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We are a community of experienced founders and operators investing €200K-€1.5M in pre-seed & seed startups, alongside the fund. We back founders whose drive borders on unreasonable, then we work alongside them to drive the next round. Our members, who have built companies like Vimeo, Bolt, and Wise, not only provide capital but also deep industry insights and connections. Since launching at TechChill ‘22, we’ve invested over €3.8M and leveraged a network of 300+ startup builders from more than 20 countries to support startups aiming for significant growth. Our track record already includes a successful €75M exit with RoomPriceGenie, demonstrating our ability to identify and elevate startups with high potential early in their journey.
Backed by unicorn builders from:
Investment strategy
As a community of highly driven and accomplished founders, operators and angel investors, we can source a much bigger and much higher quality dealflow than alone. Besides that we also source dealflow from business angel networks, other angels, VCs, service providers, inbound.
Target check size
We invest €200K–€1.75M per startup. To maximise return, we double down on the best performers.
Frequency
One deal every two months.
Stages
Pre-seed and seed.
Geography
Our focus is on founders building for global markets - no matter where they are.
Sector
Sector-agnostic, with the most collective experience in B2B software and marketplaces - that's what we gravitate toward.
Our edge: Launchpad
After we invest, every portfolio company enters Launchpad - a structured GTM diagnostic system designed to find what's actually broken and fix it with the right people. Three connected systems working as one to get the company to its next round faster and with higher conviction.
A community of
unicorn builders
Our members are founders and operators who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M funding), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo ($151M funding), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B raised), Interactio ($30M), Vinted ($562.3M), NordVPN ($100M), Hubspot ($100.5M).
"It's so much harder for investors to support companies when they haven't had the lived experience as an operator."
Miranda Gottlieb
$25M Marketing
$0 → Unicorn
7K Employees
“As an investor with BADideas, the deep operational insights we offer startups truly set us apart.”
Raimonds Kulbergs
SaaS Exit
Fundraising Expert
GTM & Strategy
“Being part of BADideas means you’re actively participating in the growth of innovative startups, not just funding them.”
Ben Leblois
EdTech & ClimateTech
3x Founder
1 Exit
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