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231 entries.

[m]spark

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

[m]spark, powered by Knowledge Hub, is described as the first marketing-technology (MarTech) accelerator programme for startups on the Polish market. Based in Poland, it supports early-stage MarTech and adtech founders with mentoring, corporate connections and access to its ecosystem to help them validate and scale their products.

Accelpoint

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

Active since 2018. Smart-tech accelerator scaling startups across Central and Eastern Europe with programs like AccelStart, AccelBoost, and Green Impact. Support: specialized accelerators, corporate partner network, mentoring. Scope: Regional (CEE).

AI Clearing

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Construction analytics platform that ingests drone, satellite, and site imagery to produce automated progress, quantity, and quality reports for large linear-infrastructure projects (roads, rail, pipelines, solar farms). Operates across Europe and North America. Backed by Movens Capital.

AINOT Business Angels Network

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

A network of private investors associated with NOT (Federation of Engineering Associations), supporting early-stage high-growth companies. AINOT runs a structured support program from idea scouting and pre-incubation to equity investment (up to €200k) and follow-ons. How to apply: submit your idea via the online application form on the AINOT website (open intake). Notable focus: deep innovation and engineering-heavy startups, leveraging NOT’s technical expertise to vet and mentor projects.

Akcelerator Innowacji NOT

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

Established 2009 by the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT). Two-stage program for engineering and hardware startups: incubation with mentoring and business modeling, then seed funding up to EUR 200K. Support: expert consulting, seed capital, office space. Scope: National.

Aleksandra Pedraszewska

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Co-founding partner of Vastpoint Ventures, a 2025 seed fund investing in AI, B2B SaaS and techbio. She was an early employee at ElevenLabs, where she built the AI-safety team and led core partnerships during its rise to unicorn status, and previously co-founded a Cambridge deep-tech startup.

Aleph Zero

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Aleph Zero is a Warsaw-founded layer-1 blockchain project focused on privacy-enhancing technology and scalable consensus, using a peer-reviewed proof-of-stake protocol combined with secure multi-party computation. The company was co-founded by Polish researchers Adam Gągol and Antoni Żółtowski. It raised early backing from notable angels including Balaji Srinivasan and operator-angel Piotr Smoleń, and built one of the most active developer communities in Polish web3.

Allani

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Allani is a Polish fashion-discovery and shopping aggregator that lets users browse clothing and accessories across hundreds of online stores from a single interface. Led by Mateusz Romanowski (also an early Brainly angel), Allani operates a popular consumer product in Polish e-commerce, monetizing through affiliate revenue and direct partnerships with retailers.

Andrzej Dragan

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Warsaw and the National University of Singapore, specialising in relativistic quantum information. He is also an internationally recognised photographer known for the high-contrast 'Dragan effect' and has directed campaigns for Netflix, HBO and PlayStation.

Andrzej Targosz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A serial entrepreneur and community builder, Andrzej founded the PROIDEA foundation which runs major tech conferences. He has been investing as an angel in Polish startups for years and was an early backer of Estimote (IoT beacons), Intelclinic (wearables), and JIVR (e-bikes). Andrzej’s broad network and experience organizing startup events make him a valued mentor-investor. Associated startups: Estimote, Intelclinic, JIVR, Znika (eco-packaging), among others.

Anna Walkowska

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Co-founder of coworking space TechHub Warsaw and active community figure, Anna has invested in and mentored startups especially led by women. She is known for early involvement in the Warsaw startup ecosystem and provides seed funding to startups emerging from co-working communities. Associated startups: Examples include involvement with Campus Warsaw alumni startups and various civic-tech projects.

APER Angels

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

A deep-tech and hardware focused co-investment network founded in 2014 under the APER Ventures fund. APER Angels connects private angel investors with VC funds to pool capital for high-tech startups. They typically invest PLN 250k–5M in early-stage companies, and have backed over 24 startups with ~PLN 50M total. Notable focus: hardware, IoT, and deep-tech startups (often syndicating with APER Ventures).

