# Top 15 Gaming Startup Investors in Bulgaria in May 2026

## Eleven Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

We empower local heroes to build global success. Eleven is an early-stage VC investing in technology companies in Southeast Europe.

## LAUNCHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

LAUNCHUB is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. 

## Marco Houwen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Farming, Livestock, Agriculture

Marco Houwen, together with his partners LuxConnect and Datacenter Luxembourg, founded LuxCloud S.A. in April 2010.This partnership sets out to attract international SME and SMI, out of the field of Software development, to the Grand Duchy. LuxCloud will put Luxembourg firmly on the International Internet map and deliver services to SMB’s allover Europe.In 2000, Marco, in association with Xavier Buck, founded DCL Group, a leading Internet and e-commerce company, now recognized as one of the biggest Internet success stories in Luxembourg. Companies in the Group include Datacenter Luxembourg, LuxCloud, EuroDNS, e-Brand Services and voipGATE, to name but a few.Passionate about the promotion of Luxembourg, Marco is co-founder and President of LU-CIX A.s.b.l. and as such, contributes actively on the promotion of the Luxembourgish e-commerce hub.In addition to his role as LuxCloud CEO, Marco is CEO of Datacenter Luxembourg and a board member of the DCL Group.

## Neo Gravity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Pet, Craft Beer, Veterinary

Neo Gravity is the 4th successive investment fund of serial entrepreneurs active in Southeast Europe since 2005.Investment strategy is to build increasing stakes in high-end consumer goods & services providers and in personal mobility. Investee companies and targets may be based in SEE but operate on a global scaleRapid digitalization ofthe global economy, convergence of EM economies to Western standards and spread of the pandemic have changed the purchasing behavior of the connected consumer.

## Xavier Buck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Farming, Software

Xavier has been an Internet entrepreneur since 1996. After co-founding several ventures like Datecenter Luxembourg, EuroDNS, eBrandServices and DomainInvest, Xavier's current role consists in deploying the group's international activities with a special focus on the domain name industry, internet traffic and traffic monetization. Xavierholds chairman positions in his formerly founded ventures and is director of a series of companies including DomainTools.com, eBrandServices, OpenRegistry and LeftoftheDot.

## Michael Gutsmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Farming, Livestock, Agriculture

Michael Gutsmann is a CFO at Bigpoint.

## Thomas Peruzzi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Farming, Livestock, Agriculture

Thomas Peruzzi - CTO @ Virtual Minds

## Svetoslav Gerdzhikov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lozenets, Burgas, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Svetoslav Gerdzhikov is the partner in the Velinov.

## Heiko Hubertz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Digital Media

Heiko Hubertz - Founder & CEO @ Oxolo

## Yordan Trifonov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Yordan Trifonov is the Business Development Manager for Eastern Bulgaria.

## Bogomil Balkansky
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Bogomil Balkansky is a Partner at Sequoia Capital.
He started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Bogomil holds a bachelor of arts in Mathematics from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## HardGamma Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software

HardGamma Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in startups that focuses on computing, internet, biotechnology, and more. Early stage VC fund focused on Polish and CEE startups.The Fund invests in projects such as seed and startups in the area of computing, Internet, mobile technologies, the biotechnology sector and physicochemicaltechnologies. HardGamma Ventures invests in strong teams developing projects with global potential - providing funding and support for business planning, marketing, product positioning and other business functions.The HardGamma team is constantly in contact and cooperation with leading competitions and incubator programs in Europe and USA - Seedcamp (UK), The Difference Engine (UK), Springboard (UK), Startup Bootcamp (Denmark), TechStars (United States), and the pan-European incubator program HackFwd (Germany), where the team is responsible for the assessment and certification program for start-ups, and the International Incubator of the University of Maryland (United States).The team of HardGamma is also building a network affiliation with other VC funds in the region to broaden the range of exploration and investment opportunities and to increase international support and business opportunities for the portfolio of projects.

## Atanas Raykov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Atanas Raykov - Senior Director EMENA @ Rakuten Viber

## Nikolay Nedelchev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Nikolay Nedelchev is the executive chairman of Publicis Groupe.

## BHS Services S.A.
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Farming, Livestock, Agriculture

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