Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) invests in early stage businesses from angel investment, seed, VC and Series A rounds through a combination of equity and debt structures. FRC’s approach is to target investments that complement the skills and experience of its Founders so that they can bring more than just capital to help a business grow. Both FRC’s Founders have a core knowledge of technology, services, and an entrepreneurial history that they can bring to the benefit of an investment. FRC is Europe-centric, and with a base in Ljubljana, Slovenia, there is an additional focus on Central and Eastern Europe, Austria and Southern Germany. On an opportunistic basis FRC will look at deals throughout Europe and also the United States. The Founders are well-connected to accelerators in Central Europe and in Silicon Valley.
StoringCargo is an online platform that specializes in finding warehouses. The company connects warehouses worldwide and helps people in seeking storage space in someone's warehouses. David Benedik founded StoringCargo in 2019 and is based in Kranj, Slovenia.
StoringCargo
Seed Round in 2021
StoringCargo is an online platform that specializes in finding warehouses. The company connects warehouses worldwide and helps people in seeking storage space in someone's warehouses. David Benedik founded StoringCargo in 2019 and is based in Kranj, Slovenia.
SzuperChess
Seed Round in 2021
SzuperChess is an online platform that organizes online chess tournaments with real prizes. The platform has developed an innovative AI-based anti-cheating system, which will allow players to focus only on what is truly important: playing chess, enjoying the tournament, and competing for the prizes. It permits players to compete for the awards, without having to be concerned about the opponent. Founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia.
Tummly
Seed Round in 2021
Tummly is a mobile application for rating restaurants and dishes with innovative UX. Users do not rate the waiter and the staff, they do not rate the ambience of a restaurant or how long they had to wait for the food. It supports 20 food and drinks categories such as coffee, tea, salad, ice-cream, Hot-dog, sandwich, burger, pizza, kebab, cevapi, steak, sushi, burrito, fish, calamari, wok, burek, pasta, and pancakes. Tummly was established in 2020 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
MG Entertainment
Seed Round in 2020
Mobile Games Entertainment (MGE) is a game development and self-publishing company. The company was founded in May 2019 and managed to develop and publish 4 titles. It is headquartered in Osijek, Croatia.
Sendbee
Seed Round in 2020
Sendbee, Inc. is a conversation platform designed for managing WhatsApp communications. Founded in 2019 by Ivan Arar and Domagoj Krpan, the company provides solutions such as a team inbox, automation, and contact management, enabling users to handle all their WhatsApp conversations from a single interface. With the capability to create a business profile, Sendbee connects clients with over two billion users globally. The company is incorporated in Newark, Delaware, while its operational base is located in Zagreb, Croatia.
Pleme
Series A in 2020
Pleme is an online marketplace specializing in mattress shopping, founded in 2019 by Filip Havranek and Kristina Lugonja, and based in Zagreb, Croatia. The company manufactures single-sided mattresses designed to provide a quality sleeping experience, featuring layers arranged from softer to harder for optimal support and comfort. Pleme operates on an online-only business model, which simplifies the mattress shopping process, making it intuitive and risk-free for customers.
DGRoops
Seed Round in 2020
DGROOPS is a B2B platform established in 2019 and based in Porec, Croatia, designed to enhance the relationship between tour operators and various suppliers involved in group organized travel. The company offers a booking management platform that serves as a marketplace, facilitating the discovery of efficient online solutions for group bookings. By providing a streamlined approach to connecting different stakeholders in the travel industry, DGROOPS enables businesses to collaborate more effectively while minimizing unnecessary costs, all for a fair annual usage fee.
FloorNap
Seed Round in 2020
FloorNap is a website for low budget accommodations with restricting prices of accommodation to 15 euros per person. The platform showcases a variety of low-budget accommodations and promotes floor sleeping culture in sleeping bags. The company was founded in 2019 by Rino Dubokovic and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Froc
Series A in 2020
Froc is a manufacturer of high chairs designed for children ranging from six months to ten years old. Founded in 2013 by Matej Kosir, the company produces adjustable chairs that can be easily modified in three steps to accommodate a child's growth, including adjustments to the backrest, seat, and footrest height. Froc's high chairs are constructed from durable, child-friendly wood, ensuring safety and longevity for users. The company is based in Slovenia, a country noted for its extensive forest resources, which supports the use of high-quality materials in its products. Froc's commitment to creating user-friendly and safe high chairs has earned it recognition and awards in the industry.
