Lead Ventures

Lead Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Budapest, Hungary, founded in 2017. It focuses on financing scale-ups and emerging growth companies primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular interest in sectors such as mobility, energy and sustainability, as well as B2B services and software. The firm aims to support dynamic teams with innovative solutions that have demonstrated market validation and growth potential. Lead Ventures typically invests between €1 million and €10 million, providing equity financing to companies in their scale-up phase. In addition to its investment capabilities, the firm leverages a broad professional network and industry experience to assist its portfolio companies in transforming their respective industries. Lead Ventures manages a capital pool sourced from MOL, a leading energy company in the region, along with contributions from other financial institutions committed to fostering the startup ecosystem.

Diána Bene

Analyst

Beáta Bocskor

Analyst

Ádám Csuhai

Principal

Virág Dezső

Principal

Balázs Haszonics

CEO

Ingrid Helmick

Associate

Brigitta Illés

CFO

Angéla Kopf

Associate

Henrik Néninger

Associate

Kristóf Székely

Partner

Péter Tóth

Analyst

26 past transactions

XUND

Seed Round in 2025
XUND is a Vienna-based company founded in 2018 that focuses on digitizing patient interactions and transforming healthcare data into actionable insights. The company offers a Patient Interaction Suite, which utilizes advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to enhance prevention, expedite diagnosis, and facilitate integrated monitoring. By analyzing millions of medical publications, XUND's platform processes data on over 4,000 medical conditions, ensuring high standards of medical quality. The suite is designed to bridge the gap between doctors and patients, employing AI to pose straightforward questions and provide clear, factual feedback on symptoms. This enables patients to understand their health conditions better and take informed next steps toward recovery. Through its innovative approach, XUND aims to improve the overall patient experience and effectiveness of healthcare delivery.

Oxla

Seed Round in 2024
Meet Oxla, the world's fastest-distributed database, designed to handle large amounts of data with ease. Our unique, simple structure allows 10x faster query execution than the current state-of-the-art solutions (e.g. Snowflake) and data infrastructure cost reduction by up to 70%. Our solution is perfect for companies processing large amounts of data in industries such as business intelligence, IoT, cybersecurity, ad tech, data science, or AI/ML coaching.

RedTrack.io

Series A in 2024
RedTrack.io is privacy first, SaaS ad tracking and conversion attribution platform providing marketers with real-time data, alerts and automation to maximise return on ad spend, capture the customer journey and evaluate marketing performance across all digital channels.

Leanpay

Series B in 2024
Leanpay aims to be a pioneer of BNPL 3.0. with a mission to disrupt the consumer loans segment. Existing BNPL players are financing an average basket size of around 100 EUR. Leanpay is focused on the segment of bigger purchases up to 10.000 EURm, with an average basket size 5x bigger compared to BNPL 2.0 players. Today, the segment of financing bigger purchases is mostly covered with traditional consumer loans provided by banks. Leanpay is able to disrupt the segment because it is a regulated credit company with high competencies in providing in-depth credit analysis for its clients, preventing over-indebtedness and assuring Leanpay position as a responsible lender.

Parkl Digital Technologies

Venture Round in 2024
Parkl is a digital platform, which integrates parking and e-mobility services in a single system and optimizes the utilization of these capacities. Parkl application connects these capacities with drivers, who can manage every process conveniently and cashless with their phone whether it is on-, or off-street parking or EV charging. OFF-STREET PARKING -Park easily with your mobile phone at Parkl partner car parks and manage the entire parking process from the comfort of your car, from opening the gate to payment! PUBLIC PARKING -Forget zone hunting and coin finding, Parkl makes street parking easier with automatic zone recognition and cashless payment! ELECTRIC CHARGING -Use the Parkl map to find the nearest electric charger to your location, then manage the whole process from charging to payment from your mobile. PARKL OFFICE -A digital parking solution that deals with all the parking challenges of an office building efficiently and helps achieve ESG goals, by providing full scale e-mobility services too. PARKL FLEET -Managing parking and charging for the entire company fleet in one app!

CloudTalk

Series B in 2024
CloudTalk is the fastest-growing AI-powered calling solution and call center software for modern businesses. CloudTalk was founded in 2016 to help businesses connect seamlessly with customers over the phone and make customer experience the greatest competitive advantage for driving more revenues.

