Matiss Neimanis

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).

The Digital Accelerator of Latvia is designed to promote digital transformation and innovation in Latvian companies and the public sector, to improve the competitiveness of Latvian companies and the quality of public sector services through new digital solutions and to increase investment in information and communication technology research and development. WE ARE COMMITTED TO: - Develop digital transformation strategies to identify and develop areas for growth; - Support the design, prototyping, testing and implementation of new digital platforms, products and services; - Promote the use of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cybersecurity, and other digital technologies in the economy and public administration; - Implement digital transformation projects that benefit Latvian citizens, businesses and the environment; - Invest in the digital competences of the Latvian population; - Attract funding for Latvian companies and the public sector to implement digital transformation plans and solutions in practice; - Develop the digital innovation ecosystem in Latvia. Involve local developers in the co-creation of digital solutions.

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).

Latvian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LVCA) is representing the Private Equity & Venture Capital industry in Latvia. LVCA was founded in 2003, when six biggest companies that operated in the venture capital sector in Latvia founded the association to promote further development of venture capital sector in Latvia. The same year LVCA also become an associated member of Invest Europe. Currently in the association is represented 26 full member companies and 17 associated member companies. LVCA has the following goals: To inform entrepreneurs and community about venture capital industry and financing possibilities; To promote the exchange of opinions and experience of the members in the association; To represent opinions and interests of the members; To foster international partnerships within the private equity and venture capital industry.

The Digital Accelerator of Latvia is designed to promote digital transformation and innovation in Latvian companies and the public sector, to improve the competitiveness of Latvian companies and the quality of public sector services through new digital solutions and to increase investment in information and communication technology research and development. WE ARE COMMITTED TO: - Develop digital transformation strategies to identify and develop areas for growth; - Support the design, prototyping, testing and implementation of new digital platforms, products and services; - Promote the use of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cybersecurity, and other digital technologies in the economy and public administration; - Implement digital transformation projects that benefit Latvian citizens, businesses and the environment; - Invest in the digital competences of the Latvian population; - Attract funding for Latvian companies and the public sector to implement digital transformation plans and solutions in practice; - Develop the digital innovation ecosystem in Latvia. Involve local developers in the co-creation of digital solutions.

Buildit is an early-stage hardware venture capital fund. We invest in the Industry 4.0 sector across the Baltics and Nordics, providing pre-seed and seed capital.