Liquid Metal Sound
Seed Round in 2020
Liquid Metal Sound Ltd specializes in the design and manufacture of sound speakers and audio equipment utilizing innovative liquid metal sound technology. Founded in 2020 and located in Korcula, Croatia, the company primarily caters to high-end clubs and the home entertainment market. Its products are engineered to deliver an exceptional auditory and visual musical experience, positioning Liquid Metal Sound as a notable player in the high-end audio equipment sector.
Flowy
Seed Round in 2020
Flowy is a digital platform based in Croatia that specializes in personalized and customized flower designs sourced from local artisanal florists. The platform allows customers to select from a variety of products, including themed bouquets such as love and happiness bouquets, as well as seasonal arrangements. By facilitating direct connections between customers and nearby florists, Flowy enhances the purchasing experience for individuals looking to send flowers to their loved ones.
Beyond Seen Screen
Venture Round in 2020
Beyond Seen Screen d.o.o. is a digital platform based in Zagreb, Croatia, founded in 2016. The company offers a service called ExRey, which allows users to scan video content on any screen using their smartphones or tablets. This technology transforms video viewing from a passive experience into an interactive one, enabling viewers to access additional information and entertainment related to the content they are watching. Beyond Seen Screen's platform not only enhances viewer engagement but also provides video content owners and marketing agencies with innovative ways to connect with their audiences. Furthermore, the company utilizes proprietary video recognition technology to offer services such as automatic video editing, content moderation, and video summarization, helping businesses streamline their video processing workflows and gain valuable insights from their content.
Cross-Criss Creative
Seed Round in 2020
Cross-Criss Creative is a mobile app that addresses a completely new aspect of parenthood in today’s rapidly growing digital world. It also brings personalized, interactive, and educational stories that help support a child's development while seamlessly limiting screen-time to the ideal and combining the stories with offline activities for a wholesome experience and a smooth transition from online to offline, making sure children get properly introduced with technology, but not forgetting the importance of offline activities and perfectly balancing both. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Tummly
Seed Round in 2020
Tummly is a mobile application for rating restaurants and dishes with innovative UX. Users do not rate the waiter and the staff, they do not rate the ambience of a restaurant or how long they had to wait for the food. It supports 20 food and drinks categories such as coffee, tea, salad, ice-cream, Hot-dog, sandwich, burger, pizza, kebab, cevapi, steak, sushi, burrito, fish, calamari, wok, burek, pasta, and pancakes. Tummly was established in 2020 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Spotsie
Seed Round in 2020
Spotsie is an event management platform that improves security and efficiency in oil facilities. The platform offers an energy-efficient positioning solution based on the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies that provide detailed location data on static and moving objects in indoor and outdoor environments. They envisioned how attendees could meet each other by matching mutual interests and business preferences, and how organizers could act on real-time reports on congestion of conference space. To support the vision, they had to create a Bluetooth-based beacon system to handle indoor attendee location. Spotsie was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia.
Swip.Work
Seed Round in 2020
Swip.Work is a digital job searching app connecting job seekers and companies or employers. It makes finding a job as easy and intuitive as possible. Having an app that feels familiar and is easy to use and agile at the same time, SWIP is a simple answer for a currently quite liquid job market different from all the solutions used at the moment. The app offers a fast and modern response to the always long and often agonizing process of paving the way towards a new job. Founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia.
SzuperChess
Seed Round in 2020
SzuperChess is an online platform that organizes online chess tournaments with real prizes. The platform has developed an innovative AI-based anti-cheating system, which will allow players to focus only on what is truly important: playing chess, enjoying the tournament, and competing for the prizes. It permits players to compete for the awards, without having to be concerned about the opponent. Founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia.
