Flyer One Ventures
About
Flyer One Ventures is a Ukrainian early-stage VC originally founded in 2018 as Genesis Investments by Vital Laptenok (co-founder of Genesis and BetterMe), rebranding under its current name in 2021. The firm has invested nearly €39M across 95 startups in Ukraine and Central & Eastern Europe across four funds. In July 2025 it closed Fund V at a target of €50M, backed by EBRD (€6.5M) and IFC (€5M), focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage founders from Ukraine and CEE building global products. The fund maintains a Kyiv identity and active pipeline of 1,300+ Ukrainian and regional founders despite operating with a distributed team.
Portfolio 6
- BetterMe Startup · Kyiv
- Awesomic Startup · Kyiv
- Mate Academy Startup · Kyiv
- Fintech Farm Not in the directory
- Liki24 Not in the directory
- Cargofy Not in the directory
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Recent news
- Ukrainian VC Flyer One Ventures announces €50 million to support startups across CEE 2025-07-10 · EU-Startups
- Flyer One Ventures launches €50M Fund V to back CEE and Ukrainian startups 2025-07-10 · Tech.eu