Author Archives for Maria Eliseeva

RegTech tends to show an opposite trend in the economic recession compared to other SaaS sectors

November 8, 2022 1:00 pm Published by Comments Off on RegTech tends to show an opposite trend in the economic recession compared to other SaaS sectors

US and Europe’s leading tech VC’s discuss investment and RegTech at the SaaS lounge co-hosted by Flashpoint VC and Clausematch   November 7, 2022, London, UNITED KINGDOM – New York: Leaders from Flashpoint VC, Lytical Ventures, the Sony Innovation Fund, and... View Article


Flashpoint participated in €21M Series A round by Bob W

October 25, 2022 10:52 am Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint participated in €21M Series A round by Bob W

Helsinki, Finland– October 25, 2022 — Tech-driven hospitality provider, Bob W, which offers a smarter and more sustainable alternative to hotels and short-stay rentals, has secured €21 million in series A funding, led by IDC Ventures, Elevator Ventures, Verve Ventures and Flashpoint.... View Article


The Cyprus IP Box regime: designed for ambitious high-tech entrepreneurs

October 17, 2022 10:50 am Published by Comments Off on The Cyprus IP Box regime: designed for ambitious high-tech entrepreneurs

Intellectual Property (IP) protection is not always high on the list of priorities for start-up founders immersed in the day-to-day struggle to turn an inspired idea into a successful business. Quite often, the first time entrepreneurs seriously consider securing their... View Article


Flashpoint Venture Capital launches an office in New York to support its US activity

October 10, 2022 10:44 am Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint Venture Capital launches an office in New York to support its US activity

October 10, 2022. New-York. Flashpoint Venture Capital, an international technology investment firm that manages equity and debt funds that are focused on US and international tech start-ups originating in Emerging Europe and Israel, has opened a new office in New York.... View Article


Flashpoint participates in $170 Million Guesty funding round

August 16, 2022 1:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint participates in $170 Million Guesty funding round

The round will accelerate Guesty’s international business growth, fuel continued expansion into new verticals, and enhance its industry-leading property management technology and platform to meet the evolving needs of every type of hospitality operator Tel Aviv, Israel & Los Angeles,... View Article


Behind the scenes of a successful VC and Startup event organization

August 9, 2022 1:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Behind the scenes of a successful VC and Startup event organization

Before you start reading check the latest events that inspired me to write these tips 😉: Flashpoint Annual Investor Day 2022 SummerSaaS 2022 conference. International Financial Institutions in European Tech Panel with the participation of Małgorzata Walczak (PFR Ventures),Bakhrom Ibragimov... View Article


Flashpoint announces US$105 million close of its VCIII fund having secured its first institutional investment Limited Partner

August 4, 2022 1:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint announces US$105 million close of its VCIII fund having secured its first institutional investment Limited Partner

Széchenyi Funds, a Hungarian fund manager, to invest $20 million in Flashpoint VC III fund. The close allows VC III to reach its target fund size of US$100 million. August 4, 2022. London. Flashpoint Venture Capital, an international technology investment firm... View Article


Second Is the New First

July 13, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Second Is the New First

Part I of this two-part series on Secondary solutions not only introduced illiquidity and its many challenges, it also presented various solutions, whether it was anticipatory actions founders could take or more ex-post solutions like the Secondary market. Part I, therefore, focused on more conventional avenues, whereas Part II will focus on unconventional solutions to the challenges posed by illiquidity.


Will ESG increase my value?

June 15, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Will ESG increase my value?

Remarks by Dr. Jan Dauman, CEO, InterMatrix; co-Founder and Trustee, IBLF Global Let me start by saying that the question “will ESG increase my value” doesn’t make much sense to me, because the answer is “it depends”. What we actually... View Article


Clausematch closes US$10.8 million strategic investment round led by Lytical Ventures, Flashpoint and Sony Innovation Fund

June 14, 2022 1:43 pm Published by Comments Off on Clausematch closes US$10.8 million strategic investment round led by Lytical Ventures, Flashpoint and Sony Innovation Fund

June 14, 2022 — London — New York — San Francisco — Clausematch, a global RegTech company automating policy management and compliance for regulated industries, today announced the close of a US$10.8M strategic funding round led by Lytical Ventures and joined by... View Article


SummerSaaS 2022 — summary of the event

June 14, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on SummerSaaS 2022 — summary of the event

For the third year in a row, Flashpoint organized SummerSaas, where venture capital firms and tech startups from Emerging Europe and Israel met in an online format and held pitch competitions and panel discussions on trending topics.


