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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INTARG 2026
The 19th International Invention and Innovation Show at the Katowice International Congress Centre, under WIPO and IFIA patronage. Connects inventors, deep-tech founders and R&D teams with investors and institutions around intellectual property, funding and commercialisation. Useful for hardware, cleantech and university-spinout startups seeking partners, awards and grants.
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INTARG 2027
INTARG's next edition is confirmed for 17-18 May 2027 at the Katowice International Congress Centre, under WIPO and IFIA patronage. The International Invention and Innovation Show connects inventors, deep-tech founders, and R&D teams with investors and institutions around IP, funding, and commercialisation.
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IT Arena Warsaw 2026
Enterprise IT and B2B software conference with practical case studies and buyer-facing sessions. Useful for SaaS and cybersecurity startups seeking pilot contracts and distribution partnerships in Poland.
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iTaxi
iTaxi is a Polish taxi-ordering and mobility app, one of the country's pioneering ride-hailing platforms, connecting passengers with licensed taxis via smartphone across major Polish cities and offering corporate/business transport services. It was co-founded around 2012 by serial entrepreneur Lech Kaniuk, who served as CEO until 2018, and grew into one of Poland's best-known mobility brands before later consolidation in the Polish taxi-app market.
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Jakub "Kuba" Filipowski
Jakub "Kuba" Filipowski is the co-founder and CEO of Netguru, a Polish software development company he has built since 2008 into an international firm of 700+ people. Before becoming CEO in 2023 he was Chief Strategy Officer, leading Netguru's M&A including a stake in US innovation studio Pilot44. He is also a Partner at Warsaw growth fund Supercharge Capital, an active angel investor, and earlier co-founded the SaaS recruitment platform HumanWay, sold to Grupa Pracuj in 2013.
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Jan Stasz
Co-creator of fashion marketplace Showroom.pl, Jan became an angel investor after Showroom’s success. He has a keen eye for consumer and lifestyle startups and was nominated among top angels in 2018. Associated startups: Showroom.pl (co-founder), plus investments in fashion-tech and consumer platforms.
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Jarosław Królewski
Jarosław Królewski is a Polish entrepreneur, AI researcher and investor, best known as CEO and co-founder of Synerise, one of Europe's fastest-growing behavioural-AI infrastructure companies, valued at over $120M and backed by a €25M European Investment Bank facility secured in 2025. He is also president and majority owner of football club Wisła Kraków and a lecturer at AGH University in Kraków, and was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2025). In 2026 he was appointed to Poland's Council of the Future and the Presidential Business Council, becoming a leading voice on AI and technology policy.
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Jarosław Łukasiewicz
Debuting Business Angel of the Year 2024 and CEO of Luma Automation, Jarosław brings industrial operating experience into startup investing. He backs founders applying AI and automation to legacy sectors where measurable efficiency gains matter most. His focus spans deep tech, industrial IoT, and Industry 4.0 solutions for manufacturing and logistics.
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Jarosław Sroka
Board member at KI Next, the investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, where he oversees communications, investor relations and public affairs and helps run the InCredibles startup programme. A former economic journalist, he was editor-in-chief at Puls Biznesu, Gazeta Prawna and Newsweek Polska.
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JS Poland 2026
The biggest JavaScript conference in CEE, drawing around 1,800 attendees as part of a November cluster with NG Poland and AI Poland. For technical founders and frontend or full-stack teams it is a high-density venue for engineering talent and dev-tooling exposure.
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Jutro Medical
Jutro Medical is a Warsaw-based, AI-first primary care operator that integrates online and offline care. Founded in 2020, it has grown from a single tech-enabled clinic into an integrated operator running around 20 clinics across Poland and serving roughly 120,000 patients. The company embeds AI agents directly into clinical workflows to handle patient intake and documentation, freeing doctors for clinical decisions.
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Kamil Stanuch
Data and automation specialist and LP at Erebor Capital, Kamil represents a new wave of Polish angels focused on lean, automation-heavy products. He frequently co-invests in data-intensive startups and AI-native software companies. His activity includes early involvement and advisory support in products such as Tidio and other LLM-agent startups.
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Karol Lasota
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners specialising in data science, AI and deep tech. He built the firm's internal AI-powered sourcing tooling and was promoted to Partner in 2025, leading investments in machine-learning and science-driven startups across CEE.
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Kasia Pieniądz
Angel investor and board member at COBIN Angels, Kasia is based in Switzerland and helps connect Swiss and Polish startup ecosystems. She is vice-president of the Swiss-Polish Blockchain Association and brings specialization in health economics. Her portfolio and advisory focus include Bitfold and early-stage teams using blockchain in healthcare data management and security.
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KI Next
The innovation and investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, the international investment house owned by Sebastian Kulczyk. KI Next backs technology ventures and coordinates the InCredibles programme — a long-running competency-building programme for top Polish startups run with the Warsaw School of Economics.
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Kinga Piecuch
President of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Poland since 2022, with over two decades in senior technology leadership. She was previously managing director at SAP Poland, general manager at Xerox Poland and an enterprise director at Microsoft CEE.
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Konrad Trzyna
Managing Partner and co-founder of Hard2beat, where he leads legal and structuring with over a decade of experience on €100M+ transactions. He previously worked alongside the founding team at Shape VC and supports Hard2beat's deep-tech portfolio.
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Krzysztof Kalicki
Ex-CEO of Deutsche Bank Poland, Krzysztof brings finance industry gravitas to the startup world. After decades in banking, he now invests in fintech and regtech startups as an angel. His deep understanding of banking regulation makes him an ideal mentor for fintech founders. Associated startups: Early-stage fintech and compliance tech startups (leveraging his banking network).
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La French Tech Warsaw
The official La French Tech community in Warsaw, a movement bridging the French and Polish tech ecosystems. It brings startup founders, investors, policymakers, and community builders together through events such as French Tech Connect Warsaw, and helps innovative companies expand between France and Central Europe.
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Lancerto
Lancerto is a Polish premium menswear brand founded in 2008 by Tomasz Ciąpała together with Mariusz Jończy and Tomasz Górkiewicz, headquartered in Łańcut where it also runs its own manufacturing. The brand sells suits, shirts, shoes, and accessories through dozens of retail showrooms across Poland and a dedicated e-commerce store launched in 2016. The company is founder-owned and self-financed, with no external funding rounds or stock-market listing publicly disclosed.
