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 25
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.10.2025 | Vestbee’s Winter Pitch 2025 to Connect Europe’s Early-Stage Startups with Leading Global Investors | Vestbee partners with HubSpot to launch the Europe-wide Winter Pitch 2025 Top startups from Pre-Seed to Series A will pitch before leading global investors Exclusive partner perks from Hotjar, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Stripe, and Zandesk boo... |
| 30.10.2025 | Soft landing in Silicon Valley: how the European Startup Embassy helps CEE founders go global | The rate of startups building a US presence before series A increased from 33 per cent to 64 per cent in the last 5 years. And for CEE founders, the need is even higher: 50 per cent of CEE startups relocate to the US during scaling. On Octo... |
| 25.06.2025 | Vestbee’s Summer Pitch CEE 2025 Empowering Startups with Exposure and Investment Opportunities | Vestbee teams up with HubSpot and Early Game Ventures for Summer Pitch CEE 2025 Select startups from CEE can pitch to top investors for Pre-Seed to Series A funding Participants can count on exclusive discounts from Hotjar, HubSpot, Slack, ... |
| 05.11.2024 | Vestbee Calls Early-Stage Startups to Its Winter Pitch | Vestbee teams up with tier-one partners for a new initiative to reward the most aspiring startups in CEE – Winter Pitch The selected finalists will pitch before partner VCs; all participants will be rewarded with free credits and discounts ... |
| 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 | 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 06.05.2024 | 2024 Edition of Latitude59 Welcomes the Baltic and CEE Tech Crowd | Latitude59 welcomes all startup and tech professionals and enthusiasts to its cozy conference The event will take place on May 22-24th at Kultuurikatel in Tallinn Top-tier tech will talk about the most actual tech trends and strategies in t... |
| 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... |
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