ROKSH

Seed Round in 2023
ROKSH is a marketplace, offering customers a personal shopping service with an outstanding customer experience and and an end-to-end solution for large retailers, who are looking for a 3rd party solution to have an e-commerce presence. Our team is on a mission to ROcK your SHopping experience, that's how we created ROKSH and that's why we are eager to bring you a joyful, quick and premium shopping service, where you can meet your beloved retailers in a brand new experience.

GoRamp

Seed Round in 2023
GoRamp is a cloud-based transportation management software company founded in 2016 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It provides a comprehensive platform for shippers to manage freight logistics efficiently. The software offers real-time shipment planning, communication with carriers and stakeholders, and tools for dock scheduling, warehouse, and yard management. It simplifies various logistics processes, including tendering, document scanning, and virtual communication, all under a unified cloud service. By delivering real-time access to transportation orders, GoRamp enables clients to streamline their supply chain management and improve operational efficiency.

GoodVision

Venture Round in 2023
GoodVision Ltd is a London-based company that specializes in providing a cloud-based software platform for automated traffic data collection and analysis. Founded in 2017, it utilizes artificial intelligence to assist traffic and transport-related organizations in understanding and managing road and intersection traffic. The platform offers comprehensive video insights, allowing transport planners and surveyors to automate labor-intensive analytics tasks, ultimately improving traffic conditions by addressing congestion and enhancing safety. GoodVision serves private firms in traffic engineering and consulting, as well as transport agencies and real-time traffic centers, with users across 102 countries. The company has experienced significant growth, achieving a 100% annual revenue increase over the past three years, supported by venture capital investment.

Antavo AI Loyalty Cloud

Series A in 2022
Antavo offers the market's most advanced AI-powered customer loyalty platform, streamlining the entire loyalty program lifecycle. Antavo's innovative Loyalty Planner speeds up implementation by making program planning up to 10 times faster, while the flexible Loyalty Engine, featuring an intuitive Workflows editor, brings any loyalty concept to life. At the heart of the solution is Timi AI, a groundbreaking agentic AI that guides and enhances your work at every step. As a pure-play loyalty technology vendor, Antavo’s robust, API-driven platform is recognized by industry leaders like Forrester, Gartner, and IDC. Trusted by global brands such as KFC, C&A, Flying Tiger, Notino, Scandic Hotels, Kathmandu, and Benefit Cosmetics, Antavo is the go-to choice for loyalty consultants, agencies, and system integrators worldwide. Antavo empowers businesses across fashion, beauty, retail, travel, hospitality, and beyond to create meaningful customer connections.

GA Drilling

Venture Round in 2022
GA Drilling is a high-tech company focused on developing and commercializing its innovative drilling technology platform, PLASMABIT. This technology aims to deliver significant time and cost savings compared to traditional drilling methods, making it applicable across various sectors, including oil and gas, geothermal energy, mining, and tunneling. The company emphasizes the potential of its patented technology to facilitate the production of clean and renewable energy, offering scalable solutions that support zero-carbon emissions energy production. Through its advancements, GA Drilling seeks to open new avenues for efficient and sustainable resource extraction.

PublishDrive

Series A in 2022
Powered by BI, AI, and machine learning, PublishDrive makes it easy to distribute ebooks to more than 400 online stores in the US and internationally, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Google Play Books, and Kobo. PublishDrive’s distribution network also includes more than 240,000 digital libraries worldwide. In addition to distribution, our full-service platform offers ebook conversion, marketing tools, sales analytics, metadata management, royalty splitting for co-authors, and more. With a core team that includes self-published authors, digital native book nerds, and entrepreneurs, we are committed to staying ahead of trends in the publishing industry. Our scalable revenue streams include subscription-based distribution and standalone services.

bindr

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bindr is an educational technology platform designed to connect students globally, fostering motivation and collaboration in their studies. By facilitating peer study sessions, the platform enables students to hold each other accountable, enhancing focus and companionship while working remotely. Bindr not only supports academic achievement but also encourages the exploration of skills and opportunities through meaningful interactions with fellow learners.

Leanpay

Series A in 2021
Leanpay aims to be a pioneer of BNPL 3.0. with a mission to disrupt the consumer loans segment. Existing BNPL players are financing an average basket size of around 100 EUR. Leanpay is focused on the segment of bigger purchases up to 10.000 EURm, with an average basket size 5x bigger compared to BNPL 2.0 players. Today, the segment of financing bigger purchases is mostly covered with traditional consumer loans provided by banks. Leanpay is able to disrupt the segment because it is a regulated credit company with high competencies in providing in-depth credit analysis for its clients, preventing over-indebtedness and assuring Leanpay position as a responsible lender.

