Let's scale it up!
Lead Ventures is a fresh, well-capitalized venture capital fund in the CE region, specialist of financing scale-ups. Our mission is to support the region’s most promising undertakings in the growth phase with capital, experience and wide-ranging network, to allow them to transform their industry with their innovation.
Typically, we realize investments over EUR 2 million, targeting capital intensive scale-ups after seed funding. We are searching for dynamic teams with a unique story, teams that posses outstanding growth potential and unique solutions already acknowledged by the market.
Lead Ventures is a fresh, well-capitalized venture capital fund in the CE region, specialist of financing scale-ups. Our mission is to support the region’s most promising undertakings in the growth phase with capital, experience and wide-ranging network, to allow them to transform their industry with their innovation.
Typically, we realize investments over EUR 2 million, targeting capital intensive scale-ups after seed funding. We are searching for dynamic teams with a unique story, teams that posses outstanding growth potential and unique solutions already acknowledged by the market.
Location: Hungary, Central Hungary, Budapest
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series A
Portfolio 11
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 03.06.2021 | Recart | recart.com | $3.4M | Hungary, C... |
| 22.01.2021 | i-Cell Kft... | icell.hu | - | Hungary, C... |
| 05.11.2020 | Surve Mobi... | chargery.de | - | Germany, B... |
| 13.10.2020 | BitNinja.i... | bitninja.io | $2.5M | Hungary, G... |
| - | Codecool | codecool.com | $12.36M | Hungary, N... |
| - | Neticle | neticle.hu | - | Hungary, C... |
| - | GA Drillin... | gadrilling.com | $15M | Slovakia, ... |
| - | Surve Mobi... | survemobility.com | - | Germany, B... |
| - | Neuron sou... | neuronsw.com | - | Czechia, P... |
| - | Amodo | amodo.eu | $500K | Croatia, G... |
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News 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.10.2020 | BitNinja strengthens its position with new investment | BitNinja closed a USD 2.5 million funding round, the transaction is led by Lead Ventures, the specialist of scale-up financing in CEE. The U.S.-registered, Debrecen-based BitNinja aims to become a major player in the global cyber security m... |
| 22.06.2020 | Hungarian AImotive received USD 20 million investment, thereby becoming the most funded self-driving technology software company in Europe | AImotive, providing solutions based mainly on AI-powered, vision-first automated driving software, received USD 20 million investment, thereby becoming the most capitalized member of the top self-driving technology startups in Europe. Lead ... |
| 11.05.2020 | Lead Ventures invests in a company formulating the future of car driving | Lead Ventures is undertaking a new EUR 3 million investment in the CEE region. The Budapest based venture capital firm, specializing in scale-up financing, is assisting the growth of Amodo, an insurtech company influencing the lives of driv... |
| 07.10.2019 | NETICLE RECEIVED 2.5 MILLION EURO FUNDING FROM LEAD VENTURES AND HIVENTURES | Neticle, having become well-known and successful tech start-up by providing intelligent media monitoring including social media and text analysis solutions. The company has recently signed an agreement with Lead Ventures and Hiventures, mem... |
| 27.06.2019 | LEAD VENTURES expands to industry 4.0, investing in a progressive Czech start-up | INVEN CAPITAL, a ÄEZ Group investment fund together with Budapest based venture capital firm LEAD VENTURES backed by MOL Group and Hungarian Eximbank have acquired a minority interest in Neuron soundware, the Czech based market leader in i... |
| 29.03.2019 | Slovakia-based GA Drilling receives significant funding from Lead Ventures and signs Service Agreement with MOL Group | Partnership with Lead Ventures and MOL enables GA Drilling to perform onshore field testing and commercialisation of its disruptive plasma plug & abandonment technology GA Drilling signed an EUR 4.2 million funding agreement with Lead ... |
| 22.02.2019 | Codecoolâs disruptive education model promises to ease shortage of digital workforce in Europe | 22nd February 2019, Budapest â Rapid pace of innovation, new technologies and the digitalisation of almost all segments of the economy pose a huge recruitment challenge for companies all over Europe. The number of job vacancies requiring ... |
| 24.07.2018 | New venture capital fund launched | Lead Ventures to invest EUR 100m into growth-stage startups, new venture capital fund launched in Central and Eastern Europe (Budapest â July 24, 2018) â Lead Ventures, a newly founded venture capital company, is planning to invest EUR... |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.07.2024 | A New Dawn for CEE Startups: Lead Ventures Unveils €100M Fund** ** | ** In the heart of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), a new wave of innovation is brewing. Lead Ventures, a Budapest-based venture capital firm, has just launched a €100 million fund aimed at empowering startups in this vibrant region. This ... |
| 23.07.2024 | Lead Ventures launches €100M fund for CEE startups | Lead Ventures has announced the launch of its new €100M fund, targeting startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), a region whose tech sector has been steadily growing in recent years. Lead Ventures targets late Seed & Series A compa... |
| 22.07.2024 | Hungarian Lead Ventures Launches €100M Fund for CEE Startups | Hungary ~ Company: In a Nutshell Lead Ventures has announced the launch of its new €100M fund, targeting startups in CEE. The fund will offer investments ranging from €2M to €10M, providing a boost to companies in strengthening their Produc... |
| 22.07.2024 | Budapest-based Lead Ventures launches €100 million fund to strengthen the CEE ecosystem | Budapest-based Lead Ventures has announced the launch of its new €100 million fund, targeting the best startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). With the new fund the firm continues its mission to empower high-potential founders in the ... |
| 17.01.2024 | Slovak call center software CloudTalk raises $28M Series B round | Slovak call center software CloudTalk raises $28M Series B round 17 January, 2024, 09:00 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Bratislava-based call center softwa... |
| 25.07.2023 | USD 3M for Lithuanian GoRamp’s Digital Transformation of Logistics | Vilnius-based logistics facilitator GoRamp brings in USD 3M in Late Seed round GoRamp’s solution includes real-time warehouse time slot management and order management automation The new investment will allow the startup to strengthen its p... |
| 21.02.2023 | Startup Showcase: Lead Ventures – Fueling Innovation in Central Europe | Lead Ventures is a Budapest-based venture capital firm that aims to finance scale-ups in Central Europe. Its goal is to support the region’s most promising ventures with capital, experience and a vast professional network to help them innov... |
| 09.11.2022 | UK-based Antavo Enterprise Loyalty Cloud raises €10M for its next-gen omnichannel loyalty programmes | London-based Antavo Enterprise Loyalty Cloud, an enterprise-grade SaaS loyalty technology provider, announced on Wednesday that it has raised €10M in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Euroventures alongside Lead Venture... |
| 22.07.2021 | Codecool Announces More IT Courses and a New Campus | IT schools network Codecool secures EUR 7MLN in Series C. The schools offer various IT courses with guaranteed employment in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Austria, but international candidates are also welcome. With the new investment, the ... |
| 22.03.2021 | Wolves Summit 2021 Returns on March 24th | Who: Wolves Summit When: March 24th – 26th Where: Online Event REGISTER HERE Wolves Summit, one of the CEE region’s most exciting events, is back, and this time it’s going virtual as well. The event includes over 80 speakers and over a th... |
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