Marija Rucevska

At BADideas.fund, we aspire to be the kind of investors we wanted when we were building our startups. We invest €50-€250K tickets in early-stage startups from CEE with global ambitions. BADideas.fund is led by experienced entrepreneurs who have walked the startup building path, have raised funds from investors and can help founders navigate around obstacles they encounter along the way. Among BADideas.fund members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo.io ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B funding). Since the recent launch, BADideas.fund has invested in five startups already, among which: Breezit (Lithuania), Recruitlab (Estonia), Lande (Latvia), Fuel Finance (Ukraine) , Rapidworks (Estonia).

TechChill celebrates the best of the Baltic startup community by annually bringing together 2300+ attendees, including over 300 of the fastest-growing startups, most innovative corporations, 200 investors active in the region, 100 media representatives, and talented tech enthusiasts. 🚀 Guess whats fresh? TechChill Riga 2024 is rocking the color green! 📅 Mark your calendars for April 17-19, 2024, and dive into three days of TechChill awesomeness - from pitch battles and investor day to mind-blowing stage talks and unforgettable parties! Dont miss out! See you at TechChill Riga 2024!

Focusing on lasting ideas that make a long-standing impact.

Practica Capital is an early-stage VC dedicated to backing Baltic founders. The firm has been invested exclusively in tech potential in the Baltic States for the last 10 years. Practica Capital back great founders in their ambition in seed (selected pre-seed) and Series A stages, and partnering with them as company builders. Practica Capital manages four funds with more than €80m in AUM. To date, the firm made over 50 investments, including great companies like PVcase, TransferGo, Interactio, Eneba, Ovoko, Trafi, CGtrader, and others.

At BADideas.fund, we aspire to be the kind of investors we wanted when we were building our startups. We invest €50-€250K tickets in early-stage startups from CEE with global ambitions. BADideas.fund is led by experienced entrepreneurs who have walked the startup building path, have raised funds from investors and can help founders navigate around obstacles they encounter along the way. Among BADideas.fund members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo.io ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B funding). Since the recent launch, BADideas.fund has invested in five startups already, among which: Breezit (Lithuania), Recruitlab (Estonia), Lande (Latvia), Fuel Finance (Ukraine) , Rapidworks (Estonia).

Included VC is a Fellowship for individuals from diverse communities which are often overlooked or excluded, providing access, opportunity and knowledge into the world of Venture Capital. 76% of Included VC graduates actively seeking roles in VC, secured investment roles at VC funds within 3 months of graduating. This fully-funded 5 month fellowship comprises: masterclasses, mentoring, foundational learning, simulation investment committees and in-person retreats. Included VC Fellows all share a passion for entrepreneurialism, technology, and creating significant impact through venture investing. They share our belief that entrepreneurs and the VCs that invest in them can come from anywhere: any gender, ethnicity, geography, upbringing, age, neurodiversity, disability or belief system. The Included VC mission is to change the face of the VC industry, dramatically increasing diversity and maximising fund success by transforming networks, staff, dealflow and investments. We are committed to creating effective multi-generational change. Included VC is supported by an international consortium of Venture Capital Partners and Sponsors including: BITKRAFT, HSBC Ventures, Creandum, Daphni, Enern, K Fund, Mangrove Capital, M12 - Microsofts Venture Fund, Mouro Capital, Notion Capital, Seedcamp and Wilson Sonsini. They will receive training and exposure to the world of VC, with 1-1 mentoring, expert masterclasses, case study learning and dealflow deep dives, along with 2 European Summits. Applications now open!

We match mature businesses with the startup world. Helve is an innovation management company that supports clients growth by designing custom solutions to enable their transformational change initiatives across sectors. We host open accelerator programmes, internal incubators, hackathons and sprints, scout startups across the globe and facilitate pilot project development, launch in the market. At Helve we take the best out of both worlds and mix them together - the agility, risk appetite and growth mindset of startups and the structured approach, experience and resources of mature companies.