Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA)
The Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) aims to facilitate the creation of a conducive environment for private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments in Croatia and the broader region. In addition, CVCA seeks to encourage the development and promotion of an investment culture that supports entrepreneurship and innovation.
Besides being active in Croatia, CVCA actively promotes the development of the private equity and venture capital industry across South East Europe (SEE) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), recognizing the importance of a strong regional market for sustainable economic growth.
CVCA is the central meeting place for all members of the private equity and venture capital industry in Croatia, and through its activities, strives to bring together all private equity and venture capital funds with headquarters or representative offices in Croatia and the region.
CVCA members manage capital above EUR 4.5 billion, making them one of the most significant investor groups in Croatia and the region. Private equity and venture capital investments are critical for the Croatian economy, as they invest in the most dynamic and high-growth Croatian companies, creating new jobs and supporting international expansion.
Forthcoming CVCA Events
LP-GP Networking Event 2025
11 September 2025
Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb
The LP-GP Networking Event is a private, invitation-only conference designed to offer exclusive access to top-tier investment opportunities and thought-provoking discussions with industry leaders. Unlike commercial conferences, this is a carefully curated gathering featuring pre-selected investment opportunities and inspiring speakers, all in an intimate setting that fosters meaningful networking and dialogue on cutting-edge investment strategies.
Forthcoming Partner Events
Explore partner events and webinars in private equity and venture capital industry.
SuperReturn Middle East
SuperReturn Middle East returns to Dubai, 21 – 23 October 2025 | The Ritz-Carlton, DIFC, bringing you face-to-face with the regional and international investment community |Join 600+ private capital leaders, including 200+ LPs and 200+ GPs from 40+ countries, for three days
of premier networking and insights.
SuperReturn Europe
formerly SuperInvestor now SuperReturn is the hub for European private markets, 4-7 November 2025 |
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam Discover new investment opportunities in the mid-market, fundraising, co-investments, private debt, secondaries and more | 1,500+ real decision-makers. 500+ LPs. 750+ GPs. Across 50+ countries.
CVCA Past Events
BestInvest Croatia 2025
8 April 2025
Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb
BestInvest Croatia 2025 is a gala awards dinner conference celebrating the best private equity and venture capital investments in Croatia. Held for the fifth time, this unique event brings together private equity and venture capital funds investing in Croatia, along with founders who have successfully raised venture capital. This year’s edition will also mark the 20th anniversary of the Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA) — celebrating two decades of building and shaping Croatia’s investment community.
Join us at BestInvest.hr to celebrate the most successful investments, hear insights from top investors and entrepreneurs, and connect with key players shaping the future of the industry.
Venture Debt, Growth Debt & Private Credit
9 April 2025
Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb
Join us for an exclusive Business Breakfast dedicated to venture debt, growth debt, and private credit — alternative financing solutions that are rapidly shaping the growth landscape for startups, scaleups, and high-growth companies.
Hear directly from leading players in the market, including investors and experts who are driving these innovative funding strategies across Europe and beyond. Learn how venture debt and growth debt work, when and how to use them, and what makes private credit an increasingly attractive option for scaling businesses.
This invitation-only event is designed for venture capital and growth capital fund managers (including emerging fund managers), startup and scaleup founders, and end-investors (limited partners) interested in understanding and leveraging debt-based growth solutions.
Be part of this dynamic discussion, gain actionable insights, and connect with key stakeholders shaping the future of non-dilutive and hybrid growth financing.
SustainInvest 2025
25–26 June 2025
Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb
SustainInvest 2025 is a two-day event focused on ESG and sustainable investing in the private equity and venture capital industry. The event will start on 25 June 2025 with a Gala Conference Dinner — a unique sustainable dining experience — and continue on 26 June 2025 with a Workshop on ESG/Sustainability for PE/VC fund managers.
At the Gala Conference Dinner participants will enjoy a locally sourced, eco-friendly menu, with each dish reflecting its carbon footprint. The more sustainable your choices, the less you pay! Part of the proceeds from the dinner will be donated to a selected environmental charity.
The following day, 26 June, the Workshop on ESG and Sustainability will offer practical insights and best practices for integrating ESG into private equity and venture capital fund management, featuring expert speakers and interactive discussions.
Join SustainInvest 2025 to learn, connect, and commit to sustainable investing.
BestInvest Croatia 2024
12 June 2024
hotel Westin Zagreb
BestInvest.hr conference represents the unique opportunity to meet with representatives of leading private equity and venture capital funds investing in Croatia, and the founders who have fundraised venture capital funding. Learn about private equity and venture capital investments and network with the leading industry participants. Join us on BestInvest.hr 2024 conference.
LP-GP Networking Event
9 – 11 October, 2024
Hotel Excelsior, Dubrovnik, Croatia
The LP-GP Networking Event is unlike any other—it is a private, invitation-only conference meticulously curated to provide access to top-tier investment opportunities and thought-provoking discussions led by industry leaders. Unlike other commercial conferences, this is an invitation-only, privately organised gathering, carefully curated to include pre-selected investment opportunities and inspiring speakers. The event offers an intimate and exclusive setting for meaningful networking and exploring cutting-edge investment strategies.
Annual General Assembly Meeting & Xmas Networking Drinks
13 December 2023
Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb
Annual General Assembly meeting & Xmas Networking Drinks Wednesday, 13 December 2023 starting at 16:00. Venue: hotel Esplanade, Zagreb. By invitation only. For more information, please contact us at info@cvca.hr.
