About Flashpoint
Flashpoint is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Riga, Latvia. As of Jan 2026, Flashpoint is an active investor, having invested in 26 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in Russia 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 $***** Conventional Debt round of Charidy Overall, Flashpoint portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Shazam, CaliberMind and GuruShots. A lot of funds co-invest with Flashpoint, with names like Russian Direct Investment Fund sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Flashpoint has team of 90 people including 16 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Flashpoint's List of Top Investments
Flashpoint has a portfolio of 26 companies. Their most notable investments are in INXY and BoardMaps.Their portfolio spans across United States, Russia, United Kingdom and 6 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Flashpoint:1. Shazam
App-based music identification platform. It allows users to identify songs and connect them with artists, TV shows, ads, cinema, radio, and retail environments. The app is available for Android and iOS users. It also provides top music charts on various platforms.
Key facts about Shazam
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $149M
- Employee Count: 274 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Harmony Venture Partners, TTC and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Feb 05, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. CaliberMind
NLP and ML based revenue data marketing platform. It forms buyer personas based on demographic, psychographic, and firmographic data from multiple data sources combined with publicly available social data and first party data from CRM, Marketing automation, and other tools. Using NLP and deep ML, the personas are updated in real-time for personalized content recommendation.
Key facts about CaliberMind
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Boulder (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $24.7M
- Employee Count: 31 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce, IAG Capital Partners and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 27, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. IVI
Online provider of movies, series, and cartoons for streaming access. It offers a selection of films across genres like action, drama, comedy, and thrillers. Series are available in categories such as crime, romance, and fantasy. Cartoons include options for various age groups and interests.
Key facts about IVI
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Moscow (Russia)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $334M
- Employee Count: 450 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Mubadala, VTB Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, May 25, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. GuruShots
GuruShots is an online photography competition platform that conducts contests and real-time challenges run by award winning photographers. Interested photographers can participate in the challenges, earn votes and prizes while improving their photography under their mentorship.
Key facts about GuruShots
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $6.5M
- Employee Count: 43 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Altair Capital, Flashpoint and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 25, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Estimote
Developed in Poland the Bluetooth 4 devices have a range from 4 inches up to 50 meters and are designed to be attached throughout a retail store and on product displays. Once up and running the Estimote system can engage directly with a customer through their shopping process and deliver "personalized micro-location based notifications and actions". These can range from prompting a customer with special promotion as they enter the store or look at a specific product, to personalized messages and recommendations based on their current location or past history with the company.
Key facts about Estimote
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Walnut (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.4M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Javelin Venture Partners, Innovation Endeavors and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 15, 2016, $*****
Flashpoint's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Flashpoint has invested in 26 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Jan 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Charidy and most recent follow-on round was in BoardMaps.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Flashpoint's Investments by Stage
Flashpoint has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.01M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $1.75M, 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $5M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $40M and 1 investment in Venture Debt stage with an average round size of $4M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 3 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Venture Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Flashpoint's Investments by Sector
Flashpoint has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, FinTech, Enterprise Applications, Media & Entertainment and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 25 Tech companies, 14 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 13 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 13 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 6 |
FinTech | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Media & Entertainment | 2 |
Retail | 2 |
Others | 13 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Flashpoint's Investments by Geography
Flashpoint has made most investments in Russia (4), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Russia | 4 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Cyprus | 1 |
Finland | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Flashpoint's recent investments
Flashpoint has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Charidy.Here are the most recent investments by Flashpoint:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 29, 2026 | United States | Conventional Debt | 2590 | - | |
Dec 02, 2025 | United Kingdom | Venture Debt | 5584 | - | |
Feb 06, 2025 | Poland | Seed | 3310 | - | |
Jun 25, 2024 | United Kingdom | Series A | 9033 | ||
Jan 11, 2022 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9463 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Flashpoint's Portfolio
1 of Flashpoint's portfolio company became public - Netology.Here are Flashpoint's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | 6350 |
Acquired companies in Flashpoint's Portfolio
5 companies from Flashpoint's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was CaliberMind in Aug 2026 by Integrate for $*****.Here are Flashpoint's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 26, 2026 | - | - | 6189 | |
Jul 05, 2023 | - | - | 6189 | |
Apr 13, 2022 | - | - | 9608 | |
Feb 19, 2018 | Feb 2013 | Series A | 4326 | |
Dec 11, 2017 | - | - | 2482 |
Team profile of Flashpoint
Flashpoint has a team of 90 members including 16 Partners, 46 Venture Partners and 7 Principals located in United Kingdom, United States and 19 more locations. Flashpoint's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Flashpoint:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Israel | - | ||
Partner | Hungary | - | - | |
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Riga | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Nicosia | - | ||
Partner | Hungary | - | - | |
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Bern | - | ||
Partner | Warsaw | - | - | |
Partner | London | - | - |
Co-investors of Flashpoint
Over the past 14 years, 28 investors have co-invested in Flashpoint's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Flashpoint: Baring Vostok, RTP Global and 6 others have invested in rounds before Flashpoint. There is 1 company where Baring Vostok has invested before Flashpoint and 1 company where RTP Global has invested before Flashpoint.
- Top Co-investors of Flashpoint: 14 investors entered a company along with Flashpoint. These include investors like Russian Direct Investment Fund (1 company).
- Invested after Flashpoint: A total of 6 investors have invested in Flashpoint's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include VTB Capital (1 company), Invest AG (1 company) and Alfa Bank (1 company).
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ANNA Money Secures £10M to Scale AI ‘Auto Accountant’ Ahead of MTD DeadlineThe Fintech Times•Jan 27, 2026•Flashpoint, Anna
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Flashpoint closes second Direct Secondary Fund targeting US$75-100MPR Newswire•Jan 22, 2026•Flashpoint
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Flashpoint raises $67m for latest growth debt vehicleAlternativecreditinvestor•Nov 25, 2025•Flashpoint
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Vidext raises €6 million in a round led by Flashpoint to scale video automation with AIEl Referente•Sep 15, 2025•Vidext, Sabadell Venture Capital, Flashpoint, 4Founders Capital