Recart

Seed Round in 2021
Recart is a marketing platform that assists ecommerce merchants in enhancing their sales through customer engagement on messenger applications. The platform focuses on conversational commerce by facilitating communication with customers about key aspects such as abandoned carts, shipping updates, reviews, and product promotions. By leveraging these messenger platforms, Recart enables clients to directly connect with their customers, thereby improving their ability to close sales and ultimately increasing revenue.

CodeCool

Series C in 2021
Codecool is an educational institution designed to address the digital talent shortage while facilitating career transitions for individuals. It offers project- and mastery-based experiential education, focusing on high-demand programming languages such as Python, Java, and JavaScript, along with essential skills in GIT and agile methodologies like SCRUM. The curriculum is tailored to meet business needs, providing a transparent learning profile and assessment history, which allows companies to source high-quality digital talent. Codecool employs a try-and-hire model, enabling businesses to evaluate candidates in real work scenarios before finalizing employment. The learning environment emphasizes practical experience, with students engaged in real-life team projects and self-directed assignments. Mentors guide students through their educational journey, fostering both technical and soft skills essential for workplace success. The institution continuously assesses and refines its teaching methods and course content to align with evolving market demands. Additionally, it offers financing solutions to support individuals in their reskilling efforts, ensuring accessibility for a diverse range of learners.

Chargery GmbH

Series A in 2020
We are SURVE — Europe's No. 1 for intelligent shared mobility operations. Through an integration of full service, intelligent software and smart infrastructure solutions we provide highly efficient and sustainable shared mobility operations to set shared mobility fleets in motion.

BitNinja.io

Series A in 2020
BitNinja is an easy-to use server security tool, which can be installed on your server within a couple of minutes and requires virtually no maintenance. It is a mixture of an on-premise and cloudbased solution. It is an agent which sits on your infrastructure and sends the attack information to the central server which is in the cloud. We have a new technology called defence network, which means that every BitNinja protected server learns from each attack and shares the learned information with the central server and with all the other BitNinja enabled servers, so the shield just gets stronger and stronger with every single attack.

Neticle

Series A in 2019
Neticle is a rapidly growing B2B SaaS startup based in Hungary, specializing in text analytics solutions for enterprises across more than 25 languages. The company offers four key products aimed at enhancing data-driven decision-making: Neticle Media Intelligence, a social listening tool that provides real-time insights into brand reputation; Zurvey.io, a customer experience management platform that automatically analyzes textual data such as open-ended survey responses and product reviews; and the underlying Text Analysis API and Data API, which facilitate seamless integration into existing corporate systems. By utilizing proprietary sentiment and semantic analysis technologies, Neticle helps organizations improve productivity and optimize efficiency through automated content analysis.

Neuron Soundware

Venture Round in 2019
Neuron Soundware develops advanced technology for machine diagnostics, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to analyze acoustic signatures and other physical parameters of industrial equipment. This innovative approach facilitates early detection of potential failures, enhancing the operational efficiency of machines across various applications, including power generation, CNC machining, 3D printing, and robotics. By optimizing the performance of both individual machines and entire manufacturing lines, Neuron Soundware helps reduce operating costs, improve maintenance practices, and minimize the environmental impact of industrial production. Their comprehensive solution features IoT hardware for edge computing, web-based software for data analysis, and seamless integration capabilities, allowing for 24/7 remote data access and rapid processing of large datasets. This positions Neuron Soundware as a key player in developing sustainable technologies and processes within the manufacturing sector.

GA Drilling

Series B in 2019
GA Drilling is a high-tech company focused on developing and commercializing its innovative drilling technology platform, PLASMABIT. This technology aims to deliver significant time and cost savings compared to traditional drilling methods, making it applicable across various sectors, including oil and gas, geothermal energy, mining, and tunneling. The company emphasizes the potential of its patented technology to facilitate the production of clean and renewable energy, offering scalable solutions that support zero-carbon emissions energy production. Through its advancements, GA Drilling seeks to open new avenues for efficient and sustainable resource extraction.

AImotive

Series C in 2018
AImotive is focused on developing automated driving technology aimed at providing safe and comfortable rides in various environments. The company creates self-driving software and proprietary simulation tools, alongside neural network acceleration hardware, to support the deployment of automated driving systems. AImotive's products are designed to be scalable, modular, and hardware agnostic, fostering collaboration within the industry. The team's expertise in artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and 3D graphics enhances their ability to assist partners in achieving their self-driving objectives.
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