Igniting the next wave of
AI / Deeptech born in SEE
We believe that the SEE region and diaspora are a hotbed of outstanding talent
and tech founders aiming to build amazing global businesses
About ** 01 ** About ** 01 **
Who we are
We Lead your Seed rounds of €0.5m – €5m and we follow-on up to €12m or above.
We are comfortable with the Imperfection of startups. We invest early in brilliant people and products and care more about the potential of massive scale and less about minimizing risk in a company’s early days. Our business is about maximizing upside, not protecting downside.
We invest in what we know and love: AI / Deeptech and SaaS in B2B space.
We are former operators and entrepreneurs living and breathing the spirit we try to find in the entrepreneurial / management teams we invest in. We embrace change, take risks and trust our instincts, in line with the leadership qualities of our start-up founders.
€130m
Funds under management
85%
Portfolio companies raised follow-on rounds
Thesis ** 02 ** Thesis ** 02 **
Investing and supporting the most disruptive and bold innovations
Investment profile
Teams
Ambitious leaders, coachable, with complementary skills across team members.
Sector
Preference for Enterprise automation, Data / analytics, FinTech, CyberSec, Dev tools.
AI / Deeptech
Tomorrow's reality with today's frontier technologies.
Traction
Showing early signs of traction.
Size potential
Large markets allowing for significant scale.
Global ambition
Clear strategy from Day 1 to win in US, UK or other large markets.
Investment in the SEE region and diaspora
Why us ** 03 ** Why us ** 03 **
We roll-up our sleeves and help entrepreneurs build top world class businesses with proven track record in doing so
Why us

Founders ** 04 ** Founders ** 04 **
Hear it directly from the start-ups we backed
Start-up founders
Portfolio ** 05 ** Portfolio ** 05 **
Founded in South Eastern Europe. Global Ambitions. Scaled to US and UK.
Portfolio
Company
Sector
Last round
Year
0
companies
Team ** 06 ** Team ** 06 **
Hands On. Fast Start. Long term impact.
Our team
GapMinder team leverages decades of B2B, AI/ Deeptech and SaaS operating experience, helping our portfolio companies solve problems, build capabilities and avoid common pitfalls.
We aim to be the type of investor we would have dreamed to have in our previous lives.
Resources ** 07 ** Resources ** 07 **
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