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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Leapo
Client management platform for online and hybrid fitness coaches. Leapo tracks each client's workout completion, check-ins and trends, then surfaces a weekly briefing of who is on track and who needs attention — alongside a drag-and-drop workout builder, nutrition logging (via FatSecret), custom check-in forms and an AI assistant that flags at-risk clients. Currently in early access.
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Lech Kaniuk
Polish-Swedish serial entrepreneur who co-founded and scaled PizzaPortal (acquired by Delivery Hero) and the solar-roofing company SunRoof. He has founded more than ten companies, angel-invested in dozens of startups and authored three books on startup fundraising.
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Legal Tech Summit 2026
Legal and RegTech-focused summit in Warsaw centered on AI-era compliance automation, featuring demo zones for contract management, e-discovery, and governance tooling. Attracts law firm partners, corporate counsel, and compliance officers. Valuable for legal-tech startups seeking pilot customers and strategic partnerships in the Polish and CEE legal markets.
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Lewiatan Business Angels
An angel network operating under the Lewiatan Confederation (a major business organization in Poland). They look for startups across industries that have innovative solutions and strong teams. Lewiatan BA often connects corporate executives with startup founders. Notable focus: multi-industry, emphasis on competitive advantage and innovation in the business model.
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LiveChat
LiveChat is a Wrocław-based SaaS company providing customer-messaging software used by over 36,000 businesses worldwide. Its core product is the LiveChat web-chat platform; the group also owns ChatBot, HelpDesk, and KnowledgeBase. Founded in 2002 and led by Mariusz Ciepły, LiveChat Software went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2014 and has been a profitable, dividend-paying SaaS business — a rarity in Polish tech.
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Ludus AI
Generative AI copilot for 3D game development and visualization workflows, with a strong focus on Unreal Engine production pipelines. The platform helps teams create assets and scene components faster while reducing technical bottlenecks for creators.
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Łukasz Lewandowski
Investment Director at Movens Capital. Drives sourcing and execution across fintech, edtech, and healthtech opportunities in Poland and the broader CEE region; previously in product and operating roles in tech-enabled services.
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Łukasz Pawłowski
Partner at Movens Capital. Investment professional focused on CEE early-stage tech, with deal experience across SaaS, fintech, and digital health. Works with founders on go-to-market, fundraising strategy, and cross-border expansion from Poland into Western Europe and the US.
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Łukasz Wejchert
Coming from the family that founded TVN and Onet, Łukasz launched his own investment firm Dirlango. As a business angel, he’s injected capital into Polish tech successes like Booksy (booking app) and PizzaPortal (food delivery). He focuses on consumer internet and mobile, often co-investing alongside global funds. Associated startups: Booksy, iTaxi, Plum Research, and others via Dirlango.
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Maciej Białek
Founder of interior design marketplace Pixers, Maciej now actively mentors and funds young startups. Drawing on his e-commerce background, he has invested in projects like PCdoc and ScreenSHU, among others, to help new founders scale their services. Associated startups: PCdoc.pl, ScreenSHU, and various e-commerce/marketplace startups.
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Maciej Filipkowski
Angel investor and host of the Zaprojektuj Swoje Życie podcast, Maciej is known as one of Poland’s most transparent private investors, openly sharing portfolio wins and failures. With prior senior leadership roles at Dell and NTT, he focuses on stable B2B SaaS models and healthtech opportunities. His publicly discussed portfolio includes Just Join IT, Booksy, and HiPeople.
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Maciej Frankowicz
Managing Partner and co-founder of Hard2beat. He previously ran the Shape VC BRIdge Alpha programme (36 portfolio companies, 2019–2023) and now invests in early-stage Polish deep-tech startups across cybersecurity, medtech, biotech and dual-use technologies.
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Maciej Kraus
Partner at Movens Capital and pricing / commercial strategy specialist, known for advising B2B SaaS and marketplace companies on monetisation, pricing architecture, and revenue operations. Joined Movens to lead growth-stage deal work and post-investment commercial support.
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Maciej Małysz
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners focused on developer tools, DevOps, deep tech and enterprise B2B software. He works with technical founders building global infrastructure and engineering products from Central and Eastern Europe.
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Maciej Noga
Co-founder of Grupa Pracuj and managing partner at Pracuj Ventures, Maciej is one of the most active HR-tech focused investors in Poland with a portfolio spanning 40+ companies. He is known for scaling marketplace and B2B software models, and remains a key shareholder in Grupa Pracuj following its Warsaw Stock Exchange IPO. Notable startup involvements include Symmetrical.ai, Jutro Medical, and SonarHome.
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Maciej Zawadzinski
Founding partner at Hard2beat VC and serial entrepreneur with multiple exits. Maciej is known for building Piwik PRO, a privacy-first analytics platform, and Clearcode, an AdTech/MarTech software company. His transition from founder to deep-tech investor was featured in Forbes Poland (March 2026) in the profile Mistrz exitow na inwestycyjnej sciezce by Krzysztof Domaradzki. Notable outcomes include the 2023 exit of Piwik PRO and the acquisition of Clearcode by ARICOMA Group.
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Maja Schaefer
Co-founder and CEO of Zowie, the AI customer-service platform she started in 2019 (originally Chatbotize). A software-engineering graduate of AGH University in Kraków, she has scaled Zowie to serve enterprises like L'Oréal and InPost, raising around $20M from investors including Tiger Global, and has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
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MAMENO
Poland's first digital platform dedicated to supporting women through the menopausal transition, offering a knowledge base, symptom monitoring and personalised programs spanning diet, exercise and specialist access on a freemium model.
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Manta Ray VC
Manta Ray VC is the technology venture arm of Kulczyk Investments, founded by Sebastian Kulczyk to back globally scalable Polish-rooted startups. The fund invests in growth-stage technology companies and has been associated with high-visibility outcomes such as ICEYE (SAR satellites) and Iceye-affiliated deep-tech bets. It complements the broader Kulczyk Investments ecosystem and the InCredibles founder programme.
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Marcin Tchórzewski
Founder of Coders Lab (one of the first Polish coding bootcamps), Marcin has since become an angel, especially in edtech and health startups. He has invested in companies like Tomorrow Medical and Listny Cud, while also serving as a mentor in programs like PFR School of Pioneers. Associated startups: Tomorrow Medical, Listny Cud (Leafy Miracle), and other edtech/healthtech startups.