Aptamedica

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Aptamedica is a Warsaw-based medtech startup developing a real-time, point-of-care therapeutic drug monitoring platform for intensive and critical care. Its core product, AptaSense, is a bedside analyzer that uses single-use, aptamer-based (DNA biosensor) test strips to measure blood concentrations of antibiotics such as vancomycin, gentamicin and amikacin, plus the sepsis biomarker procalcitonin, returning results in roughly one minute from a venous sample — removing the need to send samples to a central lab and enabling immediate, precise dosing. The platform extends beyond the handheld analyzer: AptaFlow integrates into haemodialysis circuits for continuous real-time drug monitoring, while AptaSoft is an AI-assisted dosing tool aimed at neonatal care. New analytes such as troponin and digoxin are in the development pipeline and can be added via software. Founded by Maciej Łach, Mateusz Fil and Kamil Pawełkiewicz, the company is at prototype stage and has taken part in Polish innovation programmes including Warsaw Booster and the Mother and Child Startup Challenge; no external funding round has been publicly disclosed to date.

Arkadiusz Skuza

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Arkadiusz Skuza is a Warsaw-born AI entrepreneur and consultant with over 17 years of experience delivering AI and computer vision solutions across manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and finance. He founded Skuza AI, which helps enterprises implement production-grade AI, and has led projects for clients across Europe and North America. He is an active angel investor in AI and industrial tech startups, with focus areas including computer vision and predictive analytics.

Artur Banach

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Co-founder and Partner at Movens Capital. Serial tech entrepreneur and investor; founder and CEO of NetSprint (2000–2018), a Polish search engine that grew into a CEE adtech/martech group. Led Movens Fund 1 (2020–2023) to invest roughly €14M across 20 CEE startups before co-anchoring Fund 2 (€60M, 2025). Board roles and angel investments across fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS in Poland and CEE.

Artur Kurasiński

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

One of Poland’s first startup bloggers and influencers, Artur has also become an angel investor. He leverages his audience and industry knowledge to promote and invest in Polish startups, often focusing on edtech and gaming. Associated startups: Trafi (mobility) and ThinkCube (edutainment) are a couple of ventures he’s been publicly associated with as an investor.

Authologic

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Authologic is a unified digital-identity verification platform aggregating hundreds of eID systems to streamline KYC/AML using electronic IDs, NFC document scanning, facial biometrics and liveness detection. It serves financial services, gaming, telecoms and crypto with eIDAS-compliant checks, used over 150,000 times a day.

AWS Community Day Poland 2026 (Sept 2026)

Warsaw, Poland · Event

AWS Community Day Poland 2026 is a community-run conference for AWS cloud builders, developers, and architects, held at Multikino in Złote Tarasy, Warsaw. It features talks across multiple screening-room stages on AWS cloud, serverless, and DevOps topics, plus hands-on sessions and networking, and is organised by AWS User Group community members rather than AWS itself, free to attend with registration.

AWS User Group Poland

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Community-run AWS User Group in Poland that organises AWS Community Day Poland, a free conference for AWS cloud builders, developers, and architects. The volunteer organisers run talks, hands-on sessions, and networking on AWS cloud, serverless, and DevOps topics independently of AWS itself.

BallSquad

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Mobile platform for booking public and private sports facilities, helping players find and reserve courts and pitches. Founded in Warsaw, targeting the growing market for accessible recreational sports infrastructure.

Bartek Pucek

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Bartek Pucek is a Polish serial entrepreneur, prolific angel investor and AI writer. He was an early investor in ElevenLabs and Alokai (formerly Vue Storefront) and has backed 50+ pre-seed and seed startups across AI, infrastructure and deep tech, often alongside funds such as a16z, Sequoia and Y Combinator. Previously Chief Digital Officer at IKEA Poland and head of mobile at Grupa Onet–Ringier Axel Springer, he co-founded the AI lab Forward Operators and the AI startup Proofs, and now leads The Thinking Company, an AI transformation firm serving enterprise clients across Europe and the US.

Bartosz Dobrzyński

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Former Chief Marketing Officer of telecom Play, Bartosz took his strategic acumen to the startup scene. He has invested in cybersecurity startup Secfense (passwordless authentication) and other tech companies. Bartosz often advises on go-to-market strategy while investing, bridging corporate and startup worlds. Associated startups: Secfense, Booste (revenue-based financing), and a handful of ICT startups.

