01
Start
A problem we can be the first customer of. Founders and engineers go on it before the money does.
§ INDEX / 2026 — A STARTUP LAB SINCE 2008
We help
talented companies
grow.
Design software, media, education, document AI — and, more recently, the economics of building. We have started and grown companies in each of these fields since 2008 — from first idea to exit. Different industries, one method.
18
years starting companies
100+
projects shipped
4
successful exits
1,000+
jobs created
◆ DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, ONE METHOD · LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ACROSS EUROPEAN IT MARKETS · UA · CY · EU
§ LINEAGE
One lab, two names.
Alesium is a Cyprus company and a member of Invest Cyprus. A startup lab with years of experience behind it, building companies and developing its investment strategy on the island — same founders, same method since 2008.
↘ Meet the team & milestonesP.I.
2008
A.
2021
CY
2015
PROPOSAL INVEST LIMITED
Depositphotos · Crello
Lightfield · BirdInFlight
ALESIUM LTD
hooh.ai · AllRight.com
Construction · R&D
§ METHOD
Different industries.
Same method.
As in every lab, our first role is the experimenter's — we start and run companies of our own. In many other projects we are investors, backing talented founders whose vision matches ours. Each time the aim is the same: a product that exceeds expectations and genuinely helps people.
02
Staff
Small teams, direct ownership, no agency layer. The people who build it are the people who run it.
03
Run
We operate the company for years, not quarters — through the boring middle, where ventures are actually won.
04
Decide
Keep it, fold it back into the lab, or sell it. Some we have sold. Most we still run.
§ AS FEATURED IN
REFERENCES · EN
TECHCRUNCH 2021
"Vistaprint acquires Crello and Depositphotos, rebrands as Vista" →
KYIV POST 2021
"US firm acquires Ukraine-founded Depositphotos for $85 million" →
CIMPRESS IR 2021
"VistaPrint evolves into full-service design, digital and print partner" →
EBRD VCIP 2014
"Investment profile — Depositphotos" →
AIN 2021
"AllRight.io raises $5M Series A led by TMT Investments" →
PRINTWEEK 2021
"Cimpress creates Vista brand family, buys DIY design platform" →
§ 01 / THE LAB · FOUR BENCHES
01
Ventures
Companies we start ourselves — founded, staffed, and run under our own name.
FOUNDED · STAFFED · SHIPPED
→
02
Software
The engineering bench every venture is built on: platforms, mobile, antifraud, marketplaces.
PLATFORM · MOBILE · ANTIFRAUD
→
03
Construction
The same bet as in software — talented people, new concepts, and new visions of how the island builds.
INVESTOR · JOINT PROJECTS · CY
→
04
R&D
Where the next one starts. Applied AI, data pipelines, and the economics of building.
ALWAYS OPEN
→
§ 02 / OUT OF THE LAB
Eighteen years,
one hundred + ships.
2010 Marketplace · stock imagery · exit to Cimpress (2021)
Depositphotos
Premium stock agency with millions of high-quality pictures. Scaled internationally with EBRD backing.
2016 Creative tool · SaaS · exit to Cimpress (2021)
Crello
Feature-rich online image editor and design app for non-designers, acquired by Cimpress and rebranded as VistaCreate.
2025 AI document workspace · SaaS · live
hooh.ai
A private AI workspace for every document — read, manipulate, write. Per-user encryption, cited answers, a full PDF editor, and an AI drafting surface in one place.
2023 EdTech · B2C · investment
AllRight
English online for children — an Alesium investment backing interactive lessons with native speakers and gamified learning paths for young learners.
2015 Media · online magazine
Bird in Flight
International online magazine on photography and visual culture, plus the Bird in Flight Prize photography contest.
2017 Photography studio · B2B services
Lightfield Productions
One of the largest photo studios in Eastern Europe, launched by Depositphotos in a renovated Kyiv furniture factory.
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