FIRST 20 CONFIRMED INVESTORS AT EMERGE 2019

EMERGE 2019 is less than 3 months away from now, and we are starting a series of posts where we talk about the investors joining the conference as mentors, speakers, jury and of course looking for the startups to invest in.

Last year EMERGE gathered in Minsk over 70 investors from the New East (CEE, the Balkans and Central Asia), the Baltics, Western Europe, the USA, Hong Kong and more.

EMERGE 2019 will grow even bigger with more opportunities prepared for investors from around the Globe.
EMERGE 2019 is less than 3 months away from now, and we are starting a series of posts where we talk about the investors joining the conference as mentors, speakers, jury and of course looking for the startups to invest in.

Last year EMERGE gathered in Minsk over 70 investors from the New East (CEE, the Balkans and Central Asia), the Baltics, Western Europe, the USA, Hong Kong and more.

EMERGE 2019 will grow even bigger with more opportunities prepared for investors from around the Globe.

First 20 investors

  • 1. Flint Capital, Venture Capital Firm, EMERGE CHALLENGE Prize Sponsor
    Country: USA, Israel, Belarus

    Investment focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Healthcare, Internet of Things

    About: Flint Capital is uniquely positioned to support European and Israeli ventures on both sides of the ocean, as they expand into the US market. Flint Capital has a broad network of entrepreneurs, industry experts and leading investment funds which provides with the access to high-quality investment opportunities.

    Webpage    : http://www.flintcap.com/
  • 2. Genesis Investments, Venture Capital Fund
    Country: Ukraine

    Investment focus    : B2C and B2B SaaS

    About: Genesis Investments (GI) is an emerging VC-fund the main advantage of which is its extensive experience in creating successful international startups, such as BetterMe and Jiji. Since the inception, the fund has negotiated with businesses from AI/ML, Wellness, Digital Health, Mobile Apps industries, 3% of which received offers from GI. The average GI ticket ranges between $300-700k for 10-49% equity stake.

    Webpage    : genesisinvest.vc
  • 3. The Untitled Ventures, Venture Entity with numerous investment programs
    Investment Focus: Offline, Online, Omni-retail, Advertising, Fashion

    About    : Based in California, The Untitled has 4 investment programs for the startups looking for investment from Seed to Round A stages. The investment cheque ranges from $80K to $3M. Certain programs of the Untitled Ventures welcome founders from anywhere in the world. The partners are open to co-investment with other private or corporate investors.

    Webpage    : theuntitled.net/en
  • 4. 500 Startups, Venture Fund and Seed Accelerator, EMERGE Speakers
    Country: USA

    Investment focus: Crazy enough to look at the companies from whatever field they might be.

    About: Global community of founders, mentors, and investors. 500 Startups have invested in over 2200 companies from 74 countries that in total is more than 3000 founders. Invest worldwide in all kinds of companies, call themselves crazy and encourage 'crazy' ideas to be heard. 500 Startups believe that great founders come in all shades, genders, and nationalities and can be found across the globe, might be even in your own backyard!

    Webpage: https://500.co/
  • 5. Haxus, Funded Venture Acceleration Firm
    Country: Belarus

    Investment focus: Artificial Intelligence

    About: Haxus is led by serial entrepreneurs and focused on artificial intelligence startups at the seed or even pre-seed stage. The Team supports investees with strategy, financial reporting, legal matters, HR needs, communications and more. Haxus partners have a remarkable track record in building up leading international businesses and bringing tech startups to the world.

    Webpage: https://haxus.com/
  • 6. Rockstart, Accelerator, Special Prize Provider at EMERGE CHALLENGE
    Country: The Netherlands

    Investment focus: Energy, Health, Agrifood, Emerging tech.

    About: Rockstart is an international team of 35+ professionals dedicated to support and empower startups to become scalable and change their world for the better. Rockstart also creates programs that are customised to boost collaboration between startups and corporates. Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in more than 150 startups and supported them in their journey to raise over €87 million and hire 700+ people.

