WEBIT Founders Games
WEBIT Founders Games
Pomelo is building a new generation and fully regional fintech infrastructure for Latin America.
Chari is a B2B e-commerce app for traditional proximity stores allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free while benefiting from financial services. Chari has a geographic footprint in French Speaking Africa
Ariadne is the operating system of commercial real estates that provides advanced, real-time customer analytics enabled with award winning accuracy and certified privacy compliance. Track your customer journey with Ariadne’s low-cost, plug-and-play solution – no app, no network connection, no cameras! On top of its Analytics solution, Ariadne enables Indoor Navigation, and communication with the visitors, sending them notifications about promotions, discounts and updates.
Simplifying small warehouse automation. Development of robo-operated automated warehouses in customizable sizes and shapes with no maintenance. Due to high density the system starts from a 16m² footprint and can be expanded according to individual customer needs.
InoBat specialises in the pioneering research, development, manufacture, and provision of premium innovative electric batteries custom-designed to meet the specific requirements of global mainstream and specialist OEMs within the automotive, commercial vehicle, motorsport, and aerospace sectors.
Host
Webital Investment Network
| Fund size |
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| Evergreen |
| Average ticket |
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| €500K to €2.5M |
Executive Chairman
Webital Investment Network
| Fund size | Evergreen |
|---|---|
| Average ticket | €500K to €2.5M |
Dr. Plamen Russev is the initiator and focal connector of one of the world’s largest impact networks and curator of the global Webit community, reaching out to over 800,000 digerati, policy makers, innovators and media. His success stories include creating the global Webit brand from scratch, supporting founders and brands in establishing and growing a successful marketing strategy, creating meaningful relations with potential partners, customers and media. Plamen supports causes which impact the achievement of the UN’ SDGs.
He is an investor, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur and proven success record in developing business ventures in multicultural and challenging business environments.
Plamen Russev is B.Sc in Marketing and Management, M.Sc in Electronic Education/Mathematics and Physics, and Ph.D in Healthcare Management.
Plamen Russev has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Digital Affairs of his home country – Republic of Bulgaria and a member of European Commission’ BOF.
Dr. Russev’ work and impact have been recognised and awarded by governments, associations and NGOs along with 2 honorary doctorates from Universities in Europe and South America. Plamen Russev is featured in hundreds of international and local media including The Economist, Bloomberg, CNBCe, Forbes, Venture Beat, CNN to name a few.
Dr. Russev is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Webit Foundation and host of Webit Virtual.
He is happily married to the most wonderful girl in the world and father of 2 boys.
Lakestar
| Fund size |
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| €700M |
| Average ticket |
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| €25M |
Investment partner
Lakestar
| Fund size | €700M |
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| Average ticket | €25M |
Christoph joined Lakestar seven years ago and acts as investment partner mainly for growth stage companies. He combines experiences from his corporate career with an entrepreneurial background as co-founder of a listed company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Market. Christoph has a very operational skill set on how to scale companies with a deep go-to-market understanding.
He started his professional career at Bertelsmann and also worked as senior advisor for the investment firms BC Partners, GCA Altium and the travel tech company Amadeus.
Swiss Post Ventures
| Fund size |
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| Corporate venture |
| Average ticket |
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| €1.5M |
Director/VP Open Innovation & Venturing
Swiss Post Ventures
| Fund size | Corporate venture |
|---|---|
| Average ticket | €1.5M |
Thierry is Director of Open Innovation and Venturing of Swiss Post. In this role, he has been developing open innovation initiatives with external partners as start-ups, universities and accelerators in Switzerland, Germany, France, China and US. These innovation ecosystems enabled disruptive projects as, amongst others, the use of exoskeletons, the dynamic deliveries and the autonomous shuttles. Furthermore, he is managing the strategic venture capital funds of Swiss Post.
DN Capital
| Fund size |
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| €300M |
| Average ticket |
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| €8M |
Co-founder & Managing Partner
DN Capital
| Fund size | €300M |
|---|---|
| Average ticket | €8M |
Investor for over 30 years, co-founder of DN Capital and co-managing partner since our 2000 inception, board member or observer on 3 of our billion dollar exits including both €5bb+ IPOs. Current theses around AI for the enterprise, financial inclusion, and future of mobility