🇵🇱🇺🇦Flyer One Ventures (F1V)

Type: Early-Stage Venture Capital Fund  Headquarters: Warsaw, Poland & Kyiv, Ukraine  Founded: 2018 (formerly Genesis Investments)  Investment Stages: Pre-Seed • Seed  Check Size: $100K–$1.5M  Assets Under Management:$85M+  Focus Areas: SaaS • EdTech • FinTech • HealthTech • AI • Creator Economy • Logistics • PropTech  Website: flyerone.vc

Description: Flyer One Ventures is a Polish-Ukrainian VC fund investing in early-stage software startups from Central & Eastern Europe and beyond. Founded by Vital Laptenok, the fund evolved from Genesis Investments and has backed over 87 startups, including VOCHI (acquired by Pinterest), Fintech Farm, Mate academy, Liki24, and Awesomic2.

F1V is known for its hands-on support in marketing, PR, recruiting, and fundraising. Over 55% of its portfolio companies have raised Series A rounds, and the total portfolio value exceeds $4.4 billion. The fund actively supports founders during crises — including war, economic shocks, and market downturns — and is considered one of the most helpful VCs by its founders1.