    Webpage: https://www.rockstart.com/
  • 7. Tera Ventures, Venture Capital Fund
    Investment Focus: vertical and business model agnostic

    Country: Estonia, Finland, USA

    About: One of the oldest Baltic funds. Tera Ventures invests in future global category leaders at their seed stage. The partners look for born-global digital startups creating network effects, applying machine learning and other enabling technologies which will impact our future lives. The focus in on Estonia (incl. eligible e-residents), Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic. Tera Ventures Team has made the journey from the inception to the exit in several technology companies on both operational and investor side.

    Webpage: http://tera.vc/
  • 8. Bulba Ventures, Startup Investment Company
    Country: Belarus

    Investment Focus: Machine Learning

    About: Not only invests in machine learning startups but cares about new technologies which improve the quality of human lives. The fund is driven by the founders of successful startups: AIMATTER and Maps.Me, acquired by Google and Mail.ru respectively. Startups not only get early-stage investment but also direct access to technical and business expertise to drive projects further.

    Webpage: https://bulba.com/
  • 9. Runa Capital, Venture Capital Firm
    Country: USA, Russia

    Investment focus: Deep Tech, Fintech, Healthcare, Edtech, B2B SaaS

    About: Entrepreneurs who love backing scrappy entrepreneurs. The partners leverage networks in three different continents: North America, Europe and Asia and focus on early stage investments. Have supported over 60 startups from 12 countries in the range between $1M to $10M. Runa Capital partners co-founded two enterprise software companies which have both scaled globally to over $100M in revenue.

    Webpage: http://www.runacap.com/
  • 10. Founders Factory, Сorporate Backed Incubator and Accelerator
    Country: UK

    Investment focus: AI & Big Data, Beauty, Education, FinTech, Media, Retail, Travel.

    About: Founders Factory has assembled industry-leading corporates and a team of 60 operators to help founders build great companies. Founders Factory investors help startups with distribution, product validation, data access, market insights, relationships, credibility and capital. 73 accelerated startups and 19 incubated startups are on the account of Founders Factory.

    Webpage: https://foundersfactory.com/
  • 11. 70Ventures, Revenue-Focused Accelerator
    Country: Lithuania

    Investment focus    : B2B companies

    About    : Seamless investment from pre-seed to series A. 70Ventures offer startups milestone-based financing up to 400,000 EUR, access to the Nordic network and a proven B2B acceleration model. Their focus is on revenue building which 70Ventures partners see as the cheapest source of funding. What are the numbers? 34 accelerated startups, 6 exits from investments, 7M+ Euro of funding raised, 13 years of entrepreneurial experience.

    Webpage: https://www.70ventures.com/
  • 12. bValue.vc, Angels VC
    Country: Poland

    Investment focus: Enterprise digitalisation, E-commerce

    About: bValue.vc invests in early stage companies, often as a first institutional investor, in so-called seed or pre-series. Typically makes an investment in the range from 250k to 1M EUR in pre-series A and below 250K EUR in seed. Have their focus on startups from the whole CEE region and help teams to scale and internationalise with their support.

    Webpage: bvalue.vc
  • 13. LitBAN, Lithuanian Business Angels Network
    Country: Lithuania

    About: At the moment Lithuanian Business Angels Network (LitBAN) consists of 65 business angels and works to increase the number of its members interested in investing in early-stage companies. Through monthly pitching events, LitBAN facilitates a gateway for startups to meet Angel investors from Baltic & Nordic countries. For investors, the network serves as deal-flow facilitation, networking, and interest representation platform. In order to communicate the interests of private investors, LitBAN facilitates dialogue with public officials and government institutions.

    Webpage: litban.lt
  • 14. AngelsBand, Belarusian Business Angels Network
    Country: Belarus

    Investment Focus: Tech

    About: AngelsBand unites early stage investors. Now the team consists of 73 members. The mission of the Network is to help startups find investors and grow a unicorn. Angels Band is the place which consolidates business angels with expertise in various business sectors and creates opportunities to invest in syndicates with experienced investors.

    Webpage    : angelsband.by/en
  • 15. Air Ventures, Investment Fund and Incubator
    Country: Czech Republic

    Investment Focus: look for the people, first of all, who are capable of building impactful and scalable businesses.

