Analysis

June 6, 2022

Top early-stage investors in CEE

Sifted and Dealroom have ranked central and eastern Europe's top investors, and highlighted some of their most notable deals to date


Kit Gillet

9 min read

Money continues to pour into central and eastern European startups, as the world increasingly takes note of the tech talent and ambitions coming out of the region. Investors from around the world are getting in on the action, but when it comes to early-stage funding it's still local venture capital firms leading the way.

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Credo Ventures cofounders Ondrej Bartos (l) and Jan Habermann (r)
Credo Ventures cofounders Ondrej Bartos, left, and Jan Habermann
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Contrarian Ventures cofounders Tomas Kemtys (l) and Rokas Peciulaitis
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