Explore our past podcasts
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special guests: Slaven Kordic and Roko Zivkovic
It is extremely unusual to link investment and illusion, not to mention dangerous, but there is an example that shows that it works perfectly. From beautiful Croatia comes another great entrepreneurial story – the story of Museum of Illusions, which today exists in 34 cities in 20 countries! The genius Slaven Kordic from Invera Equity Partners and Roko Zivkovic from Metamorfoza d.o.o. ( Museum of Illusions) will tell you how to make such a great world story.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special guests: Ognjan Despot and Domagoj Boljar
What happens when the seven plants, New Zealand wool, natural sneakers and a global platform for financing and trading the shares of private companies are intertwined? Find out the answers in the new edition of InvestLab, which features Domagoj Boljar, Co-Founder COO, Miret, and Ognjan Despot, Head of CEE, Funderbeam. It is truly worth looking at the opportunity born of this intertwining! So check out what, how, and why in the new episode of IntvestLab.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special guests: Tomislav Ticic, Vanja Vlak and Davorin Capan
The private equity and venture capital model has proven to be highly agile and resistant to the Covid crisis. The fact is that the amounts of capital raised and invested have never been higher. If we add to those high-tech companies that are experiencing a boom despite the pandemic and economic crisis, you are getting a story from your dreams. One success story is from Prosperus Invest and Neos, and Tomislav Tičić, Vanja Vlak and Davorin Capan.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special guests: Ivana Gazic, Morana Plejic, and Nikola Dujmovic
Ivana Gazic and Morana Plejic from Zagreb Stock Exchange and Nikola Dujmovic from Span reveal what opportunities are available on the Zagreb Stock Exchange for both investors and entrepreneurs and, and how interesting it is to go public, and how accessible it is to entrepreneurs in the second episode of the new InvestLab season. Watch now the second episode of the new season of InvestLab at the link here below for inspiration and consideration of both entrepreneurial and investment opportunities!
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special guests: Renata Brkic, Domagoj Oreb and Mislav Malenica
Did you know that Croatia is considered one of the top 3 EU countries in Brussels in terms of the development of artificial intelligence? We were caught by surprise, but this is not a joke. Find out more in the first episode of the new season of Invest Lab, which features Mislav Malenica from Mindsmiths and Renata & Domagoj from Feelsgood capital.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special Guest: Tana Zimmermann
In the new edition of the “InvestLab” podcast by Mirna Marovic, find out how the shopping experience on the way to a fast-food restaurant in New York inspired Tana Zimmermann to become the founder of one of the fastest-growing startups in Central and Eastern Europe, and what are her future plans. Watch now the latest episode of InvestLab podcast by Mirna Marovic with special guest Tana Zimmermann, CEO & Co-Founder, Bazzar.hr.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special Guests: Stevica Kuharski i Josip Begic
Find out how artificial intelligence connected mathematics and marketing and why scouting in venture capital investment is more important than in football in the new edition of the podcast InvestLab by Mirna Marovic with guests Stevica Kuharski, Principal, Fil Rouge Capital i Josip Begic, CEO, Lebesgue.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special Guests: Ivan Zec, Mila Cicek, Kresimir Secak
What is so interesting happening in Sesvete, to end up on the radar screen of investors from Japan, and what it takes for a pharmaceutical company to grow without the help of a pandemic, check on the Venturexchange youtube channel in the latest episode of Invest Lab by Mirna Marovic with guests Ivan Zec, Partner, Blue Sea Capital, Mila Cicek, Director, Blue Sea Capital, Kresimir Secak, CEO, Piramida
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special Guest: Michael Kedzia
The guest of the new edition of the podcast “InvestLab” by Mirna Marovic is Michal Kedzia from Warsaw, Partner in the oldest and one of the largest private equity funds in the CEE, Enterprise Investors. Enterprise Investors has invested 2.5 billion euros in the CEE economy since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and earned more than four. Please watch now the new InvestLab episode on the VentureXchange youtube channel to find out where does Enterprise Investors invest in Croatia and the Adria region and what is the secret of their success.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special Guests: Marko Galic and Kristijan Keindl
In the new edition of the “InvestLab” by Mirna Marovic podcast, Mirna hosted both sides of every successful private equity investment. How the cooperation between entrepreneur Kristijan Keindl and investor Marko Galic looks like first hand, what they expected from the collaboration and what they got, and how the bicycle as a product rushed through the pandemic crisis, watch on the VentureXchange Youtube channel.
InvestLab by Mirna Marovic
Special Guest: Jan de Jong
The first edition of the new podcast “InvestLab by Mirna Marovic” has been released! In her podcast, Mirna Marovic talks with investors and entrepreneurs who are changing the Croatian business environment for the better. The special guest of the first InvestLab podcast is Jan de Jong, a successful serial entrepreneur, founder of M+Group, Webpower Adria and Crop. Besides, Jan is a passionate promotor of Croatia and brings valuable change to the Croatian business and regulatory environment. Watch the podcast with Jan de Jong about business and private equity investments and bicycles and cultural differences between the Netherlands and Croatia.
Explore our past webinars and view recordings
How has COVID-19 impacted CEE private equity market and valuations?
17 July 2020
ONLINE
In this webinar we present the results of the survey analysing the response strategies, as well as expectations on deal flow/new investments, managing current portfolios, realizing exit strategies and expectations on the recovery with a special focus on private equity in the CEE region.
Our members
Membership in the Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and your participation in CVCA activities will bring about the development of a dynamic investment market that will, as such, contribute to the development of the Croatian economy
Associated members
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