    About    : Air Ventures incubation process and funding are meant to foster the development of early-stage startups with strong, motivated teams on board. Late stage startups are encouraged to take advantage of Air Ventures senior management team and brand-building expertise to optimise rapid growth scaling. Air Ventures is also proud to co-organise Startup World Cup & Summit, big startup gathering in Central Europe.

    Webpage: airvcs.com/
  • 16. Sistema Venture Capital, Venture Capital Firm
    Country: Russia

    Investment focus: AI, Machine Learning, AR/VR, Internet of Things, SaaS, PaaS, Marketplaces, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Next-gen Infrastructure (NFV, SDN).

    About: Sistema VC is a venture capital firm focused on investments in the growth stage technology companies worldwide. The fund was set up by JFSC Sistema, which has been investing in various technology segments for over twenty years. JFSC Sistema is listed on the London Stock Exchange and holds a controlling stake in Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) which is listed on the NYSE.

    Webpage: sistema.vc
  • 17. Starta Ventures, Venture Capital Firm, Accelerator
    Country: USA

    Investment Focus: Tech, Blockchain

    About    : Starta Ventures run a program where they help startups with European R&D roots to adapt to cultural and business environment in the US, complete and define product/market fit, get traction and become part of the local startup and investing ecosystem in the US. It also has a dedicated program which allows European founders to get exposed to Latin America which is on its way to becoming a major world market. Both of the programs come with funding opportunities.

    Webpage: startaventures.com
  • 18. BVCA, Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Investors Network
    Country: Bulgaria

    About: BVCA is a focal point of private investors, venture capital funds and the entrepreneurial community in Bulgaria. The association works alongside its members to improve the business environment and drive innovation and growth in the country and the CEE region.

    Webpage: bvca.bg
  • 19. StarFinder, Seed Capital Fund
    Country: Poland

    Investment Focus    : Life, Science, Information and Сommunication technology engineering

    About: StarFinder invests in early stage startups which have strong intellectual property, target large or untapped markets and have global potential. The fund combines private capital with public financial resources (NCBR Bridge Alfa program). It has a strong track record of delivering above-market returns by investing in entrepreneurs in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.

    Webpage: starfinder.eu
  • 20. Elysium Venture Capital, Investment Management Group, EMERGE Speakers
    Country: USA, San Francisco

    Investment focus: Intelligent Software, Lifestyle Technology, Autonomous Transportation, Fintech.

    About: Elysium Venture Capital is an investment management group which focuses on helping frontier technology companies to access the global market. With divisions in the USA, Europe and Asia, the group concentrates on bridging the gap in smart capital and tech talents between Eurasia and America. The fund invests predominantly in early-stage high-tech projects.

    Webpage: elysium.vc
1. Flint Capital, Venture Capital Firm, EMERGE CHALLENGE Prize Sponsor
Country: USA, Israel, Belarus

Investment focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Healthcare, Internet of Things

About: Flint Capital is uniquely positioned to support European and Israeli ventures on both sides of the ocean, as they expand into the US market. Flint Capital has a broad network of entrepreneurs, industry experts and leading investment funds which provides with the access to high-quality investment opportunities.

Webpage: http://www.flintcap.com/
2. Genesis Investments, Venture Capital Fund
Country: Ukraine

Investment focus: B2C and B2B SaaS

About: Genesis Investments (GI) is an emerging VC-fund the main advantage of which is its extensive experience in creating successful international startups, such as BetterMe and Jiji. Since the inception, the fund has negotiated with businesses from AI/ML, Wellness, Digital Health, Mobile Apps industries, 3% of which received offers from GI. The average GI ticket ranges between $300-700k for 10-49% equity stake.

Webpage: genesisinvest.vc
3. The Untitled Ventures, Venture Entity with numerous investment programs
Investment Focus: Offline, Online, Omni-retail, Advertising, Fashion

About: Based in California, The Untitled has 4 investment programs for the startups looking for investment from Seed to Round A stages. The investment cheque ranges from $80K to $3M. Certain programs of the Untitled Ventures welcome founders from anywhere in the world. The partners are open to co-investment with other private or corporate investors.