200+ Emails of the Most Active Angels in Israel

May 30, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on 200+ Emails of the Most Active Angels in Israel

Global financial markets have been disrupted recently, inevitably affecting private markets around the world. Early-stage start-ups find themselves in a particularly difficult and risky environment as investors start to become hesitant in these market conditions.


Summer SaaS discussion: an insight into the Technologization of VC

May 30, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Summer SaaS discussion: an insight into the Technologization of VC

Back in 2020 Flashpoint launched a new initiative called SummerSaaS — an online competition for seed and post-seed SaaS companies. In 2021, we went further and not only repeated the previous event but grew it into a conference with interesting panel discussions around VC topics.


SummerSaaS pitch competition and VC conference joined by the leading VCs of Emerging Europe and Israel

May 11, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on SummerSaaS pitch competition and VC conference joined by the leading VCs of Emerging Europe and Israel

3rd annual SummerSaaS conference for venture capital firms and tech startups with founders from Emerging Europe and Israel is scheduled for June 9, 2022 in online format and will feature the pitch competition and VC panel discussions on trending topics, as well as corporate panel with the region’s leading technology companies.


Personal LinkedIn account – the way to promote your achievements and to grow visibility of your company

April 26, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Personal LinkedIn account – the way to promote your achievements and to grow visibility of your company

Finally we are back to in-person events but still you can get the first contact from the LinkedIn. You might hate attending various conferences being a hige introvert, so this is the great tool that will help you to connect to partners, startup founders, other VCs, potential employers.


Flashpoint partners with Dynamo Software and launches Investor Relations portal across all its funds

April 14, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint partners with Dynamo Software and launches Investor Relations portal across all its funds

April 14, 2022- Flashpoint, an international technology investment firm that manages venture capital, growth secondary, and venture debt funds and Dynamo Software introduce Flashpoint’s new Investor Portal that optimises the front-to-back office productivity of the investment teams, the fund managers and the limited partners, while providing innovative solutions to facilitate data exchange between the parties.


Flashpoint has been appointed an authorised representative of an FCA — regulated firm

April 11, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint has been appointed an authorised representative of an FCA — regulated firm

April 11, 2022 — Flashpoint has been appointed an authorised representative of ALDGATE ADVISORS LIMITED which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Flashpoint Venture Capital Fund III has migrated from being a Jersey Private Fund to a Jersey Expert Fund which reflects Flashpoint’s desire to adhere to more stringent regulatory requirements.


Gaviti Raises $9 Million Series A After Helping Clients Collect $6.2B in Account Receivables in 2021

April 6, 2022 1:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Gaviti Raises $9 Million Series A After Helping Clients Collect $6.2B in Account Receivables in 2021

FinTech Startup Gaviti helps companies recoup outstanding receivables with their automated platform. “In 2021, our clients recovered $6.2 billion in A/R Receivables by streamlining an otherwise tedious process,” said Yan Lazarev, Co-founder & CEO of Gaviti. April 6, 2022– Gaviti, an... View Article


Flashpoint Annual Newsletter

March 28, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint Annual Newsletter

We are happy to announce that Flashpoint’ AUM set to cross US$0.5 billion! Click here to see the video press-release As at December 31, 2021 our Assets Under the Management reached c. US$480 million, amount of exits exceeded US$50 million. As... View Article


Flashpoint Invites Seed and Late-seed Stage SaaS Startups to Pitch in Front of The Leading VCs in Central and Eastern Europe, Finland, Baltics and Israel.

March 10, 2022 2:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint Invites Seed and Late-seed Stage SaaS Startups to Pitch in Front of The Leading VCs in Central and Eastern Europe, Finland, Baltics and Israel.

