Investment Readiness Program
An exclusive 5-month program tailored to top startups in our
international accelerator, looking to raise investment in the next 3-6 months
Are you an investor? Fancy some prime time
with our most promising startups?
Investment Readiness Program
An exclusive 5-month program tailored to top startups in our international accelerator, looking to raise investment in the next 3-6 months
Are you an investor? Fancy some prime time with our most promising startups?
After working with over 250 startup founders in the past 5 years, we know the fundraising process is equally scary and exhilarating. It cannot be done casually, and our goal is to help founders learn how to better navigate this emotional rollercoaster. This is why we created the Investment Readiness Program, structured in two phases:
Phase 1 (2 months)
Investment Readiness
- Interactive workshops on a wide range of key aspects involved in the fundraising process including strategies and tips on how to identify and approach ideal investors/VCs, how to raise your first/second round, valuation methods, the flow of a successful investment process, pros and cons of various financing options, key metrics to consider and cultural differences between investors in Europe vs USA. The list of topics is tailored to the needs of the startups in the program.
- Peer-to-peer learning groups
- Feedback sessions with Rubik Hub experts
- Ask Me Anything sessions with startup founders who have successfully raised funds ranging from 1-10M Euros
Phase 2 (3 months)
Raising Investment
- Mapping the investors (ticket size, verticals, geographies, etc)
- Warm intros to exclusive investors
- Feedback sessions with Rubik Hub experts
- Peer-to-peer learning groups
After working with over 250 startup founders in the past 5 years, we know the fundraising process is equally scary and exhilarating. It cannot be done casually, and our goal is to help founders learn how to better navigate this emotional rollercoaster. This is why we created the Investment Readiness Program, structured in two phases:
Phase 1 (2 months)
Investment Readiness
- Interactive workshops on a wide range of key aspects involved in the fundraising process including strategies and tips on how to identify and approach ideal investors/VCs, how to raise your first/second round, valuation methods, the flow of a successful investment process, pros and cons of various financing options, key metrics to consider and cultural differences between investors in Europe vs USA. The list of topics is tailored to the needs of the startups in the program.
- Peer-to-peer learning groups
- Feedback sessions with Rubik Hub experts
- Ask Me Anything sessions with startup founders who have successfully raised funds ranging from 1-10M Euros
Phase 2 (3 months)
Raising Investment
- Mapping the investors (ticket size, verticals, geographies, etc)
- Warm intros to exclusive investors
- Feedback sessions with Rubik Hub experts
- Peer-to-peer learning groups
Discover the Mentors & Curricula
VC's Outreach & How to Play for a Win
Principal at Inovo Venture Partners, Karol is an ex-startup founder and operator. Before joining Inovo, he was the VP of Venture Building at Daftcode, responsible for launching new data science and deep tech startups as Interim CEO/COO. Before that, he co-founded a B2B marketplace startup Cateringoo, raised a seed round, scaled it to over 15 people and over 100 enterprise customers. Before startups, VC and Tech M&A background, he participated in over 10 investments and M&A deals totaling over $100M.
Inovo VC is an early-stage VC investing in founders from the CEE region. They invest up to €4M mainly in B2B enterprise, marketplace, healthcare and dev tools/data science verticals. Inovo VC started 8 years ago and they just raised their third €100M fund. Since 2014, the fund invested in over 35 companies and 100 founders, being the first investors in, e.g. Booksy, Spacelift, Zowie or Archbee and co-invested with Insight Partners, a16z or Tiger Global.
Valuation Methods
Alina Georgescu graduated FABIZ (German) in 2012. Passionate about businesses and making them succeed, she then consulted and implemented EU Funded projects to attract over 2 million Euros and co-founded an online retail business which she exited after a few years. Her experience as well as her love for numbers and strategy led her to an investing career at Catalyst Romania, one of the leading technology-focused Venture Capital Funds in Romania.