Webpage: theuntitled.net/en
4. 500 Startups, Venture Fund and Seed Accelerator, EMERGE Speakers
Country: USA

Investment focus: Crazy enough to look at the companies from whatever field they might be.

About: Global community of founders, mentors, and investors. 500 Startups have invested in over 2200 companies from 74 countries that in total is more than 3000 founders. Invest worldwide in all kinds of companies, call themselves crazy and encourage 'crazy' ideas to be heard. 500 Startups believe that great founders come in all shades, genders, and nationalities and can be found across the globe, might be even in your own backyard!

Webpage: https://500.co/
5. Haxus, Funded Venture Acceleration Firm
Country: Belarus

Investment focus: Artificial Intelligence

About: Haxus is led by serial entrepreneurs and focused on artificial intelligence startups at the seed or even pre-seed stage. The Team supports investees with strategy, financial reporting, legal matters, HR needs, communications and more. Haxus partners have a remarkable track record in building up leading international businesses and bringing tech startups to the world.

Webpage: https://haxus.com/
6. Rockstart, Accelerator, Special Prize Provider at EMERGE CHALLENGE
Country: The Netherlands

Investment focus: Energy, Health, Agrifood, Emerging tech.

About: Rockstart is an international team of 35+ professionals dedicated to support and empower startups to become scalable and change their world for the better. Rockstart also creates programs that are customised to boost collaboration between startups and corporates. Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in more than 150 startups and supported them in their journey to raise over €87 million and hire 700+ people.

Webpage: https://www.rockstart.com/
7. Tera Ventures, Venture Capital Fund
Investment Focus: vertical and business model agnostic

Country: Estonia, Finland, USA

About: One of the oldest Baltic funds. Tera Ventures invests in future global category leaders at their seed stage. The partners look for born-global digital startups creating network effects, applying machine learning and other enabling technologies which will impact our future lives. The focus in on Estonia (incl. eligible e-residents), Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic. Tera Ventures Team has made the journey from the inception to the exit in several technology companies on both operational and investor side.

Webpage: http://tera.vc/
8. Bulba Ventures, Startup Investment Company
Country: Belarus

Investment Focus: Machine Learning

About: Not only invests in machine learning startups but cares about new technologies which improve the quality of human lives. The fund is driven by the founders of successful startups: AIMATTER and Maps.Me, acquired by Google and Mail.ru respectively. Startups not only get early-stage investment but also direct access to technical and business expertise to drive projects further.

Webpage: https://bulba.com/
9. Runa Capital, Venture Capital Firm
Country: USA, Russia

Investment focus: Deep Tech, Fintech, Healthcare, Edtech, B2B SaaS

About: Entrepreneurs who love backing scrappy entrepreneurs. The partners leverage networks in three different continents: North America, Europe and Asia and focus on early stage investments. Have supported over 60 startups from 12 countries in the range between $1M to $10M. Runa Capital partners co-founded two enterprise software companies which have both scaled globally to over $100M in revenue.

Webpage: http://www.runacap.com/
10. Founders Factory, Сorporate Backed Incubator and Accelerator
Country: UK

Investment focus: AI & Big Data, Beauty, Education, FinTech, Media, Retail, Travel.

About: Founders Factory has assembled industry-leading corporates and a team of 60 operators to help founders build great companies. Founders Factory investors help startups with distribution, product validation, data access, market insights, relationships, credibility and capital. 73 accelerated startups and 19 incubated startups are on the account of Founders Factory.

Webpage: https://foundersfactory.com/
11. 70Ventures, Revenue-Focused Accelerator
Country: Lithuania

Investment focus: B2B companies

About: Seamless investment from pre-seed to series A. 70Ventures offer startups milestone-based financing up to 400,000 EUR, access to the Nordic network and a proven B2B acceleration model. Their focus is on revenue building which 70Ventures partners see as the cheapest source of funding. What are the numbers? 34 accelerated startups, 6 exits from investments, 7M+ Euro of funding raised, 13 years of entrepreneurial experience.

