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We make angel investing easy for you. Start with €1K per deal.
We are a community of experienced founders and operators investing €300K-€1.5M in post-MVP startups across CEE. 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 250+ 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
First check - €300K-€500K (fund + syndicate), but to maximize return, we like to double down on the best performing startups by investing in follow on rounds 3X the initial investment.
Frequency
We are starting with 1 investment per month, however we will scale this up over time.
Stages
Pre-seed (MVP live and some market traction) --> Series A ($40k+ MRR)
Geography
Our focus is on founders living or having roots in CEE.
Sector
Our focus is where we are most passionate and can contribute most. Collectively we have most experience in B2B SaaS and marketplace, so that’s what we gravitate more towards.
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
Frequently asked
questions
Find answers to common questions about our investment process, eligibility, support, and everything in between. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out directly.