Alina is now Investment Manager, taking part in the investment process of many companies, including Seedblink and Smartbill. She has also consulted on exits like Green Horse Games to MiniClip Tencent and VectorWatch to FitBit. Alina is a Board Observer in 9 companies and her activities also include strategy, planning and budgeting for the companies she is involved in. In her free time, Alina loves to spend time with her little boy, play the piano and travel the world.
Raising Your First Round
Gautam is the Head of Accelerator Investments & Education at GoingVC which is a Silicon Valley based firm training the next generation of VCs and investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies across the world. Formerly, Gautam was a Senior Investment Manager at SeedBlink. He is also a founding partner of Inbond Tech, a growth studio based in France and Germany focusing on pre-seed to seed SaaS B2B companies. Prior to founding Inbond Tech, Gautam had cross-functional roles in fund management, dealflow generation and portfolio management at Quake Capital Partners and Multiple Capital. Besides venture capital, Gautam was a content strategist at Kushim where he grew the revenue by 10x in less than six months.
He leverages his operational and venture capital experience to back ambitious founders to achieve their next round of funding and growth. He is also an active mentor at WeWork Labs, Supercharger Ventures, IIDF, Rubik Hub, WEVE New York and many others.
Investment Process, Financing Options
Gunce Onur is Partner at Startup Wise Guys – the leading early-stage VC fund in Eastern Europe with more than 300 portfolio companies. Between 2016-2018, Gunce worked for Keiretsu Forum Angel Investor Network and helped 12 startups to raise more than 3 million dollar angel investment in total. Between 2018-2019 managed a portfolio of 60 startups in StartersHub Early Stage VC Fund.
Since 2019, she has been part of the Startup Wise Guys Investment team and before her career in the startup ecosystem, she worked for an R&D department in a bank that is part of UniCredit. She has a degree in Chemical Engineering and Computational Science and successfully finished the VC Unlocked invite-only VC training program run by 500 Global and Stanford University.
How to Raise the First Round
Vlad made 2 exits from his previous businesses and he expanded one of his companies in over 10 European countries and the Middle East. Combines over 15 years of practical experience in international expansion, strategy formation and execution, human resources, finance and marketing, with strong academic knowledge.
Vlad earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from Said Business School, University of Oxford, and he is currently pursuing one of the world’s top Executive MBA programmes at Kellogg-WHU.
Finance for Startups, Structure, Mindset & Tips
Bogdan Pasca: Bogdan is an Investment Manager at Roca X and has over 3 years of experience in Venture Capital, Startup Growth and Investments. He is a King’s College Alumni holding a BSc in Economics and Management and holds a Mastertrack from HEC Paris in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship. Bogdan doubles as the team’s financial modeling & valuations expert and is actively engaged in managing 10 of Roca X’s portfolio companies.
Investor Management & Relations, How to Position Before and After an Investment
Theo is an Investment Manager at Roca X and has over 3 years of experience in Venture Capital, Startup Growth and Investments and over 7 years of experience within financial institutions. He is specialized strategy, stakeholder management, research and holds a certification in Risk and Crisis Management from The London School Of Economics & Political Science. Theo is actively engaged in Roca X’s portfolio in verticals such as MedTech, EduTech, FinTech & PropTech.
Investor Management & Relations, How to Position Before and After an Investment
Sonia is a General Partner and the Head of Legal at Roca X, she holds a Master’s Degree in Law & Technology from The University of Oslo and is one of the most experienced VC and startup lawyers in Eastern Europe. She has managed the legal & due diligence aspects of every transaction that Roca X has been a part of since its inception and has also led the team’s efforts to become the first Romanian management team to be registered under the European Venture Capital Regulation.
Pitch Deck Preparation for Investors & Legal Aspects of Different Investment Types
Rumen Iliev is a Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures (Launch hub), a Seed fund, focused on investing in entrepreneurs from the SEE region.
