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BADideas.fund
Venture capital
BADideas.fund is a pre-seed and seed venture fund that backs software founders in Central and Eastern Europe. It invests first checks of €200K to €1.5M and places go-to-market operators inside portfolio companies.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordssoftwareapplication layeraigo-to-marketcentral and eastern europe
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Or find every investor that fitsBADideas.fund lists 40 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (18%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). It invests most often alongside FIRSTPICK, Specialist VC and DEPO Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BADideas.fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not BADideas.fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 9 companies; its own site lists 40. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 77th | 40 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 18% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 8th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 97th | 12 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| FIRSTPICK | 7 |
| Specialist VC | 5 |
| DEPO Ventures | 4 |
| Superangel | 4 |
| Balnord | 3 |
| Change Ventures | 3 |
| ZAKA Ventures | 3 |
| Coinvest Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3998%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare BADideas.fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with BADideas.fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Round Led | |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Round | |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 3 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Seed |
Round details for BADideas.fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BADideas.fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
40 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Craft designs, manufactures, and delivers 3D-printed, small-batch aircraft interior components | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Amorphous turns clinical notes into structured, queryable data for hospital teams to act on. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blockmate connects banks and fintech with crypto | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Bolt offers various mobility services, including ride-hailing, car-sharing, food and grocery delivery, and micromobility solutions. | Mobility & LogisticsFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Breezit helps users find wedding venues in California | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| BuilderBase provides a platform for running hackathons and builder events | Enterprise SoftwareEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Desktop Commander gives AI chat access to your computer, allowing it to read files, run commands, and see results | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Finfra provides infrastructure and services for technology companies to embed financial services into their environment through seamless integration. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fleetfox provides software-coordinated fleet care services, including washing, upkeep, and relocations, for light commercial vehicle fleets | Mobility & LogisticsFintech | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| ForActive provides a payment app for personal trainers and fitness professionals to manage payments, clients, and classes | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides insurance for various personal items and aspects of life, such as homes, mobility, travel, and pets. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fuel Finance provides an all-in-one financial planning and analysis solution that combines technology with human touch to help startups and small businesses manage their finances | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Giraffe360 provides real estate media solutions, including photo and video editing, virtual staging, and 360 virtual tours, for agents, photographers, and brokerages. | Real Estate & ConstructionMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Hopted imports Amazon data into Google Sheets and allows bulk editing of Amazon data in Google Sheets. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Juo provides a subscription toolkit for e-commerce businesses to launch and manage subscription models for physical products. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Juo provides a subscription toolkit for ecommerce businesses to launch and manage subscription models for physical products. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops an AI kick drum generator plugin for music production. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Feb 2026Round | Page + round | |
| LANDE provides a platform for investing in agricultural loans in the EU | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Leya AI provides a personal AI coach to help users learn English faster | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- badideas.fund
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 40
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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