Poland startup ecosystem
Poland has emerged as one of Central Europe's most dynamic startup ecosystems. Warsaw and Krakow lead the charge with thriving tech communities, strong engineering talent from top universities, and growing venture capital activity. The country's competitive cost base, EU membership, and large domestic market make it an attractive launchpad for founders targeting the broader European market. The directory currently lists 339 organisations across 24 cities.
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Redigo Carbon
Cloud-based sustainability platform using machine learning to help businesses measure, analyse and plan carbon emissions reductions. Founded in 2022, it supports European companies in meeting ESG reporting requirements.
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Replenit
Warsaw-based AI decision engine for retail that converts customer behavioural signals into real-time, individualised actions—adjusting recommendations, promotions, and inventory allocation to match intent at the point of decision. Serves 30+ enterprise retailers globally. Raised €2.1M pre-seed co-led by Movens Capital and Vastpoint.
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Revoize
Revoize, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Warsaw, develops real-time speech-to-speech AI infrastructure for programmable human voice. It is building an end-to-end transformer model that runs locally on devices to enable translation, accent transformation and audio-quality enhancement without cloud processing. Its low-latency, on-device approach targets use cases from real-time translation to accent normalisation for call centres and studio-grade voice reconstruction.
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RIFFSEC
Cybersecurity startup launched in 2022 offering a European-focused cyber threat intelligence platform. It monitors darknet, deep web, and messaging channels for leaks and compromised credentials and helps teams detect phishing domains before campaigns go live.
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Robert Dziubłowski
CEO of Top Consulting SA, Robert is an example of a traditional industry executive who ventured into startup investing. Nominated as a top angel in 2018, he has provided capital to startups diversifying beyond his consulting business. Associated startups: Involvements kept fairly private; known in investment circles for supporting enterprise software startups.
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Robert Lewandowski
Better known as a football superstar, Robert has also become an active startup investor in recent years. Through his firm RL9 Investments, he provides funding and global visibility to Polish startups. For instance, he joined Dawid Urban in backing Samurai Labs (AI anti-bullying platform) in 2020. He’s also invested in health tech and games (e.g. Movie Games). Associated startups: Samurai Labs, Movie Games, Zeny (fintech), and Stor9 (marketing) among others.
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Robert Ługowski
Founder of Polish Angels and managing partner at COBIN Angels, Robert is a veteran executive with experience at Xerox, HP, and Atos. He serves as a board member of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) and specializes in business strategy and transaction structuring for early-stage deals. Notable involvements include CliniNote (AI-powered healthtech platform, co-founder), board roles with Photon Entertainment, Salesbook, and Vindicat, plus prior supervisory board service at Work Service S.A.
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Robimy Startupy w Lodzi #402
Long-running local startup meetup in Lodz focused on practical feedback, mentorship, and early-stage networking. The #402 edition continues a grassroots format that is especially accessible for first-time founders and local ecosystem participants.
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Roman Pałac
Business Angel Debutant of the Year (2021) and former CEO of Gemini Polska as well as former president of PZU Życie. Roman transitioned from top-level corporate leadership into startup investing with a focus on business transformation and commercial execution. He primarily backs startups in healthcare, insurance, and business transformation, bringing operator-level support in sales strategy and scaling.
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RTA Ventures
Founded 2011. Early-stage investor focused on digital health, telemedicine, and SaaS. RTA Ventures is an accelerator programme based in Warsaw, Poland. The programme supports startups in Digital Health, Telemedicine, SaaS.
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SALESmanago
SALESmanago is a Kraków-based marketing-automation platform serving mid-market e-commerce companies across Europe. Founded by Grzegorz Błażewicz in 2011, the company offers customer data, segmentation, omnichannel campaign execution, and AI-driven personalization. SILVER LAKE Waterman acquired a majority stake in 2022, valuing the company at hundreds of millions of euros, after which Błażewicz continued investing through Borubar Ventures.
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Samurai Labs
Samurai Labs is a Gdynia-based AI safety company building neural-symbolic systems that detect and de-escalate online abuse, harassment, and predatory behavior in real time. Its technology is licensed by gaming companies, social platforms, and child-safety partners. Backed by angel investors including Dawid Urban and footballer Robert Lewandowski (via RL9 Investments).
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Sebastian Kulczyk
Owner of Kulczyk Investments and founder of Manta Ray VC, Sebastian is a prominent growth and technology investor supporting globally scalable startups. Through both direct investment and ecosystem initiatives such as InCredibles, he has helped position Polish founders on international markets. His wider portfolio context includes involvement around major outcomes such as Base (acquired by Zendesk), and investments including Iceye and Brainly.
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Secfense
Secfense was founded in 2018 in Kraków by Tomasz Kowalski and Marcin Szary. The company develops a User Access Security Broker that lets enterprises deploy multi-factor authentication and passwordless login across existing applications without modifying their code. It raised early backing from Bitspiration Booster followed by a $2M round in 2022 led by Tera Ventures, Presto Ventures, and RKKVC, and counts enterprise clients such as BNP Paribas Bank Polska.
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Semirobotics
Semirobotics is a Warsaw-based medtech robotics startup that developed FIDI, an assistive feeding robot designed for people with upper-limb disabilities who cannot eat independently. The system combines 3D vision, AI-based motion planning, and adaptive utensils to align with the user's posture, pace, and food preferences, restoring dignity and autonomy during meals. Semirobotics targets hospitals, care homes, and individual users, addressing a significant unmet need in assistive technology. The company is part of Poland's emerging robotics and medtech scene and has received EU innovation funding.
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SERio
SERio is a Warsaw-based foodtech startup producing plant-based cheese alternatives made from Polish lupin beans, a locally abundant and sustainable protein source. The products are engineered for high protein content and strong melt performance, targeting mainstream consumers seeking dairy-free options that do not compromise on taste or cooking functionality. SERio differentiates from soy and cashew-based competitors by using a regionally sourced ingredient with a lower environmental footprint. The company is part of Poland's growing alternative protein ecosystem and sells through retail and food-service channels.
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Showroom.pl
Showroom.pl is a Warsaw-based online fashion marketplace that aggregates independent designers and boutique brands from across Poland, offering curated multibrand discovery for younger consumers. Co-founded by Jan Stasz, the company became one of Poland's best-known fashion-tech successes of the 2010s and is a frequent reference point in the Polish e-commerce ecosystem.
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Silent Eight
Silent Eight builds AI-powered financial-crime compliance software for global banks. Its Iris platform automates AML alert investigation, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and adverse-media detection, replicating analyst judgement at scale; clients include HSBC and Standard Chartered. Founded by Poles with its engineering hub in Warsaw (commercial HQ in Singapore).
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SKY ENGINE AI
Synthetic data generation platform for computer vision AI. SKY ENGINE AI lets teams train and validate vision models on physics-based synthetic 3D datasets for defence, industrial inspection, retail, and autonomous systems, without the cost of collecting and labelling real-world data. Backed by Movens Capital.
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SMOK Angels
An angel network led by Borys Musielak (of SMOK Ventures) focusing on Central & Eastern Europe. With 160+ founders and investors involved, SMOK Angels encourages experienced entrepreneurs to invest in idea and seed-stage startups. They often co-invest alongside SMOK Ventures fund. Notable focus: early-stage tech teams (idea to Series A) in CEE, leveraging its members’ mentorship.