Working every day with bright and dedicated founders and entrepreneurs is what Rumen does for a living. A long, long time ago Rumen received a degree in business and got involved with several multinational organizations before setting up his own consultancy business and then leaving it to become a VC.
Are you an investor?
We are looking for friendly investors who want to get to know the founders beyond a 3 minutes pitch and are willing to offer them some constructive feedback.
If you are one of them, get involved in our program and:
- Get a deal flow
- Connect with top startups from Romania and other CEE countries looking to raise investment
- Connect with other investors and mentors within the Rubik Hub community
- Become part of the Rubik Hub community
Discover the Mentors & Curricula
VC's Outreach & How to Play for a Win
Principal at Inovo Venture Partners, Karol is an ex-startup founder and operator. Before joining Inovo, he was the VP of Venture Building at Daftcode, responsible for launching new data science and deep tech startups as Interim CEO/COO. Before that, he co-founded a B2B marketplace startup Cateringoo, raised a seed round, scaled it to over 15 people and over 100 enterprise customers. Before startups, VC and Tech M&A background, he participated in over 10 investments and M&A deals totaling over $100M.
Inovo VC is an early-stage VC investing in founders from the CEE region. They invest up to €4M mainly in B2B enterprise, marketplace, healthcare and dev tools/data science verticals. Inovo VC started 8 years ago and they just raised their third €100M fund. Since 2014, the fund invested in over 35 companies and 100 founders, being the first investors in, e.g. Booksy, Spacelift, Zowie or Archbee and co-invested with Insight Partners, a16z or Tiger Global.
Valuation Methods
Alina Georgescu graduated FABIZ (German) in 2012. Passionate about businesses and making them succeed, she then consulted and implemented EU Funded projects to attract over 2 million Euros and co-founded an online retail business which she exited after a few years. Her experience as well as her love for numbers and strategy led her to an investing career at Catalyst Romania, one of the leading technology-focused Venture Capital Funds in Romania.
Alina is now Investment Manager, taking part in the investment process of many companies, including Seedblink and Smartbill. She has also consulted on exits like Green Horse Games to MiniClip Tencent and VectorWatch to FitBit. Alina is a Board Observer in 9 companies and her activities also include strategy, planning and budgeting for the companies she is involved in. In her free time, Alina loves to spend time with her little boy, play the piano and travel the world.
Raising Your First Round
Gautam is the Head of Accelerator Investments & Education at GoingVC which is a Silicon Valley based firm training the next generation of VCs and investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies across the world. Formerly, Gautam was a Senior Investment Manager at SeedBlink. He is also a founding partner of Inbond Tech, a growth studio based in France and Germany focusing on pre-seed to seed SaaS B2B companies. Prior to founding Inbond Tech, Gautam had cross-functional roles in fund management, dealflow generation and portfolio management at Quake Capital Partners and Multiple Capital. Besides venture capital, Gautam was a content strategist at Kushim where he grew the revenue by 10x in less than six months.
He leverages his operational and venture capital experience to back ambitious founders to achieve their next round of funding and growth. He is also an active mentor at WeWork Labs, Supercharger Ventures, IIDF, Rubik Hub, WEVE New York and many others.
Investment Process & Financing Options
Gunce Onur is Partner at Startup Wise Guys – the leading early-stage VC fund in Eastern Europe with more than 300 portfolio companies. Between 2016-2018, Gunce worked for Keiretsu Forum Angel Investor Network and helped 12 startups to raise more than 3 million dollar angel investment in total. Between 2018-2019 managed a portfolio of 60 startups in StartersHub Early Stage VC Fund.
Since 2019, she has been part of the Startup Wise Guys Investment team and before her career in the startup ecosystem, she worked for an R&D department in a bank that is part of UniCredit. She has a degree in Chemical Engineering and Computational Science and successfully finished the VC Unlocked invite-only VC training program run by 500 Global and Stanford University.
