Lyuben Belov

Lyuben Belov is a Founding Partner and Venture Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures, an early-stage VC firm founded in 2012 and focused on Central and Eastern European founders. LAUNCHub describes itself as a first-check investor that leads pre-seed and seed rounds, with first checks from €300K to €3M.

Before venture capital, Belov was an entrepreneur in Bulgaria’s internet sector. Public profiles describe him as co-founder and CEO of Net Info, founded in 1998, which he led until 2007. Start It Smart’s 2015 event profile says Netinfo was sold to Sanoma International in 2008 for €29 million, calling it one of the largest Bulgarian exits at the time.

At LAUNCHub, Belov is part of a team that emphasizes operator experience: the firm says most of its team founded and scaled technology companies before becoming investors. Its current positioning is as a “decision-maker-only fund” that stays with founders from the first check onward.

Belov is also visible in the web3 angel ecosystem. Daedalus Angels’ public LinkedIn description lists “Lyuben (/lyubenbelov)” as a partner at Launchub.com who has been venture investing in crypto since 2014.

• LAUNCHub’s current stated thesis is: “The first lead check in the most ambitious CEE start-ups.”
• The firm says it backs “early-stage VC for CEE founders – wherever in the world they’re building.”
• LAUNCHub is a generalist fund, but says it has current conviction in “enterprise software moving from SaaS to AI, deep tech, robotics and industrial tech.”
• It leads pre-seed and seed rounds, with first checks from €300K to €3M.
• The team’s differentiation is operator-led support: LAUNCHub says most of the team previously founded and scaled companies in the region, and that it is a “decision-maker-only fund.”
• Belov’s older public Wellfound profile says he helps founders with “consumer behaviour, metrics,” network access, and overcoming obstacles.