Webpage: https://www.70ventures.com/
12. bValue.vc, Angels VC
Country: Poland

Investment focus: Enterprise digitalisation, E-commerce

About: bValue.vc invests in early stage companies, often as a first institutional investor, in so-called seed or pre-series. Typically makes an investment in the range from 250k to 1M EUR in pre-series A and below 250K EUR in seed. Have their focus on startups from the whole CEE region and help teams to scale and internationalise with their support.

Webpage: bvalue.vc
13. LitBAN, Lithuanian Business Angels Network
Country: Lithuania

About: At the moment Lithuanian Business Angels Network (LitBAN) consists of 65 business angels and works to increase the number of its members interested in investing in early-stage companies. Through monthly pitching events, LitBAN facilitates a gateway for startups to meet Angel investors from Baltic & Nordic countries. For investors, the network serves as deal-flow facilitation, networking, and interest representation platform. In order to communicate the interests of private investors, LitBAN facilitates dialogue with public officials and government institutions.

Webpage: litban.lt
14. AngelsBand, Belarusian Business Angels Network
Country: Belarus

Investment Focus: Tech

About: AngelsBand unites early stage investors. Now the team consists of 73 members. The mission of the Network is to help startups find investors and grow a unicorn. Angels Band is the place which consolidates business angels with expertise in various business sectors and creates opportunities to invest in syndicates with experienced investors.

Webpage: angelsband.by/en
15. Air Ventures, Investment Fund and Incubator
Country: Czech Republic

Investment Focus: look for the people, first of all, who are capable of building impactful and scalable businesses.

About: Air Ventures incubation process and funding are meant to foster the development of early-stage startups with strong, motivated teams on board. Late stage startups are encouraged to take advantage of Air Ventures senior management team and brand-building expertise to optimise rapid growth scaling. Air Ventures is also proud to co-organise Startup World Cup & Summit, big startup gathering in Central Europe.

Webpage: airvcs.com/
16. Sistema Venture Capital, Venture Capital Firm
Country: Russia

Investment focus: AI, Machine Learning, AR/VR, Internet of Things, SaaS, PaaS, Marketplaces, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Next-gen Infrastructure (NFV, SDN).

About: Sistema VC is a venture capital firm focused on investments in the growth stage technology companies worldwide. The fund was set up by JFSC Sistema, which has been investing in various technology segments for over twenty years. JFSC Sistema is listed on the London Stock Exchange and holds a controlling stake in Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) which is listed on the NYSE.

Webpage: sistema.vc
17. Starta Ventures, Venture Capital Firm, Accelerator
Country: USA

Investment Focus: Tech, Blockchain

About: Starta Ventures run a program where they help startups with European R&D roots to adapt to cultural and business environment in the US, complete and define product/market fit, get traction and become part of the local startup and investing ecosystem in the US. It also has a dedicated program which allows European founders to get exposed to Latin America which is on its way to becoming a major world market. Both of the programs come with funding opportunities.

Webpage: startaventures.com
18. BVCA, Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Investors Network
Country: Bulgaria

About: BVCA is a focal point of private investors, venture capital funds and the entrepreneurial community in Bulgaria. The association works alongside its members to improve the business environment and drive innovation and growth in the country and the CEE region.

Webpage: bvca.bg
19. StarFinder, Seed Capital Fund
Country: Poland

Investment Focus: Life, Science, Information and Сommunication technology engineering

About: StarFinder invests in early stage startups which have strong intellectual property, target large or untapped markets and have global potential. The fund combines private capital with public financial resources (NCBR Bridge Alfa program). It has a strong track record of delivering above-market returns by investing in entrepreneurs in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.

Webpage: starfinder.eu
20. Elysium Venture Capital, Investment Management Group, EMERGE Speakers
Country: USA, San Francisco

Investment focus: Intelligent Software, Lifestyle Technology, Autonomous Transportation, Fintech.

About: Elysium Venture Capital is an investment management group which focuses on helping frontier technology companies to access the global market. With divisions in the USA, Europe and Asia, the group concentrates on bridging the gap in smart capital and tech talents between Eurasia and America. The fund invests predominantly in early-stage high-tech projects.

Webpage: elysium.vc
Next batch of investors will be announced in April.

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