Flashpoint, international investment group with c. US$0.5 billion AUM announces its 3rd annual SummerSaaS conference for venture capital firms and tech startups with founders from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Israel, Finland and the Baltics. The Conference is scheduled for June 9, 2022 in online format.


FlashpointCares — we are ready to help

March 9, 2022 2:29 pm Published by Comments Off on FlashpointCares — we are ready to help

The last two weeks for us at Flashpoint have been one of the hardest periods in our lives. Being an investor with Eastern European roots, and physical offices across Riga, Warsaw and Budapest, we are deeply disgusted by the horrors of the war in Ukraine.


Flashpoint invests in Omnipack

February 28, 2022 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint invests in Omnipack

Omnipack, a full-stack fulfillment service company for medium-sized European online stores, today announced that it has secured €2 million in new debt financing from Flashpoint Venture Debt. Omnipack will use its new financing by Flashpoint to further develop new systems... View Article


Flashpoint invests in ByNext

February 3, 2022 2:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint invests in ByNext

ByNext Secures $10 mln in Capital from Flashpoint to Accelerate its Organic Growth and Consolidate the Home Services Market in the US New financing will provide growth capital to the leading tech-based, omni-channel clothing and premise care company providing sustainable... View Article


Second is the New First

January 30, 2022 2:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Second is the New First

The main difference between public and private markets lies in accessibility i.e. liquidity. While it is easy and inexpensive to invest in and trade in the public market, the private market is a different story. This article is Part I of a two-part series highlighting the importance of creating liquidity from the founder and company perspective. It dives into problems like dead equity and presents subsequent solutions on how to tackle these issues, including solutions involving secondary transactions in shares.


Talk the Talk — Basic Startups Dictionary

January 24, 2022 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Talk the Talk — Basic Startups Dictionary

If you are an entrepreneur and it’s your first rodeo, you may come across different VC’s and startup terms you are not going to be familiar with and while many of the terms are technical not being familiar with them may cost you in losing points in the eyes of the VC. Therefore, you should want to learn the relevant language of funding. There are several terms and abbreviations that are used for evaluating your company, understanding your growth and your business plans.


Why on earth should VCs care about sustainability?

January 20, 2022 12:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Why on earth should VCs care about sustainability?

Sustainable development has recently gained momentum; the public is paying attention to the topic, and governments are taking it into account in their legislative activities, and VCs are also getting more interested in the concept of sustainability. In 2021, 80% of... View Article


Flashpoint Seed Fund Joins DigiDoe’s £850k Investment Round to Enhance its Proprietary Technology

January 17, 2022 1:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint Seed Fund Joins DigiDoe’s £850k Investment Round to Enhance its Proprietary Technology

17 January 2022, London – DigiDoe, the first company in the UK to offer biometrics-based payments to merchants without the presence of a card or phone, today announced that part of its freshly secured £852,500 ($1.15m) in new funding comes... View Article


Flashpoint completed one of its largest exits so far

January 14, 2022 1:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint completed one of its largest exits so far

January 12, 2022 — Meal Ticket, a leading end-to-end business management solution for foodservice distributors, and MarketMan, a leading inventory management and supplier automation platform for the restaurant industry, today announced a merger to combine their complementary software and enable... View Article


Flashpoint invests in Qonversion

December 10, 2021 1:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint invests in Qonversion

Qonversion raises $2M seed round to facilitate adoption of subscriptions in mobile apps Mobile subscription data platform closes latest funding round, co-led by Visionaries Club and Flashpoint VC, alongside Blinkist founder Holger Seim and S16.vc, to power the growth of... View Article


Flashpoint Secondary Fund invested in K2View

December 9, 2021 1:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Flashpoint Secondary Fund invested in K2View

Flashpoint Secondary Fund (“FSF”), a secondary vehicle of Flashpoint Group, has completed an investment in K2View, a global leader in operational data fabric solutions. K2View Fabric transforms fragmented data from source systems according to business-centric data products — customer, product,... View Article