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LAUNCHub Ventures
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LAUNCHub Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups founded by ambitious entrepreneurs from South-Eastern Europe (SEE) and the broader Central-Eastern European (CEE) region, building companies anywhere in the world. Since 2012, the firm has backed exceptional teams creating the next generation of game-changing companies, investing out of its third fund (€74M) with initial tickets between €0.3M and €3M at the pre-seed and seed stages. The firm targets founders solving large-scale problems with a global vision across any industry, with particular depth in AI/ML, SaaS, Fintech, PropTech, HealthTech, DevTools, Marketplaces, and ClimateTech. LAUNCHub is hands-on and value-additive — 75% of its portfolio companies raise follow-on funding from top-tier VCs, collectively raising over €400M. The firm bridges the gap between first-check angel capital and credible Series A leads, positioning itself as the institutional seed lead for the CEE region and its global diaspora.
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“We are proud that out of 22 seed and pre-seed investments since 2020, we already have 3 that have grown annual revenues above 10 million euro and we expect 30% of the portfolio to hit that level by the end of 2024. This is an outstanding metric for any seed stage fund in Europe.”
“The ecosystem has changed a lot and there is now more competition than ever before. This means that founders are able to raise more, which in turn leads to more competition among venture capital firms. This reflects the developing ecosystem and in order to fit in the market dynamics, we need to identify winners at earlier stages.”
“The biggest gap in Central and Eastern Europe is no longer first-check capital — it's the seed lead. Angels can now fund the first $500K in most regional markets. What's missing is the institutional fund willing to lead a $500K to $3M round and bridge the founder to a credible Series A. That gap is precisely where LAUNCHub's Fund III is positioned.”
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Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Earlybird Venture Capital | 4 |
| Speedinvest | 3 |
| Seedcamp | 2 |
| Piton Capital | 2 |
| Founders Fund | 2 |
| Inovo Ventures | 2 |
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