LAUNCHub Ventures

LAUNCHub Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that is based in Sofia, Bulgaria investing in the seed stage. The firm was founded in 2012 and prefers to invest in companies operating in the SaaS, enterprise software, health technology, e-commerce, mobile, internet of things sectors.

With €30 million under total management, LAUNCHub Ventures focuses on the seed stage with investment ticket size in the range of €300,000 to 700,000 expandable up to €1.5 million per company.

Investment

LAUNCHub Ventures' investments include OfficeRnD, Taylor & Hart, FintechOS, Cloudpipes, Charlie Finance, Gtmhub, FindMeCure, Doctrina, Heresy, Metrilo and CheckYeti.

They exited their investments in Cloudpipes, codebender, BGMENU.com and Cinexio.

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Lyuben Belov

Founding Partner

Rumen Iliev

Partner

Stanislav Sirakov

Partner

Stephane Gantchev

Partner

Todor Breshkov

Founding Partner

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Orbiit raises seed funding to automate the interactions within an online community

Mike Butcher

May 27, 2021

TechCrunch

Orbiit, a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 million round led by Bread and Butter Ventures, with participation from new investors High Alpha Capital, LAUNCHub Ventures and Company Ventures. Existing investors Founders Fund, which led Orbiit's $1 million pre-seed round, Acceleprise and other angels also participated. The capital [...]

LAUNCHub Ventures heading towards a $85M fund for South Eastern European startups

Mike Butcher

January 12, 2021

TechCrunch

LAUNCHub Ventures, an early-stage European VC which concentrates mainly on Central Eastern (CEE) and South-Eastern Europe (SEE), has completed the first closing of its new fund at €44 million ($53.5 million), with an aspiration to reach a target size of €70 million. A final close is expected by Q2 2021. Its principal backer is the [...]

LAUNCHub Ventures' new €44m fund focused on southeast Europe | Sifted

Kit Gillet in Bucharest

January 12, 2021

Sifted

LAUNCHub Ventures has completed the initial closing of the largest VC fund ever launched in Bulgaria, and one of the largest in southeastern Europe.

LAUNCHub Ventures heading towards a $85M fund for South Eastern European startups

Mike Butcher

January 12, 2021

TechCrunch

LAUNCHub Ventures, an early-stage European VC which concentrates mainly on Central Eastern (CEE) and South-Eastern Europe (SEE), has completed the first closing of its new fund at €44 million ($53.5M), with an aspiration to reach a target size of €70 million. A final close is expected by Q2 2021. Its principal backer is the European [...]

Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures

Mike Butcher

November 17, 2020

TechCrunch

Giraffe360 has a robotic camera, combined with a subscription service, which enables real estate agents and brokers to generate high-resolution photos of properties, floor plans and virtual tours easily. It's now raised $4.5M in a funding round led by LAUNCHub Ventures and Hoxton Ventures. Also participating is HCVC (Hardware Club), alongside existing investor Change Ventures. [...]

Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures

Mike Butcher

November 17, 2020

TechCrunch