We build, scale, and invest in digital product startups

Founding successful companies by combining ideas with founders, domain experts, capital and technical execution.

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      Build

    • Co-founded

      2020

    A platform that completely revolutionizes gymnastics by enabling gymnasts to compete in international competitions from their own gyms.

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    • Phase

      Build

    • Co-founded

      2019

    All-in-one booking and property management platform made to fit the specific needs of campsites and hotels.

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    • Phase

      Prototype

    • Founded

      2022

    An online platform that provides insight into tech salaries, covering 50% of the Croatian tech market.

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    • Phase

      Spin-off

    • Founded

      2022

    Bornfight’s Creative Unit spinoff for high-end websites, e-commerce and brand identity.

    EXPLORE BORNFIGHT STUDIO
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    • Phase

      Spin-off

    • Founded

      2014 — spun off in 2016

    A SaaS for monitoring online media with 3500 customers from 100+ countries.

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We’re looking for founders & great business ideas

more than just financing

Other than investments, co-founding your company with Bornfight means you get a team of product builders, business operators, entrepreneurs and fund-raisers.

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    Dedicated team

    When you know the problem but don’t have the resources or expertise, Bornfight gets you a team of experts at your disposal. Instead of hiring new people, we provide an already experienced task force.

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    Operational Support

    Daily operations create brand new challenges every day — our management knows how to prepare you for what’s ahead. This saves you time and valuable resources.

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    Financing & Investments

    Funding is always hard to come by, especially in early stages. Bornfight invests in your idea and connects you with the right people and finds capital to launch your startup to the next level.

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    Administrative Support

    Starting small means you have to take multiple roles at once. Bornfight takes care of the administration while you focus on your company and work on ideas that help turn your ideas into successful products.

Our venture building process

Using our expertise, we detect every project’s needs and define an optimal process that can adapt to your business.

  • BUILD

    • MVP development & iteration
    • Sales activities
    • Go-to-market implementation
    • Business plan update
    • UX/UI testing
    • Branding
    • Seed investment
  • PROTOTYPE

    • Product discovery
    • Customer profile development
    • Marketing strategy creation
    • Prototyping
    • Financial planning
  • VALIDATE

    • Pre-seed investment
    • Due diligence
    • Product ideation
    • Idea evaluation
    • Simple feasibility check
    • Competitor & market analysis
    • Customer interviews
    • Business plan
  • GROW

    • Product development & management
    • Strategy & goal setting
    • Business development
    • Growth marketing
    • Product roadmap planning
    • Team expansion & leadership building
    • Possible Follow-on investment
  • SCALE

    • Sales & Marketing scaling
    • Moving up-market
    • New products for the same market/tech
    • Hiring at scale
    • Culture building
    • Product development & management

history of our success

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Tomislav Grubišić co-founds Degordian — social media agency that becomes one of the largest regional digital agencies

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Social Numbers launched as one of the company’s first ventures

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Determ (ex Mediatoolkit) is launched as a new venture — a media monitoring SaaS

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Social Puzzle is launched as a new venture

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The first Startup in 24 hours event

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€1,5M invested in Degordian and Determ by RSG Capital

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Among The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 companies

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Determ is spun off — now a €2M ARR scaleup

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Bornfight spun off from Degordian as a software development agency

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Bornfight co-founds SWEN as a new venture — a management and booking platform for campsites with a €1,5M pre-seed investment

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Bornfight co-founds Elevien as a new venture — a digital platform for gymnastics competitions that receives a €2M pre-seed investment in 2022

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Bornfight founds Tabu as a new venture — a salary comparison platform for the IT industry that covers 65% of the IT market in Croatia

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BORNFIGHT STUDIO® becomes a separate business entity — an award-winning web production studio

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Bornfight steps out from an agency model and officially becomes a venture builder

10+ YEARS

of experience in product business, design & development

7,3 M

investments

250+

employees in our companies

DRAG

Our leadership team

Starting in the early days of digital marketing, our leadership team knows what products need to grow.

Tomislav Grubišić

  • 16 years of venture building experience
  • Co-founder and CEO of Bornfight and Determ
  • Co-founder of Degordian
  • Strong background in software development and product management
  • Consultant for numerous startups

Ivor Bihar

  • 11 years of venture-building experience
  • COO of Bornfight and Determ
  • Strong background in business operations and product management
  • Consultant for numerous startups

CO-FOUNDER STORIES

With our technical and business expertise, years of experience in developing digital businesses and teams, and a strong partner network of investors, we help in turning early stage companies into successful, rapidly-scaling ones.

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Andrej Doktor

PRODUCT LEAD, ELEVIEN

Bornfight supports SWEN on many different levels — from tech & business teams, all the way to operational services and administrative support, finances, and investment network. This way, we can completely focus on the product and its growth.

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Leonardo Dražić

CEO, SWEN

With our technical and business expertise, years of experience in developing digital businesses and teams, and a strong partner network of investors, we help in turning early stage companies into successful, rapidly-scaling ones.

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Andrej Doktor

PRODUCT LEAD, ELEVIEN

Bornfight supports SWEN on many different levels — from tech & business teams, all the way to operational services and administrative support, finances, and investment network. This way, we can completely focus on the product and its growth.

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Leonardo Dražić

CEO, SWEN

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