# Impetus Capital

> Impetus Capital is a VC fund backing Information Technology and Software. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Fund size: $1.4M
- Last fund: Jul 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10485294/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/VM_IMPETUS
- Website: http://impetus.capital

Impetus Capital is a VC fund in Sofia focused on Information Technology and Software. A growth equity and development venture stage investor.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $121k–$3M |
| Pre-Seed | $163k–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 5 | 20% |
| Software | 4 | 16% |
| SaaS | 3 | 12% |
| Analytics | 3 | 12% |
| Life Science | 2 | 8% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 28% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 16% |
| Convertible Note | 4 | 16% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 40% |
| United States | 3 | 12% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Turkey | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nikolay Martinov | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikolay-martinov |
| Viktor Manev | Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viktor-manev |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tiger Technology | Tiger Technology has been developing software and designing high-performance, secure, data management solutions for companies in Enterprise IT, Surveillance, Media and Entertainment, and SMB/SME markets since 2004. It was identified by the Endeavour group as one of the foremost cloud technology providers on the market today.Customers areusing Tiger solutions in over 120 countries. Tiger’s software portfolio consists of high-speed NAS/SAN file system sharing, virtual volume set and virtual project workspace management in addition to HSM tiering and synchronization solutions. Tiger Technology enables organizations of any size and scale to manage their digital assets on-premise, public cloud, or a hybrid model. The company is privately held and benefits from the talent of over 40 industry-experienced engineering and field professionals. It is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and in Alpharetta, GA, USA. | $10M | Series A | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| GlycanAge | Can you slow down your inner body clock? At GlycanAge we’ve proven you can! How? By analysing over 150,000 individuals across 20 years of research from our world leading scientists.Our studies show that well managed dietary improvements, healthy weight loss, and exercise can tangibly improve your biological age. GlycanAge is the only biologicalage test proven to respond to lifestyle changes. We’ve made your choices measurable so you can stay healthier and younger for longer. | $8.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Tiger Technology | Tiger Technology has been developing software and designing high-performance, secure, data management solutions for companies in Enterprise IT, Surveillance, Media and Entertainment, and SMB/SME markets since 2004. It was identified by the Endeavour group as one of the foremost cloud technology providers on the market today.Customers areusing Tiger solutions in over 120 countries. Tiger’s software portfolio consists of high-speed NAS/SAN file system sharing, virtual volume set and virtual project workspace management in addition to HSM tiering and synchronization solutions. Tiger Technology enables organizations of any size and scale to manage their digital assets on-premise, public cloud, or a hybrid model. The company is privately held and benefits from the talent of over 40 industry-experienced engineering and field professionals. It is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and in Alpharetta, GA, USA. | $10M | Series A | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Crackle Technologies | Crackle Technologies is a vibrant digital publisher ecosystem which is essential for a healthy and useful internet. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Tiger Technology | Tiger Technology has been developing software and designing high-performance, secure, data management solutions for companies in Enterprise IT, Surveillance, Media and Entertainment, and SMB/SME markets since 2004. It was identified by the Endeavour group as one of the foremost cloud technology providers on the market today.Customers areusing Tiger solutions in over 120 countries. Tiger’s software portfolio consists of high-speed NAS/SAN file system sharing, virtual volume set and virtual project workspace management in addition to HSM tiering and synchronization solutions. Tiger Technology enables organizations of any size and scale to manage their digital assets on-premise, public cloud, or a hybrid model. The company is privately held and benefits from the talent of over 40 industry-experienced engineering and field professionals. It is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and in Alpharetta, GA, USA. | $2.1M | Convertible Note | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Delivers.AI | Delivery droid operator | $3M | Seed | Jun 03, 2024 |  |
| Kikimora | Kikimora.io is an information technology company that focuses on monitoring and controlling significant risks related to cybersecurity. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 06, 2023 |  |
| SoCyber | SoCyber provides services in the field of Information and Communication Technology, specializing in Cybersecurity services. The main business lines are security as a service, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and IT audits. After being a successful service company for several years, SoCyber developed a holistic vulnerability managementsolution "Kikimora.io" that makes the vulnerability management process centralised, transparent and easy to follow and understand. It enables companies to prioritise the remediation of vulnerabilities and address their security issues in a timely manner. The solution saves companies time and money by eliminating the need for repeated security testing that shows the same vulnerabilities. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Transmetrics | As a state-of-the-art AI platform developed exclusively for the Supply Chain, Transmetrics optimizes transport planning by leveraging the power of predictive analytics and machine learning. Transmetrics combines the strengths of humans with those of AI, ensuring the highest operational benefits, and reducing the environmental impact of logistics.Transmetrics has developed a unique approach for analyzing, modeling, and predicting transport flows with very high accuracy. Our unrivaled technology requires a rare combination of knowledge in multiple disciplines, something unique to Transmetrics. Our advantage comes from having strong experience in both the technical (Big Data and Predictive Analytics) and domain (Transport and Logistics) areas. Our products have brought significant benefits to the top-tier logistics companies worldwide that have experienced an up to 25% reduction in transport costs while increasing their fleet utilization up to 14% and maintaining high service levels. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 945610. | $2.6M | Convertible Note | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| Hydrogenera | Hydrogenera specializes in the development of hydrogen technologies. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 11, 2023 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Impetus Capital invest in?

Impetus Capital invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bulgaria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Impetus Capital's check size?

Impetus Capital typically joins rounds of $121k–$3M at Seed and $163k–$1.8M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Impetus Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Impetus Capital?

Public channels for Impetus Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Impetus Capital?

The team at Impetus Capital includes Nikolay Martinov (Partner) and Viktor Manev (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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