Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
Istanbul, U.S.A. - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Most Interested In
Consumer-facing e-businesses, including marketplaces, e-tailers, SaaS and SME-focused software companies targeting local markets in CEE & Turkey. Enterprise technology innovators with roots in CEE & Turkey.
Not Interested In
Life sciences, material science, clean tech
Cem Sertoglu serves as Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital. He has several years of experience as an Investor, focusing web-enabled services and consumer internet. Previously, he was a Partner at iLab Ventures, Co-Founder and CEO at Mondus.com, Founder & CEO at SelectMinds and Vice President at Farmer & Company. Pioneering the technology investment sector in Turkey since its inception with his personal investment vehicle Young Turk Ventures, his investments include propertyfinder.ae, Wikimart.ru, Civic Solar, Gittigidiyor.com (Turkey's leading online auctions portal), Yemeksepeti.com (Turkey's leading food order platform) and Grupanya (Turkey's leading daily deal website). He holds a BA in Economics from University of Texas (Austin). He served as Board Member at Fite and Grupanya.
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer
Founder & Managing Partner at White Star Capital
Berlin, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Future Of Work • Music
Dr. Florian Heinemann is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Project A Ventures. He also serves as Board Member at kfzteile24 and Lost My Name. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at Onlineprinters. He is the Managing Director of Shirtagram. He is responsible for the areas of marketing, CRM and business intelligence. Before co-founding Project A, he was managing director of Rocket Internet holding the same areas of responsibility (2007-2012). During his time at Rocket, he was mainly involved in TopTarif, eDarling, and Zalando/Bigfoot. Prior to Rocket, Florian was co-founder and managing director of JustBooks/AbeBooks being in charge of marketing and product (1999-2002, exit to Amazon). Then, he was co-heading the online marketing department of Jamba! and the online dating portal iLove (2003-2005, exit to Verisign). In 2006, he was co-founder of the online marketplace antibodies-online.com. Moreover, he has been an investor/business angel in more than 40 startups, e.g. AdScale, Ladenzeile, Netmoms and Tradoria. Florian holds a doctorate's degree in innovation management/entrepreneurship from RWTH Aachen University. He was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School. His research has been published in leading international journals, such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of International Marketing and Zeitschrift fur Betriebswirtschaft. He is an Angel Investor.
Apeldoorn - Amsterdam - Sao Paulo, Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • AgroTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Productivity
Kees Koolen serves as Partner at EQT. He joined EQT Partners in February 2015 as a Partner and Co-Head of EQT Ventures, Amsterdam. Prior to joining EQT Partners, from 1997 until 2014 Koolen was an angel investor, COO, CEO and COB at Booking.com. Koolen was instrumental in transforming Booking.com from a small Dutch start-up to the biggest hotel booking site in the world.
Miami Beach Florida, U.S.A. - Canada - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Founder and CEO
Jason Goldberg serves as Board Member at Crew. He serves as Chief Executive Officer at OST. Goldberg Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Pepo. He previously founded consumer Internet companies Hem.com, Fab.com, Social Median, and Jobster and led strategy and product teams for T-Mobile and AOL. Before his career in business, his first startup was Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the U.S.A. in 1992, which carried Jason to a six-year stint in the White House. He currently splits his time between Berlin, Germany
Milan, Italy - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Investor in more than 60 startups in US and EU
Enrico Pandian is the Founder of Supermercato24. He is a Co-Founder and Chairman of FrescoFrigo, where he serves as President. Previously, he was an Owner of David Brown Italy. He is a Co-Founder and Board Member of CheckOut Technologies, where he serves as President.
Milan, Italy
Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Micro-influencers taking more and more space and gaining in credibility with social media. With a focus on specific interests and true followers the digital advertising industry is being revolutionized. ... there is more to come in this space. We only invest in the preseed stage.
Not Interested In
Anything that is beyond preseed does not interest us. We are specialized in the pre-seed arena and have specific expertise which helps us to transform our know-how into de-risk capability. Making it possible for us to make very high risk ventures manageable and to increase their chances of success.
London, U.K.
Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Most Interested In
Containerised environments & tooling, IT automation
Not Interested In
Biotech, cleantech
London - Barcelona, Spain - U.K. - France
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
Most Interested In
Fintech, Proptech, Insutech, Traveltech, Mobility, AI, Blockchain.
Not Interested In
Marketplaces, pure B2C, Biotech
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Spain - U.K.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction)
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ThePower MBA / Entrepreneur / Investor / Advisor
Hugo Arevalo is a Co-Founder of The Power MBA.
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution)
Principal at PROfounders Capital
I work as a Principal at PROfounders, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in and supports companies in the consumer and B2B technology space.
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Online Social
Co-Founder, yemeksepeti.com
Melih Odemis is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Information Officer at Yemeksepeti.com. He has previously worked with MT. He also is an Angel Investor.
Paris, France - U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Partner at Rocketship.vc
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Fintech, Blockchain, Insurtech, Proptech, Robotics, Deeptech, Hospitality, and Logistics.
Not Interested In
all the rest
Munich Bayern, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Most Interested In
Packaging-as-a-Service
London, U.K. - India - U.S.A.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Nekko Capital is most interested in startups in Mobility, TravelTech, FinTech, InsurTech & PropTech.
Not Interested In
Nekko Capital is not as interested in startups that do not fit into our verticals- Mobility, TravelTech, FinTech, InsurTech & PropTech. However, our VC network may be- happy to refer great startups
Paris, France, France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Material Science • Mobile Apps • Life Science • Mobile
Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having founded three startups before becoming a venture capitalist in early-stage tech companies with global ambitions.