Caucasus Ventures

Investment criteria

What we invest, where, and what has to be true before we do.

Ticket size

Initial $50,000–$100,000. Follow-on up to $200,000.

Fund size

$6.6M, with an expected life cycle of 5–7 years.

Geography

Caucasus, Türkiye, Eastern Europe and Central Asia — and globally when the team comes from the region.

Sector

Sector-agnostic within technology: fintech, SaaS, AI, health tech, gaming, edtech and more.

Stage

Post-MVP only. We do not invest at idea stage.

Commitment

A soft commitment first — a non-binding statement of intent — then a firm ticket.

Qualification checklist

Every company we look at is measured against the same eight points. All of them, not most.

  • Solves a real problem
  • Certain traction is required
  • Domain expertise in the founding team
  • A fully committed team
  • Post-MVP product — no idea stage
  • Strong engineering background
  • Scalable within a specific niche
  • Global appetite is a must

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