About Early Game Ventures
Early Game Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Bucharest, Romania. As of Jun 2026, Early Game Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 37 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Romania based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Naratix Overall, Early Game Ventures portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely CODA Intelligence. A lot of funds co-invest with Early Game Ventures, with names like Sparking Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Early Game Ventures has team of 8 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
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Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Early Game Ventures' List of Top Investments
Early Game Ventures has a portfolio of 37 companies. Their most notable investments are in FameUp and Thisisyouni.Their portfolio spans across Romania, United States, United Kingdom and 3 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Early Game Ventures:AI-powered chatbot development platform. It offers a no-code chatbot authoring platform that allows users to design, develop, and deploy conversational interfaces through API and RPA integrations with enterprise systems. Features a proprietary multi-language NLU engine that identifies user intents, sentiment, and system entities.
Key facts about Druid Intelligence
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Bucharest (Romania)
- Annual Revenue: $1M - $10M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $78.5M
- Employee Count: 218 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Cipio Partners, Hoxton Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 16, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Meet Geek
Developer of software for automated meeting transcription and note taking. This technology records audio from virtual and in-person conversations to generate transcripts and summaries. It identifies action items, key decisions, and discussion topics from meetings. The software integrates with communication tools, customer relationship management systems, and project management platforms to synchronize meeting data. It supports multiple languages and provides tools for searching past meeting records and analyzing communication trends. Users can access these features through web browsers, desktop applications, and mobile devices.
Key facts about Meet Geek
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Bucharest (Romania)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $2.56M
- Employee Count: 28 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Techcelerator, Early Game Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Bonapp
App-based platform offering food delivery services. The app allows users to order food from various restaurants based on their location. The company also claims the restaurant available on the app reduces the food waste. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS users.
Key facts about Bonapp
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Bucharest (Romania)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.57M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: ROCA X, Impact Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 26, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Kinderpedia
Kinderpedia provides a SaaS-based interactive platform which connects kindergartens, teachers, and parents on the same platform. The platform can be used for real-time communication, customized interaction and resource sharing. Administrators can create and assign teachers, build and populate classes, issue invoicing plans and generate various activity reports. Teachers can create activities and events, upload photos, videos and documents as well as assign individual or group tasks to children and their parents. Parent receive notifications about their child activities. Available in iOS and Android.
Key facts about Kinderpedia
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Bucharest (Romania)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.02M
- Employee Count: 39 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Simpact VC, ROCA X and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 05, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Licenseware
Cloud based software asset management solution provider. It is a platform for software license management applications that provides software as a service. It automates manual analysis processes and extracts critical information to reduce costs and manage risk.
Key facts about Licenseware
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Bucharest (Romania)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.66M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Acequia Capital, Hellen's Rock Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 08, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Early Game Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Early Game Ventures has invested in 37 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 7 investments, while as of Jun 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Naratix and most recent follow-on round was in Kinderpedia.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2022 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
2021 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Early Game Ventures' Investments by Stage
Early Game Ventures has made 32 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $953K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $14M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 32 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Early Game Ventures' Investments by Sector
Early Game Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Vertical SaaS, Consumer and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 33 Tech companies, 26 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 26 Software companies and at least 13 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 22 |
High Tech | 8 |
Vertical SaaS | 6 |
Consumer | 5 |
Retail | 4 |
Others | 40 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Early Game Ventures' Investments by Geography
Early Game Ventures has made most investments in Romania (21), followed by United States where it has made 5 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Romania | 21 |
United States | 5 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
Bulgaria | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Early Game Ventures' recent investments
Early Game Ventures has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. Naratix and Tryll are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Early Game Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 10, 2026 | Romania | Seed | 1226 | - | |
Apr 29, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7551 | - | |
Feb 05, 2026 | Romania | Series A | 3396 | [+1] | |
Oct 02, 2025 | Morocco | Seed | 2860 | [+2] | |
Sep 25, 2025 | Bulgaria | Seed | 5907 | - |
Acquired companies in Early Game Ventures' Portfolio
1 company from Early Game Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was CODA Intelligence in Apr 2024 by PDQ for $*****.Here are Early Game Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 09, 2024 | 2020 | Seed | 2318 |
Team profile of Early Game Ventures
Early Game Ventures has a team of 8 members including 3 Partners and 3 Principals located in Romania and United Kingdom. Early Game Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Early Game Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Bucharest | - | ||
Partner | Romania | - | ||
Partner | Bucharest | - | ||
Principal | United Kingdom | - | - | |
Principal | Bucharest | - | ||
Principal | - | - |
Co-investors of Early Game Ventures
Over the past 7 years, 63 investors have co-invested in Early Game Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Early Game Ventures: Techcelerator, ROCA X and 4 others have invested in rounds before Early Game Ventures. There is 1 company where Techcelerator has invested before Early Game Ventures and 1 company where ROCA X has invested before Early Game Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Early Game Ventures: 19 investors entered a company along with Early Game Ventures. These include investors like Sparking Capital (4 companies).
- Invested after Early Game Ventures: A total of 38 investors have invested in Early Game Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include ROCA X (2 companies), Growceanu (2 companies) and Seed Starter (2 companies).
Recent News related to Early Game Ventures
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Tryll Secures $600,000 Pre-Seed Funding to Scale AI Gaming EngineThe SaaS News•Jun 18, 2026•Tryll, Early Game Ventures
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Naratix Raises €1 Million Seed Round Led By Early Game VenturesPulse 2.0•Jun 12, 2026•Naratix, Early Game Ventures
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Early Game Ventures Invests $600,000 in AI Gaming Startup Tryllstart-up•Apr 29, 2026•Early Game Ventures
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Kinderpedia raises 2.2 million euros to accelerate the global growth.Forbes Romania•Feb 05, 2026•Early Game Ventures, Simpact VC, Kinderpedia
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Early Game invests EUR 1.5 million in job marketplace YOXclubitc.ro•Sep 25, 2025•Early Game Ventures, Yox
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