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.
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
Agility & Organisational Design
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.
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
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.
CEE
EMEA
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
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.
Stefan Bauhofer
Samuel Krošlák
“Qualified and very good market research with highly professional presented results. Great business partner, people who go the extra mile.”
Karlheinz Viet
Rasto Demes
The team
The Team
People who have built, backed and advised.
Every person at Helecom has operated in the markets they advise on.
Paul Putz
CEO & FOUNDER · Danube Angels
Invest
Nenad Pacek
CEO & Founder · EMEA Business Group
Advisory
Daniela Mikolasek
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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
Building durable advantage in European markets — what founders consistently underestimate
The positioning decisions made in the first six months of a market entry often define the ceiling of the business for years. Most founders know this in principle. Very few act on it in time.
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