We back founders building outside the usual rooms.
Vrbas Capital brings together business angels — company owners, executives and operators from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia — who invest together in early-stage, sector-agnostic startups worldwide.
A network, not a single fund manager.
Vrbas Capital gives local investors a way to back global startups — by building relationships with the regional and international startup ecosystem, and by selecting the investment opportunities that come through it.
Rather than one firm writing checks alone, Vrbas Capital is an instrument built for co-investing: a local company that invests globally alongside more experienced international partners, and backs Bosnian and Herzegovinian startups at the earliest stage.
We don't specialize in one sector or one geography. What we look for is conviction in a founder and a market, wherever it turns up.
How we invest
Co-investment alongside experienced international partners, which spreads risk and diversifies the portfolio of companies backed.
Where we invest
Globally, sector-agnostic — with a parallel focus on early-stage startups based in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Seven companies so far.
From farmer financing in Colombia to auto-focusing eyewear — backed for conviction, not category.
Farm-now-pay-later financing for farmers, paired with supply chain tracking. Alumni of Startupbootcamp's DeFi program and recipients of a Mercy Corps Crypto for Good grant.
Auto-focusing eyewear built on self-adjusting lens technology fitted into a standard frame. Two patents granted, four pending.
An AI recruiter automating candidate sourcing and screening, focused on the Philippine market. First funding round closed.
A carbon offsetting platform for businesses and consumers, running projects across multiple continents to help reduce carbon emissions.
Organic dental care products built on a micro-dosing concept, with proprietary formulations. Sold in the US via web and Amazon; expanding into the EU.
AI software that unlocks the full diagnostic and therapeutic potential of spectral CT scanners hospitals already own, turning scans into richer tissue data for treatment planning.
Patent-protected heated surface technology that makes living spaces more energy-efficient and comfortable. Spun out of Finland's VTT Technical Research Centre.
We collaborate with the wider ecosystem.
Diversifying risk means sharing deal flow — these are the funds, networks and programs we work alongside.
Who runs the network.
Branko Kecman
20+ years of experience in investing.
Vladimir Ćorda
15+ years of experience building startup ecosystems.
Raising a round?
We review pitches from early-stage, sector-agnostic startups on a rolling basis. Send us your deck!