BrightCap Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in companies with defensible technology and significant global growth potential. Headquartered in Sofia, BrightCap deploys an extended network in Silicon Valley and Europe to assist its portfolio.
Location: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 18
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 18.12.2025 | GlycanAge | glycanage.com | $12.9M | Croatia |
| 07.08.2025 | WiseBee | wisebee.ai | $2.5M | Bulgaria |
| 22.06.2022 | Kardi AI | kardi-ai.com | $1.65M | Czechia, O... |
| 19.02.2022 | CoLumbo - ... | columbo.me | $2.39M | Bulgaria, ... |
| 13.02.2022 | Novus | novus.world | $1.32M | United Kin... |
| 16.01.2022 | SessionSta... | sessionstack.com | $1.83M | Bulgaria, ... |
| 09.07.2021 | ONDO | Sma... | ondo.io | $1.18M | Bulgaria, ... |
| 24.06.2021 | Efemarai | efemarai.com | - | United Kin... |
| 05.02.2021 | Amygda | amygdalabs.com | - | United Kin... |
| 26.05.2020 | Enview | enview.com | $18M | United Sta... |
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News 34
| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.05.2022 | BrightCap leads Kardi AI's pre-Seed to enable unlimited ECG monitoring | BrightCap is excited to lead Kardi-AI’s €350,000 pre-Seed round. By using commercially available Tomas Skala (left) and Stephen Burke. Image by Kardi AI BrightCap is excited to lead Kardi-AI’s €350,000 pre-Seed round. By using commerciall... |
| 25.05.2022 | LucidLink raises $20m Series B after a year of tremendous growth | We are delighted to have participated in Lucidlink’s $20m Series B round along Headline Image by LucidLink We are delighted to have participated in Lucidlink‘s $20m Series B round along Headline, Baseline Ventures and Top Tier Capital Par... |
| 17.02.2022 | CoLumbo raises €2.1m to scale its AI platform for L-Spine radiology | CoLumbo, an AI assistant for lumbar spine radiology, has raised a €2.1m Seed round CoLumbo, an AI assistant for lumbar spine radiology, has raised a €2.1m Seed round from BrightCap Ventures and Eleven Ventures. Using AI, CoLumbo reads, se... |
| 11.02.2022 | BrightCap backs impact banking pioneer Novus | Novus has raised £2m+ from BrightCap Ventures and fintech angel investors Novus has raised £2m+ from BrightCap Ventures and fintech angel investors from the UK and Switzerland. Novus has more than 30,000 people in their waitlist and has be... |
| 10.02.2022 | Join the BrightCap Ventures Investment Team | BrightCap Ventures is a Sofia-based VC fund on a mission to uncover our region’s vast BrightCap Ventures is a Sofia-based VC fund on a mission to uncover our region’s vast, unexplored potential to incubate dominating technology companies. ... |
| 14.01.2022 | BrightCap invests in product analytics platform Sessionstack | Sessionstack has raised a €750K round led by BrightCap and joined by Telerik co-founder Boyko Sessionstack founder and CEO Alexander Zlatkov (middle) together with the BrightCap team Sessionstack has raised a €750K round led by BrightCap ... |
| 06.01.2022 | Matterport Completes Acquisition of Enview | Enview, a BrightCap portfolio company, has been acquired by Matterport, a leader in spatial analytics Enview, a BrightCap portfolio company, has been acquired by Matterport, a leader in spatial analytics for the built world. Reconstructin... |
| 21.08.2021 | The challenges of tapping into the US market | In this interview with Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, Elina Halatcheva talks about some of the challenges of tapping Image by Bloomberg TV Bulgaria In an interview with Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, Elina Halatcheva talks about some of the challenges of... |
| 20.05.2021 | Lucidlink closes $12m Series A round led by Headline and joined by Adobe | LucidLink, an innovator in cloud file technology raised $12 million in Series A funding to support accelerated growth Image by Lucidlink LucidLink, an innovator in cloud file technology raised $12 million in Series A funding to support ac... |
| 06.05.2021 | Pliant raises $10m in Series A funding led by Osage Venture Partners | Pliant, a BrightCap portfolio company, raised an oversubscribed $10m Series A round led by Image by Pliant Pliant, a BrightCap portfolio company, raised an oversubscribed $10m Series A round led by Osage Venture Partners. BrightCap Ventur... |
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Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.02.2026 | RobosizeME Raises $2M in Seed Funding | RobosizeME, an Olomouc, Czech Republic startup designing workflow automation purpose-built to remove the repetitive, manual work from hotel operations, raised $2M in Seed funding. The round was led by SeedTwo Capital, with participation fro... |
| 19.12.2025 | GlycanAge Secures Major Funding. Reshaping Healthcare with Biological Age Diagnostics. | GlycanAge, a UK biotech rooted in Croatian research, just secured €7.4 million. This significant investment propels glycan-based aging diagnostics into mainstream healthcare. Their "inflammaging" clock, a cutting-edge biomarker, p... |
| 18.12.2025 | UK longevity startup GlycanAge raises €7.4 million to bring glycan-based ageing diagnostics into mainstream healthcare | UK-based longevity startup GlycanAge has raised €7.4 million ($8.7 million) in fresh funding to accelerate the clinical development of its technology and expand access to glycan testing for clinicians worldwide. The round was led by Fifth Q... |
| 18.12.2025 | GlycanAge Founders on Boosting Transition From “Wellness” Biomarker to Hospital Diagnostic | Croatia, UK ~ Company: Glycans, sugar molecules that shape immune response, inflammation and ageing, are well studied in research labs but rarely used in everyday clinical diagnostics. Croatian-founded GlycanAge, a London-headquartered biot... |
| 07.08.2025 | WiseBee raises $2.5M to deliver autonomous cyber defense to mid-market | Cybersecurity startup WiseBee has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development and deployment of its Agentic cyber risk mitigation platform. WiseBee was founded by Stoyan Stoyanov (CEO) and Taha Kazi (CDO), who lead... |
| 28.11.2023 | Czech medtech KARDI AI raises €1.5M in seed funding | Czech medtech KARDI AI raises €1.5M in seed funding 28 November, 2023, 18:21 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Czech Republic-based startup KARDI AI raises €1... |
| 15.09.2023 | Launch Announces Its Second HealthTech Event, the Side Event of How To Web Conference 2023 | Launch is a Romanian industry-agnostic platform for supporting local early-stage founders and tech talent This October, they welcome startup founders, investors, private and public actors to the second edition of their first healthtech even... |
| 07.09.2022 | Boeing Invests in Industrial AI Startup Amygda To Reduce the Carbon Impact of Transport Industries | London, United Kingdom ~ • Industrial AI startup Amydga announced two major players in the transport industry join them as investors – global aerospace company Boeing and UAE’s Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun). • The investment worth ₤200... |
| 25.08.2022 | 12 Venture Capital Funds in Bulgaria That Support Local Startups | Bulgaria ~ Having an innovative idea for a startup is amazing. But do you know what’s game changing? That’s right, raising some capital. Some would argue that receiving startup funding in Bulgaria is difficult, and they’re right. It used to... |
| 17.01.2022 | Digital experience startup SessionStack raises €750K in a round led by BrightCap | Sofia, Bulgaria ~ Company: SessionStack, the Bulgarian startup that develops а Digital Experience Insights platform to help product teams improve customer experience, closed a €750К seed round led by the Sofia-based BrightCap Ventures. The ... |
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