Black River Ventures (BRV)

Investor type

VC

Founded

2013

AUM

$20 M

Location

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Series A Seed Series B Late Stage (Series C+)

Region of investment

North America Europe
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

Black River Ventures (BRV) is committed to supporting passionate entrepreneurs who build disruptive, world-changing companies. We believe that only exceptional and capable teams can turn great ideas into outstanding businesses.

Black River Ventures is investing in innovative companies at growth and late stages across the European and US technology space with a particular interest in Financial Services, Data Analytics/ AI, Software/ Services and IoT.

We are convinced that the European online audience of 400M+ people, the second-largest market after China, provides appealing opportunities for Europe-born global companies along with US companies entering the European market.

We partner with growth-stage visionary companies aiming to become industry leaders. Our mission is to provide smart capital for long-term growth by leveraging the collective experience and expertise of the BRV team based in the EU and the US.

Black River Ventures provides capital to technology companies looking for investments in the range of $3M-$20M.

Industry

Business Services (B2B) Digital Education Edtech Financial Services Fintech Food and Beverage Other SaaS Software AI Technology Internet of Things (IoT) Data infra Foodtech Security Telecommunications

Black River Ventures (BRV) Funds

Name Type
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Big Red Ventures (BRV Fund)
Venture Capital (VC)
Education
Financial Services
Fintech
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
SaaS
Security
Software
Telecommunications
Pre-seed
Seed
Europe
$5-10 m
$1 M
November 2022

Contacts

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Evgeny Kaltashev Managing Partner
Managing Partner
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Max Yanpolsky Partner
Partner
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FAQs about Black River Ventures (BRV)

Black River Ventures (BRV) is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Series A, Seed, Series B and Late Stage (Series C+), writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Black River Ventures (BRV) is located in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Black River Ventures (BRV) was founded in 2013.
Black River Ventures (BRV) invests in companies and startups in Business Services (B2B), Digital, Education, Edtech, Financial Services, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Other, SaaS, Software, AI, Technology, Internet of Things (IoT), Data infra, Foodtech, Security, Telecommunications.
Black River Ventures (BRV) invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
Black River Ventures (BRV) invests in companies and startups at Series A, Seed, Series B, Late Stage (Series C+).
Black River Ventures (BRV) usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Black River Ventures (BRV) has around $20m assets under management.
Black River Ventures (BRV) last fund was created/launched in 2022-11-10
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