Printee
Seed Round in 2020
Printee is an online marketplace that bridges between buyers and sellers, print companies, and delivery companies. The marketplace also connects artists, brands, creatives, and businesses and enables the creation of customized and unique tees and merchandise. Printee was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia.
TIMEbit
Seed Round in 2020
TIMEbit is a company that creates solutions, services, and products for various industries and businesses by implementing new technology. It is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Perfume Tech
Seed Round in 2020
Perfume Tech is a technology startup that designs and develops electronic pumping systems for the perfume industry. The company's patent-pending technology enables the user to apply the perfume by a simple touch trigger. The PerfectTech APP also enables to make the perfume really smart for both the end-user and the producer. Perfume Tech is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Stuff4You
Seed Round in 2020
Stuff4You providing solutions for e-commerce shops using human-centered questions to customize and facilitate the search for each customer. It is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Sendbee
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sendbee, Inc. is a conversation platform designed for managing WhatsApp communications. Founded in 2019 by Ivan Arar and Domagoj Krpan, the company provides solutions such as a team inbox, automation, and contact management, enabling users to handle all their WhatsApp conversations from a single interface. With the capability to create a business profile, Sendbee connects clients with over two billion users globally. The company is incorporated in Newark, Delaware, while its operational base is located in Zagreb, Croatia.
Beeping
Seed Round in 2019
Beeping is a hard trust marketplace for household services. Currently present in 3 markets - Spain, Croatia and Slovenia. Beeping is doing different plan on this market - 95% of our revenue is coming from subscriptions. Bold vision? Yes, Beeping will become super app for trusted household services. Beeping is a Slovenia-based company that was founded in 2016 by Jan Dobrilovič and David Mohar. Beeping is Slovenian Startup of the year 2018.
Include
Venture Round in 2019
Include Ltd. is a high-tech startup based in Solin, Croatia, specializing in the development and manufacturing of IoT-based street furniture. Established in 2014, the company introduced the first smart bench in Europe in 2015, which incorporates features such as cable and wireless charging for devices, a free Wi-Fi hotspot, street lighting, and 15 sensors for monitoring bench usage and environmental data. The benches are equipped with an advanced web platform that enables real-time tracking of usage data, providing valuable insights for city councils and governments to enhance urban planning and maximize the benefits of smart technologies in public spaces. With nearly 100 units sold in its first year, Include aims to become a leader in innovative solutions that meet the everyday needs of citizens.
Foodin
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Foodin is a grocery delivery company that takes planning out of the equation, so people can cook a lot of food without spending a lot of money. People can order recipes or meal plans, set their target, their budget, and eat for no more than 3 dollars a meal. The company was founded in 2017 by Nico Poropat and Nikola Pević. It is headquartered in Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia.
FloorNap
Pre Seed Round in 2019
FloorNap is a website for low budget accommodations with restricting prices of accommodation to 15 euros per person. The platform showcases a variety of low-budget accommodations and promotes floor sleeping culture in sleeping bags. The company was founded in 2019 by Rino Dubokovic and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
MG Entertainment
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Mobile Games Entertainment (MGE) is a game development and self-publishing company. The company was founded in May 2019 and managed to develop and publish 4 titles. It is headquartered in Osijek, Croatia.
PlayerQuant
Seed Round in 2019
PlayerQuant is a software that creates game and sports event videos and highlights action phases. The company focuses on Fortnite videos on YouTube. PlayerQuant was founded by Matej Marjanovic in 2019 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia and an office at San Francisco, California.
Froc
Seed Round in 2019
Froc is a manufacturer of high chairs designed for children ranging from six months to ten years old. Founded in 2013 by Matej Kosir, the company produces adjustable chairs that can be easily modified in three steps to accommodate a child's growth, including adjustments to the backrest, seat, and footrest height. Froc's high chairs are constructed from durable, child-friendly wood, ensuring safety and longevity for users. The company is based in Slovenia, a country noted for its extensive forest resources, which supports the use of high-quality materials in its products. Froc's commitment to creating user-friendly and safe high chairs has earned it recognition and awards in the industry.
