Orbit Capital is a private equity firm that specializes in growth capital and buyout investments across various sectors. The firm focuses on partnering with companies that have strong potential for growth and operational improvement, providing them with the capital and strategic support necessary to achieve their objectives.

Orbit Capital

Orbit Capital is an investment manager that supports tech & tech-enabled scale-ups in the CEE and DACH regions. It offers Growth Equity and Growth Debt financing, through two funds.

Orbit Growth Equity invests in Europe's emerging stars that have reached the scale-up phase and are aiming for global expansion. We issue initial tickets ranging from €8-15 million and currently support four companies: Booksy, MEWS, Preply, and Rohlik.

Orbit Growth Debt offers non-dilutive capital to accelerate the growth of tech companies. We invest €3-7 million per deal in companies boasting an ARR of €3 million. We have supported 10 companies across 15 deals, including Convious, Cloudtalk, Rohlik, ThreatMark, and Twisto Group.

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📅 We’re gearing up for an exciting few days filled with networking and discovering new opportunities at some of the leading industry events.

🎟️ We will be visiting and traveling to the CEE VC Summit organized by Vestbee in Warsaw, FTI SuperNova in Antwerp, and Scale Up with Wolves Summit in Berlin.

👋 If you want to meet Jerzy, Lukas, or Wiktor, and plan to attend these events... we have good news for you! Just let us know 😉

👋 Jerzy Rozlucki, welcome to Orbit Capital!

🤝 Jerzy joins us as the Partner at the Orbit Growth Debt I fund. He will oversee the management of the fund from the Warsaw office, together with Lukas Macko in Prague. They will also spearhead the fundraising efforts for Orbit’s second Growth Debt fund, aiming for a capitalisation of €100 million.

📈 He is a seasoned investment professional with 24 years of experience., including the role of the Head of Private Debt and Equity at PZU Group, a leading financial institution in Poland and the CEE region (where he led the debt financing transactions in Allegro and InPost), and work in equity transactions at mBank and Supernova Capital family office and also in corporate debt at Bank Pekao.

💶 Orbit Growth Debt I has facilitated capital for 10 companies across 15 deals, including Convious, CloudTalk, Rohlik Group, ThreatMark, and Twisto Group. It is still active! We welcome companies boasting an ARR of €3 million with proven business models, that are looking for non-dilutive capital to supercharge their growth.

✉️ Sounds just like something you are looking for? Please reach out to us, or directly to Jerzy or Lukas.

📰 Read more about our plans for the Growth Debt funding in Puls Biznesu [in Polish] 👇

🎉 Congratulations to Matthijs Welle, Richard Valtr, and the entire Mews team on raising $110m funding round and becoming third Czech unicorn with the valuation of over $1.2bn. 

🏨 Since joining Mews in 2022, we have eagerly watched how it supports the progress in the hospitality industry, and we are excited to see how it plans to shape its future.

🎉 Congratulations to Martin M. and the CloudTalk team on your €26 million ($28 million) Series B! 

🤝 We are thrilled to continue supporting you through Orbit Growth Debt in your mission of helping businesses connect seamlessly with customers.

🤖 And we're looking forward to see how you lead the evolution of AI voice communication!

🏡 We have officially opened our Warsaw office, a home to our Polish team!
 
🥞 We kicked off with the Scaleup CFO Brunch, a part of our mission to help the operators of scaling companies in their journey to the next stage.
 
📊 Lukas Macko, principal at Orbit Growth Debt, served as a guide through the process of raising debt in a growth stage and compared it to other funding options.
 
️ 🎙 Then Radovan Nesrsta, General Partner at Orbit Capital, interviewed Martin Quiniou from European Investment Fund (EIF) and discussed debt financing in the CEE and other regions of Europe.
 
🎉 We’ve been joined by over 40 people, including CFOs and founders of fast-growing Polish startups and friends from fellow VC funds. Thank you for meeting us and see you soon!

📈 The startup ecosystem in central eastern Europe is maturing, says Sifted. And we’re getting ready for a 'tsunami' of local startups to start scaling.

📰 In our recent interview with Zosia Wanat, our GPs Wiktor & Radovan, as well as Marcin from OTB Ventures, and Patric Gresko, from European Investment Fund (EIF), share their view on how the CEE companies that have received millions of euros in the early stage are now ready for their growth stage and are looking for funding.

🗺️ As a CEE fund, we have a very unique proposition for local companies, and a balance or an alternative to ‘tourist’ funds from Western Europe and the US.

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❗️Attention Legal Professionals with passion for venture capital!❗

🤘We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Legal Counsel to join our investment team in our Prague office.

You will have a chance to:

➡️ meet great companies that will shape our future, like our current portfolio companies: Booksy, MEWS, Preply, and Rohlik.
➡️ work alongside experienced legal professionals from Europe and the US,
➡️ gain valuable experience in a fast-paced, and dynamic industry of equity investments, without the need of moving to London, New York, or San Francisco,
➡️ get unique exposure to international legal systems and investment mechanisms & structures from day one,
➡️work with a variety of financial vehicles, including equity, SAFE, convertibles, venture debt. 

🚀 Join us to build the first Growth Equity fund in the CEE with the target capitalization of €200 million, already with unicorns in the portfolio.

📈 As a Legal Counsel, you will play a key role in supporting our team and portfolio companies over the whole investment cycle, including overseeing and managing legal due diligence, leading contracting, managing compliance and legal risk. 
 
🎓 We are looking for a candidate with a strong academic record, and a law degree, fluent in English and Czech, and 2+ years professional experience (you don’t need to have experience in transactional law) and a high level of professionalism. You should be highly organized, have a great attention to detail, developed communication skills, and be able to work independently.

⭐️ If you are a self-starter with passion for venture capital and law, we want to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your qualifications and interest in the role directly to Radovan: radovan.nesrsta@orbitcapital.com

📰 Puls Biznesu is covering our story right on the front page today!

🤟 One of the largest polish business newspapers is telling our story today. From fund setup, first investments to fundraising. Great perspectives shared from our GPs - Wiktor & Radovan.

🤩 TEAM UPDATE - We are expanding our core investment team. With remote-first setup, base(s) in Prague & Warsaw and focus on the CEE we are seeking Associate, Principal as well as Operating Partner roles. 

🚀 PORTFOLIO UPDATE - Fact that all our PortCos are doing a great job at navigating in current market environment supports our investment thesis (efficient growth based on solid fundamentals backed by geo/vertical/category proven unit economics) thus we are open for new investments. If there are still some CEE-linked scaleups we do not know (yet), lets have a quality discussion. 

💰 FUNDRAISING UPDATE - 42 done, filling in few spots to 200 🖖 

Finally, the article is only in 🇵🇱 language, but we are preparing 🇬🇧    newsletter. If there are any specific news/updates/topics you want us to cover, send us DM for inspiration! 

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