LAUNCHub Ventures
VC Fund
Sofia, Bulgaria
LAUNCHub Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund, investing in technology startups in the Seed and Series A funding stages. We invest in Central and Southeastern Europe (SEE & CEE), and in companies built by ambitious founders from that region who are based in the leading startup hubs such as London, San Francisco, and beyond. Our initial investment is between €300K and €2M, with capacity to continue supporting the funding needs of our portfolio companies in future rounds. We are leading investment rounds up to 4M. We are looking for scalable businesses with initial traction and passionate founders, originating from South-Eastern Europe and the broader CEE region. We are valued by our portfolio companies because we invest much more than money. We partner with our founders and provide them with our full support to help move the venture forward. Many of our portfolio companies have already benefited from our 'Series A academy' program that helped them reach their milestones and successfully raise follow up A rounds. Since 2012 we have been growing the CEE startup ecosystem and today we are excited to have some of the biggest VC firms in Europe and the US follow our investment into our portfolio.
- Total investments:
- 168
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
- Fund size:
- $85M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries LAUNCHub Ventures invests in
Stages LAUNCHub Ventures invests in
Countries LAUNCHub Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $41k–$3.4M
- Pre-Seed
- $216k–$2.8M
- Series A
- $4.4M–$22M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 31 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 15 (9%)
- SaaS 12 (7%)
- Internet 12 (7%)
- Information Technology 12 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 81 (48%)
- Series A 19 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (7%)
- Series B 6 (4%)
- Funding Round 4 (2%)
Country
- Bulgaria 30 (18%)
- United Kingdom 19 (11%)
- United States 18 (11%)
- Slovenia 7 (4%)
- Romania 4 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lyuben Belov
Managing Partner & Founding Partner
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Managing Partner & Founding Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Rumen Iliev
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Stephane Gantchev
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Irina Dimitrova
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mirela Yordanova
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1club is an AI-native club management software platform built for gyms, fitness studios, and multi-sport facilities. It helps operators automate memberships, bookings, scheduling, billing, and member communication in one unified system. With built-in marketplace distribution, branded member portals, and AI agents that assist both staff and members, 1club enables clubs to streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver a modern digital experience to their communities. | $2.5M / Seed / Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Veridion provides private businesses with complete business data enrichment, including precise classification and real-time insights for market intelligence, insurance, procurement, and other areas. | $20M / Series A / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Nanogram is an AI-powered gaming startup that creates an instant prompt-to-game platform, allowing anyone to build and share interactive short-form video games. Frequently described as "TikTok for mobile games," the company delivers an endless, vertical social feed of byte-sized, zero-download games that players swipe through and playinstantly. | $2.2M / Pre-Seed / Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| nFuse.ai is an AI‑powered B2B sales platform focused on fast‑moving consumer goods (FMCG), positioning itself as an “ordering and communication layer” between brands and their distribution networks. | $2M / Seed / Apr 07, 2026 | ||
| Giraffe360 is game-changing subscription product for real estate companies to streamline professional quality photography and high accuracy floor plan creation. | $10M / Series B / Mar 26, 2026 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Thinkpilot is an AI-powered workspace purpose-built for product teams, designed to act as a collaborative co-pilot that helps teams turn ideas into clear, ready-to-build features-faster and more efficiently than traditional tools | $673.4K / Pre-Seed / May 08, 2025 | ||
| Setting the global standard for image recognition powered by synthetic data. | $7.8M / Series A / Apr 23, 2025 | ||
| Lace is a revenue intelligence software designed for call centers in the trades. It uncovers over 40% of unbooked calls, generating millions in additional revenue while empowering agents (CSRs) to book more calls - all with no extra marketing or hiring costs. | $14M / Seed / Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| SplxAI is a cybersecurity company specializing in automated security testing for AI chatbots, ensuring they remain safe from manipulation and data breaches. The platform continuously monitors and tests chatbots for vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, context leakage, social engineering, and other advanced threats. Key features includereal-time detection and mitigation strategies, multimodal pentesting capabilities (covering text, audio, and video), and comprehensive reporting tools that provide actionable insights for improving security. SplxAI's solution integrates seamlessly with existing security frameworks and platforms, making it easy to deploy and manage. By providing robust protection against a wide range of threats, SplxAI helps enterprises safeguard their AI-driven applications, maintain data integrity, and ensure compliance with industry standards. The company is committed to innovation, continuously enhancing its product to address emerging threats in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. SplxAI is trusted by forward-thinking organizations looking to proactively secure their AI assets and protect sensitive information. | $7M / Seed / Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| See all 168 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does LAUNCHub Ventures invest in?
LAUNCHub Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 168 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bulgaria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does LAUNCHub Ventures invest in?
LAUNCHub Ventures typically joins rounds of $41k–$3.4M at Seed, $216k–$2.8M at Pre-Seed and $4.4M–$22M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not LAUNCHub Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds LAUNCHub Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at LAUNCHub Ventures?
The team at LAUNCHub Ventures includes Lyuben Belov (Managing Partner & Founding Partner), Rumen Iliev (Partner) and Stephane Gantchev (Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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