Pleme
Seed Round in 2019
Pleme is an online marketplace specializing in mattress shopping, founded in 2019 by Filip Havranek and Kristina Lugonja, and based in Zagreb, Croatia. The company manufactures single-sided mattresses designed to provide a quality sleeping experience, featuring layers arranged from softer to harder for optimal support and comfort. Pleme operates on an online-only business model, which simplifies the mattress shopping process, making it intuitive and risk-free for customers.
DGRoops
Pre Seed Round in 2019
DGROOPS is a B2B platform established in 2019 and based in Porec, Croatia, designed to enhance the relationship between tour operators and various suppliers involved in group organized travel. The company offers a booking management platform that serves as a marketplace, facilitating the discovery of efficient online solutions for group bookings. By providing a streamlined approach to connecting different stakeholders in the travel industry, DGROOPS enables businesses to collaborate more effectively while minimizing unnecessary costs, all for a fair annual usage fee.
Equinox Vision
Seed Round in 2019
Equinox Vision d.o.o. operates an online platform that specializes in the mass publication of augmented reality (AR) content, incorporating social-network features. Founded in 2018 and based in Zagreb, Croatia, the platform allows users to create and publish both location-based and image-based AR content directly from mobile devices. This service is designed for a wide range of users, including marketing agencies, educational institutions, and entertainment companies, enabling them to engage audiences through innovative marketing campaigns, gamification, and interactive storytelling. The platform also provides tools for businesses to manage and monitor their AR content on a global scale via the Equinox Studio web application. By streamlining the process of deploying AR experiences, Equinox Vision addresses the challenges faced by various sectors, including tourism and retail, in enhancing customer engagement and loyalty. The company monetizes its platform through licensing and freemium content offerings.
Nom Nom
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Nom Nom is an online software platform that helps restaurants provide better service to clients and optimize staff costs. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Thinktourism
Seed Round in 2019
Thinktourism Ltd. is a company that develops analytical software specifically for the tourism and travel industry, with a focus on enhancing decision-making efficiency for service providers. Founded in 2018 and based in Zagreb, Croatia, Thinktourism offers a range of solutions, including Trendflow, which provides tools for hotel operations, guest experience enhancements, online reputation management, and sustainability strategies. Additionally, the company offers eDest, which focuses on image tracking of tourist destinations. By leveraging big data analytics, Thinktourism aims to deliver user-friendly insights and practical implications to support tourism professionals in their managerial decisions. The company’s primary objective is to create knowledge-based products and services that facilitate confident and efficient business practices, ultimately improving the overall guest experience and driving sales within the tourism and hospitality sectors.
Equinox Vision
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Equinox Vision d.o.o. operates an online platform that specializes in the mass publication of augmented reality (AR) content, incorporating social-network features. Founded in 2018 and based in Zagreb, Croatia, the platform allows users to create and publish both location-based and image-based AR content directly from mobile devices. This service is designed for a wide range of users, including marketing agencies, educational institutions, and entertainment companies, enabling them to engage audiences through innovative marketing campaigns, gamification, and interactive storytelling. The platform also provides tools for businesses to manage and monitor their AR content on a global scale via the Equinox Studio web application. By streamlining the process of deploying AR experiences, Equinox Vision addresses the challenges faced by various sectors, including tourism and retail, in enhancing customer engagement and loyalty. The company monetizes its platform through licensing and freemium content offerings.
Borza Terjatev
Seed Round in 2017
Borza terjatev operates a peer-to-peer financing market in Slovenia and Croatia, focused on facilitating online working capital finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company has developed a mutual financing platform that simplifies peer-to-peer lending and invoice financing through process automation. By syndicating auctions in real time, the platform allows investors to access a diversified and liquid portfolio of SME exposure. Additionally, Borza terjatev provides essential services that enable clients to easily sell or trade their receivables, thereby promoting efficient capital flow and investment opportunities in the region.
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