Elevator Ventures operates inside Raiffeisen Bank International's broader network of fintech programs, which lets portfolio companies work directly with the bank—shown by concrete outcomes like Tarfin's credit facility in Romania and Kompany360's deployment at RBI before its acquisition by Moody's. The fund targets Series A and B startups in DACH and CEE that already have product-market fit, investing under a broad "Fintech & Beyond Banking" thesis—covering areas like AgriTech, PropTech, and Industrial Tech, as long as there's a financial-services connection—while also holding fund-of-funds positions such as Speedinvest IV to track trends across the region.