Helecom Group

Helecom Group · Vienna

You have built something worth taking further.

We know how to take it there.

Helecom Group brings capital and counsel to founders expanding across Europe. We have operated on both sides of the market for over twenty years, advising companies on cross-border growth, and backing the ones worth building.

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Advisory

Strategy and market access for companies ready to move.

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Invest

Early-stage conviction capital, with an operator’s view on every deal.

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Shop

Curated product from the Helecom network.
Advisory — capabilities

Advisory

Most advisors tell you what to do.

We have already done it.

Most founders reaching a new market face the same problem: the advice they need is not available from someone who has actually operated in that market. Helecom Advisory exists for that exact moment. We work with growth-stage companies expanding across European borders, bringing 20 years of operational experience to every engagement, not just a framework

That is exactly where we work, the point where the next market feels just out of reach.

Cross-Border Market Entry

We have taken companies from CEE into Western Europe and in the other direction. We know which assumptions get founders into trouble early, and how to avoid them without losing 18 months of budget.

Agility & Organisational Design

Scaling a team across markets requires more than hiring. We help leadership structures, communication patterns and decision-making frameworks keep pace with the growth of the business.

Strategy & Commercial Architecture

Revenue architecture, go-to-market design and commercial strategy built around your actual stage, sector and competitive position, not a generic playbook applied to your situation.

Advisory — capabilities

Invest

We invest in founders we would work alongside.

And we work alongside the ones we back.

Peter Helesic

Founder · Founder · Group Principal · Helecom Group

Peter Helesic

Peter founded Helecom in Vienna over twenty years ago with a clear thesis: that the most valuable thing you can give a founder is not a framework or a report, but someone who has operated in the market they are trying to enter and is willing to stay involved until the outcome is clear.

As principal investor and an active co-investor within the Danube Angels network (35 members, CEE-DACH), Peter brings capital, personal network and hands-on strategic support to every company he backs. His track record spans manufacturing, technology, professional services and consumer sectors across Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary, with extended EMEA reach through a strategic partnership with EMEA Business Group, and UK capital access through StepUpp Ventures in London.

Twenty years. Both sides of the market. Still picking up the phone.

Years operating
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Countries active

CEE

StepUpp Ventures

EMEA

Business Group

Angel Network · CEE / DACH

Peter is an active co-investor within the Danube Angels network, a structured angel co-investment platform with 200+ active members across the CEE and DACH region. Through Danube Angels, investors can participate in curated opportunities from EUR 1,000.”

Strategic Partner · EMEA

Market intelligence and business advisory for corporations operating across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trusted by Microsoft, Visa, Nestlé, Pfizer, Google and Red Bull. Helecom is a member of the EMEA Business Group network.

Strategic Partner · United Kingdom

London-based venture studio co-founded with Helecom. Makes early-stage startups investor-ready in 90 days, with direct access to UK VC networks and institutional capital. Based in Marylebone, London.

Client experience

In their words

What happens when you have the right person

opening the right doors.

“Peter realised that my business model lends itself to be scaled and extended to the CEE countries. Not even the pandemic could stop him from exploring avenues across multiple markets. Our relationship has since moved from client and advisor to business partnership.”

Stefan Bauhofer

Vet-Coaching, Austria
“Helecom brings good value and experience to our company. The development our team reached in 6 to 8 months is visible. They also bring valuable business connections and sales experience, which helps our company perform over our competitors.”

Samuel Krošlák

CEO, Krošlák, Slovakia

“Qualified and very good market research with highly professional presented results. Great business partner,  people who go the extra mile.”

Karlheinz Viet

Wolters, Germany
“Peter helped me organise all necessary M&A advisory services where the result was a suitable acquisition target for our Czech market entry. Positive experience with a passionate expert from the first step.”

Rasto Demes

ex-MD Delux, Czech Republic

The team

The Team

People who have built, backed and advised.

Every person at Helecom has operated in the markets they advise on.

Paul
Paul Putz

CEO & FOUNDER · Danube Angels

Invest 

Nenad

Nenad Pacek

CEO & Founder · EMEA Business Group

Advisory

Daniela

Daniela Mikolasek

Head of e-Commerce

Shop

Journal

The Team

What we are thinking about.

Perspectives on cross-border growth, early-stage investment and building companies that last, from the people doing the work.

Advisory · Featured

Work with us

If you are building something serious in Europe,

let's talk.

We take a small number of advisory relationships each year. If the timing is right, one conversation can open more doors than six months of trying alone.

helesic@helecom.eu