# GB & Partners

> GB & Partners is a VC fund in Budapest backing Banking, FinTech and Finance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gbandpartnersinvestmentmanagement/
- Website: https://gbpim.com/en/

GB & Partners is a VC fund in Budapest focused on Banking and FinTech. Private equity firm dedicated to investing in ambitious, game changer ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Parking | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hungary | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asura Technoliges ltd. | Asura Technologies is driven by a single idea – to create truly hardware and platform independent analytic, data collection and management systems based on License Plate Recognition for Smart City traffic control and mobility applications, to help reaching sustainability in traffic management. The market analysts state that the opportunity in theglobal automatic number plate recognition market will be worth US$1,436.1 mn by 2023 as compared to US$477.8 mn in 2014. Between the forecast period of 2015 and 2023, this market will expand at a robust CAGR of 12.8%. This market will be led by the vehicle parking segment, which is expected to register a CAGR of 15.2% during the forecast period. ARU (Asura Recognition Unit) license plate recognition and traffic data collection software (existing product): licensed per server, license fee is based on volume. License volume is defined by the maximum number of imported image channels (from traffic monitoring cameras). License fee consists of two parts: (1) upfront fee, paid in lump sum, granting lifetime license, (2) update fee (10% of upfront license fee), paid yearly from 2nd year. The first product release was in the end of August 2017. Marketing activity started one month before release, Sales activity started also in August 2017. Currently Asura has signed distributor contracts with a sum of sales target for 2018: EUR 330,000 | $7M | Convertible Note | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| DiPocket | DiP is a new generation of digital social payments apps, which is redefining people's perception and experience of banking. Forget about the ever rising costs, risks and complexity of old fashioned banking, our current account will make you love your bank again! DiP account can be used on its own or as a perfect addition with your existinghigh street bank account. | $6.4M | Series A | Nov 16, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does GB & Partners invest in?

GB & Partners invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hungary. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did GB & Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for GB & Partners closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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