sustainable energy solutions.
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası — Yapi Kredi Bankasi, established in 1944, is one of the first nationwide private banks in Turkey. It is engaged in credit cards, assets management, non-cash loans, leasing, factoring, private pension funds and non-life insurance. It is 80% owned by Koc Finansal Hizmetler (KFH), whose combined financial services network consists of over 13 millioncustomers and 835 branches in Turkey.Yapi Kredi was acquired by Mehmet Emin Karamehmet's Çukurova Holding in 1984. In 2003, Çukurova Holding reached an agreement with the Turkish bank regulator to sell the majority of its shares in Yapi Kredi within two years. In 2005, the majority of shares in Yapi Kredi was acquired by the owners of Koçbank. Koç Finansal Hizmetler (KFH) was an equal partnership between Koç Holding and Italian banking giant, Unicredit. In 2006, Koçbank was merged into Yapı Kredi, leaving 80% of Yapi Kredi owned by KFS.
European Metals Holdings — European Metals Holdings is a mineral exploration and development company engaged in the exploration of tin and base metals. The Company is primarily involved in the development of a lithium and tin project in the Czech Republic.

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Serbia was one of the first countries in the region to embrace the so-called “innovation imperative”, that is the notion that successful participation in the global knowledge economy requires the ability to adapt and advance new technological and research capabilities that involve public and private collaboration.Operational since 2011, theInnovation Fund has been a pioneering effort to operationalize and institutionalize this imperative – first by increasing the capacity of startups and resources available for their growth. It is part of a broader innovation strategy now under development.The intention of the Innovation Fund is to contribute to the overall development of innovations through various financial aid instruments, particularly by fostering the establishment of new and strengthening the existing companies, by positioning them to access venture capital markets, and by attracting foreign direct investment in the high-tech research and development.Innovation Fund aims to promote linkages between research and technology development and economy, and encourage and support the development of innovative technologies.The EU’s support for the Innovation Fund has been instrumental in advancing Serbia’s innovation financing and promoting better integration between the research and private sectors. The Fund is thus an important step towards closer links between Serbia’s and EU’s research communities and innovation ecosystems. It enables the positioning of Serbia as a leader in the region and the establishment of links with the EU and global markets. So far, the EU has allocated around EUR 13 million from the IPA funds to the Innovation Fund.

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Analytics
Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
Geography: Serbia, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 7
Round size: Seed $35k–$100k; Grant $84k–$113k; Pre-Seed $52k–$133k
Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

VLADAM — VLADAM is an automated smart (AI-based) cryptocurrency trading solution that generates and maintains passive income from cryptocurrency trading.
Valuator — Upravljanje nabavkom jednim klikom
INVT Novi Sad — We are a multidisciplinary team comprising experts in the domain of artificial intelligence, law, user experience and seasoned IT engineers. Our experience in developing mobile applications and online services provided us with insight into privacy policy challenges. Together with our data privacy and legal tech consultants and user experienceexperts we are working on bringing the complex aspects of privacy policies to end users in a simple, yet informing way.

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Who we are We are investors and entrepreneurs helping define the next generation of Blockchain startups. Our Focus Passionate founders. Disruptive models. Borderless markets. Exponential effects. Our Geography Starting from...

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines

Investor stats

Total investments: 288
Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9M; Pre-Seed $480k–$4.5M
Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Wizzwoods — 1st pixel farm game integrates interchain capabilities with a SocialFi twist.
SuperIntent — SuperIntent is a cryptocurrency AI app that streamlines on-chain earning tactics. Developed on a multi-agent framework with abundant yield sources.
SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.

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