We build, scale, and invest in digital product startups
Founding successful companies by combining ideas with founders, domain experts, capital and technical execution.
Phase
Build
Co-founded
2020
A platform that completely revolutionizes gymnastics by enabling gymnasts to compete in international competitions from their own gyms.
EXPLORE ELEVIEN
Phase
Build
Co-founded
2019
All-in-one booking and property management platform made to fit the specific needs of campsites and hotels.
EXPLORE SWEN
Phase
Prototype
Founded
2022
An online platform that provides insight into tech salaries, covering 50% of the Croatian tech market.
EXPLORE TABU
Phase
Spin-off
Founded
2022
Bornfight’s Creative Unit spinoff for high-end websites, e-commerce and brand identity.
EXPLORE BORNFIGHT STUDIO
Phase
Spin-off
Founded
2014 — spun off in 2016
A SaaS for monitoring online media with 3500 customers from 100+ countries.
EXPLORE DETERM
We’re looking for founders & great business ideas
more than just financing
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.
03
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.
04
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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2022
Tomislav Grubišić co-founds Degordian — social media agency that becomes one of the largest regional digital agencies
Social Numbers launched as one of the company’s first ventures
Determ (ex Mediatoolkit) is launched as a new venture — a media monitoring SaaS
Social Puzzle is launched as a new venture
The first Startup in 24 hours event
€1,5M invested in Degordian and Determ by RSG Capital
Among The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 companies
Determ is spun off — now a €2M ARR scaleup
Bornfight spun off from Degordian as a software development agency
Bornfight co-founds SWEN as a new venture — a management and booking platform for campsites with a €1,5M pre-seed investment
Bornfight co-founds Elevien as a new venture — a digital platform for gymnastics competitions that receives a €2M pre-seed investment in 2022
Bornfight founds Tabu as a new venture — a salary comparison platform for the IT industry that covers 65% of the IT market in Croatia
BORNFIGHT STUDIO® becomes a separate business entity — an award-winning web production studio
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
Venture portfolio
- 01
Startup2019 co-founded
Frictionless hospitality for hotels and campsites
- 02
Startup2022 founded
An online platform that provides insight into tech salaries and counts 26,000+ users
- 03
Startup2020 co-founded
The (r)evolution of gymnastics
- 04
Spinoff2016
Tracking online mentions across internet in real time
- 05
Spinoff2022
An award-winning web production and branding agency founded in 2018
Our leadership team
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.
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.
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.
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.
Leonardo Dražić
CEO, SWEN
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