How to Raise the First Round
Vlad made 2 exits from his previous businesses and he expanded one of his companies in over 10 European countries and the Middle East. Combines over 15 years of practical experience in international expansion, strategy formation and execution, human resources, finance and marketing, with strong academic knowledge.
Vlad earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from Said Business School, University of Oxford, and he is currently pursuing one of the world’s top Executive MBA programmes at Kellogg-WHU.
Pitch Deck Preparation for Investors & Legal Aspects of Different Investment Types
Rumen Iliev is a Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures (Launch hub), a Seed fund, focused on investing in entrepreneurs from the SEE region.
Working every day with bright and dedicated founders and entrepreneurs is what Rumen does for a living. A long, long time ago Rumen received a degree in business and got involved with several multinational organizations before setting up his own consultancy business and then leaving it to become a VC.
Investor Management & Relations, How to Position Before and After an Investment
Theo is an Investment Manager at Roca X and has over 3 years of experience in Venture Capital, Startup Growth and Investments and over 7 years of experience within financial institutions. He is specialized strategy, stakeholder management, research and holds a certification in Risk and Crisis Management from The London School Of Economics & Political Science. Theo is actively engaged in Roca X’s portfolio in verticals such as MedTech, EduTech, FinTech & PropTech.
Investor Management & Relations, How to Position Before and After an Investment
Sonia is a General Partner and the Head of Legal at Roca X, she holds a Master’s Degree in Law & Technology from The University of Oslo and is one of the most experienced VC and startup lawyers in Eastern Europe. She has managed the legal & due diligence aspects of every transaction that Roca X has been a part of since its inception and has also led the team’s efforts to become the first Romanian management team to be registered under the European Venture Capital Regulation.
Finance for Startups, Structure, Mindset & Tips
Bogdan Pasca: Bogdan is an Investment Manager at Roca X and has over 3 years of experience in Venture Capital, Startup Growth and Investments. He is a King’s College Alumni holding a BSc in Economics and Management and holds a Mastertrack from HEC Paris in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship. Bogdan doubles as the team’s financial modeling & valuations expert and is actively engaged in managing 10 of Roca X’s portfolio companies.
Are you an investor?
We are looking for friendly investors who want to get to know the founders beyond a 3 minutes pitch and are willing to offer them some constructive feedback.
If you are one of them, get involved in our program and:
- Get a deal flow
- Connect with top startups from Romania and other CEE countries looking to raise investment
- Connect with other investors and mentors within the Rubik Hub community
- Become part of the Rubik Hub community
For whom is it?
Closing an investment round requires not only knowledge but also time – it’s a process of developing trust with an investor, a process that needs to be nurtured. Our goal is to support throughout this process those startups that we trust. This is why we created this program only for top alumni of our Rubik Garage accelerator.
However, if you want to start your fundraising process, you are prepared and need support, complete the form below and we’ll get back to you.
Benefits
As with all Rubik Hub programs, the founders have access to a Startup Package Support inclusive of $150,000 total credits and other perks, freebies and discounts from our partners (Notion, AWS, Miro, HubSpot, FREYA Sense, and SMSO), free access to our coworking space and support in finding accommodation in Piatra Neamț, Romania.
For whom is it?
Closing an investment round requires not only knowledge but also time – it’s a process of developing trust with an investor, a process that needs to be nurtured. Our goal is to support throughout this process those startups that we trust. This is why we created this program only for top alumni of our Rubik Garage accelerator.
However, if you want to start your fundraising process, you are prepared and need support, complete the form below and we’ll get back to you.
Benefits
As with all Rubik Hub programs, the founders have access to a Startup Package Support inclusive of $150,000 total credits and other perks, freebies and discounts from our partners (Notion, AWS, HubSpot, Miro, FREYA Sense, SMSO), free access to our coworking space and support in finding accommodation in Piatra Neamț, Romania.