Fil Rouge Capital - FRC

🚀 Big congratulations to our investee company, Genesis Space Flight Laboratories (GSFL), on their recent milestone!

Europe’s space industry is booming—and now Croatia is making real strides. GSFL, based in Čakovec, Croatia, has successfully built and launched a microsatellite into orbit. More than 90% of the prototype was assembled locally, and it carried cutting-edge micro-laboratory capabilities for studying the effects of microgravity and radiation — potentially contributing to breakthroughs in medicine and long-term space research.

At Fil Rouge Capital, our slogan is “Capital for the Bold” — and GSFL embodies that spirit: bold innovation, operational excellence, and building global-scale ambitions from Croatia. We’re proud to support them on this journey toward redefining what’s possible in European space tech.
Check the full article below:
https://lnkd.in/dCZYAMyi

Bence Mátyás well done!

The dust may have settled, but our excitement from the incredible energy, talent, and bold ideas we encountered during our Tirana and Prishtina events is still going strong! 🚀

A huge thank-you to our Albanian partner, Mr. Driton Musolli, and the entire DigitSapiens team for pulling off a fantastic Fil Rouge Capital office opening in Tirana, and thanks to the entire team at Keiretsu Forum for rallying your startups and ecosystem, and network. 🙌

We’d heard the buzz before, but you proved it true: Albania and Kosovo are not lagging behind the CEE region when it comes to visionary founders, brilliant ideas, and the sheer ambition we saw in each of the 35 startups we met and screened!
✨ Stay bold, Kosovo and Albania!

We can’t wait to keep building on this momentum and back even more of your groundbreaking startups. See you very soon again!💪

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[WE ASKED OUR STARTUPS THEIR HONEST OPINION] We recently run a survey among our VC founders, asking them one simple and very direct question; on a scale of one to ten, how likely is it that you would recommend Fil Rouge Capital to someone who is looking for an investment?

The survey was anonymous so our founders had all the liberty of speaking freely about what they think we are doing great, and what areas they felt we could still use for some improvement. And the responses took us by surprise because we honestly could not wish for better and more realistic reviews, so we want to use this opportunity to thank our founders who participated and to promise we will continue to set the bar pretty high when it comes to offering value beyond money to our partners.
Thank you!