Bio

As a marketeer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-investor Bas supports fellow founders. Especially from the East. He’s invested in 40+ startups so far, providing funds, network and hands-on support. Stages: mainly pre-seed/seed. Bas’ VC fund tickets: up to €1.5mn. Fundraising? Please submit your deck on www.acrobator.vc Bas invested early in decacorn Miro, market leaders Harver (sold to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily (Central Asia), Zakaz (sold to Glovo), Travelata, Piano (USA). 7 exits. So far, founders in his Angel Fund raised over $1bn from VC investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, EBRD, Techstars... Portfolio companies’ q1 ‘22 market cap: ~$20bn. Bas' tech fund Acrobator Ventures shares growth know-how with founders. His C.A.S.H.C.O.W. B.O.M.B.E.R. formula has helped dozens of startups become scale-ups, market leaders, unicorns, even a decacorn. By bridging East & West, Acrobator Ventures creates arbitrage opportunities, partnering with global Tier 1 VCs in later funding rounds. This strategy combines the local inside track, unique early deal access and stable follow-on funding, up to pre-IPO. Bas’ Portfolio 2011-2022, Fund I & Angel investments: miro.com (decacorn); harver.com (exit); travelata.ru (co-founder); Chocofamily: chocotravel.kz, chocolife.me, aviata.kz, chocomart.kz (exit), lensmark.kz, rahmet.kz, chocofood.kz, iDoctor.kz; Newzmate.com (exit); piano.io; storyterrace.com; objectiv.io; Crossss (exit); clockster.com (exit); linkpizza.com; zakaz.ua (exit); 6nomads.com; instreamatic.ai; omdena.com; aura-aware.com (exit); awesomic.com; memoryOS.com; monite.com; youtravel.me; iFarm, midnightdeal.com, carv.com, respond.io, insense.pro, LoCa, KindChallenge, Payze, Superworld.app, leapfunder.com; respeecher.com; letsenhance.io; maroo.us, studyfree.com; StreamSage; milaboratories, Easydmarc, Binarly, Myos, FintechFarm… TechCrunch & Crunchbase call “Bas Godska (…) one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe”. Crunchbase: Top 50 EU Angel, #1 Dutch Angel; #1 Foreign Angel Investor CIS (EWDN/Firrma); Pitchbook rated Acrobator Angel Fund as #2 Dutch fund by IRR (2021). Bas' previous roles (2003-2014): CMO lastminute.com (travelocity); Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe ebookers (orbitz.com); CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans; Co-founder Travelata.ru; CMO Lamoda (Rocket Internet); CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru; eCom Director Enter | Svyaznoi; MD CIS myThings.com; Founder Acrobator.com; Founder nl4ua.org Guest Lecturer Stanford GIC ('21); (MBA) Moscow School of Management (2010-2013).