Stephane Gantchev is a Partner and founding member of LAUNCHub Ventures. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Stephane Gantchev is a Partner and founding member of LAUNCHub Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria that he joined after serving as Head of Innovations at Orange France and working at Atos Origin. His investment thesis targets technology startups in Central and Southeastern Europe at the Seed and Series A stages. Gantchev typically invests check sizes between €500,000 and €2 million as part of a new fund aiming to deploy capital into 20–25 companies over five years. While specific lead or follow behavior is not explicitly detailed in available sources, the firm’s focus on early-stage tickets suggests active participation in initial rounds. Notable portfolio companies of LAUNCHub Ventures include Payhawk, Sena, and iZettle, though Gantchev’s direct personal involvement in these deals is not individually confirmed in the search results. He has publicly argued that Eastern Europe lacks sufficient late-seed and pre-Series A funds, stating the region does not yet need B or C series VCs due to this gap.
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