BCNN

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

BCNN is a Warsaw-based investigative-analytics startup building forensic-grade, AI-powered graph analytics for work on sensitive datasets. Its 'Networks Notebook' engine combines a graph database, a BI engine, GraphRAG, and a swarm of AI agents that build and verify hypotheses — producing source-linked timelines, actor maps, and traceable chains of evidence for fraud detection, OSINT, due diligence, and supply-chain audits. Built for GDPR and EU AI Act compliance, it deploys across cloud, sovereign, on-premise, and fully air-gapped environments, and pairs the platform with a hands-on boutique analytics team. Founded by Michał Domański (CEO) and Paweł Gołąb (CTO).

Beata Cichocka-Tylman

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A longtime PwC executive and innovation consultant, Beata received the 2022 Ecosystem Award for her role in mentoring startups. She is not a traditional high-volume investor, but her contributions in connecting and guiding founders have led her to take angel stakes in a few innovation-driven companies. Associated startups: Select advisory-driven investments (innovation ecosystem support, e.g. via PwC Collider).

Billon Group

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Billon Group is a Polish-British DLT fintech that built a regulated distributed-ledger platform for tokenized cash payments, secure document delivery, and digital identity. The company is led by Wojtek Kostrzewa (also an active Polish angel) and has worked with major European banks and corporates on enterprise blockchain pilots. Billon's technology has been certified by EU regulators for handling regulated electronic-money flows.

BLIK

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Poland's dominant mobile-payment system, launched in 2015 by Polski Standard Płatności — a joint venture of six major Polish banks. BLIK enables in-store, online, ATM and peer-to-peer payments via six-digit one-time codes generated in a banking app, processes billions of transactions a year and has expanded internationally. Led by CEO Dariusz Mazurkiewicz.

Bloomin

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

All-in-one operating system for solo educators and small education businesses — tutors, coaches, mentors and admissions consultants. Combines a student CRM, scheduling, payment tracking and a public profile with an AI "digital brain" that turns session notes into prep, follow-ups and a mini-assistant answering student questions. EU-based and GDPR-compliant; free core plan with a paid Premium tier.

Booksy

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Booksy is a Polish-founded SaaS marketplace for booking personal-care appointments — hair, beauty, barbers, nails, and wellness providers. Founded in Warsaw in 2013 by Stefan Batory and Konrad Howard, Booksy expanded internationally and grew its provider base most rapidly in the US, UK, Spain, and Brazil. Backed by investors including Cat Rock Capital, Sprints Capital, and Piton Capital, the company offers business owners scheduling, payments, marketing, and customer-retention tooling alongside its consumer booking app.

Borys Musielak

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Borys Musielak is a Warsaw-based engineer-turned-investor, Founding Partner at SMOK Ventures — a pre-seed and seed fund backing Central and Eastern European founders — and the driving force behind SMOK Angels, a no-fee network of 220+ founders-turned-investors. He previously founded Filmaster, a movie-recommendation engine acquired by Samba TV in 2015, and co-founded Reaktor Warsaw (one of Poland's first startup coworking hubs) and the Startup Poland foundation. Through SMOK he has backed CEE startups across AI, gaming and software including Authologic, Alokai, inStreamly and Defguard, and in 2025 he co-founded No Cap, an AI-driven angel investing platform.

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Brain Embassy

Warsaw, Poland · Coworking Space

Brain Embassy is a premium Polish-born coworking brand with two flagship Warsaw locations: the original site at Konstruktorska 12 in Mokotów's Służewiec tech corridor, and a second outpost at Aleje Jerozolimskie near the city's main east-west axis. The Konstruktorska venue, opened around 2016, occupies an architecturally distinctive building surrounded by mature greenery — an unusual amenity in Warsaw's otherwise dense office park landscape. Brain Embassy targets creative professionals, technology companies, and fast-growing scale-ups that want design-quality interiors and community programming beyond standard coworking. The offering spans private offices, dedicated desks, open coworking, and a full event-and-workshop programme. Both locations feature high-end fit-outs with natural materials, breakout zones, phone booths, and event rooms capable of hosting product launches and investor gatherings. The Konstruktorska neighbourhood houses a concentration of technology and media firms and has been a secondary tech cluster in Warsaw alongside the Wola CBD. Brain Embassy's community events have included startup pitch evenings and workshops oriented toward product and marketing teams at growth-stage companies, making it one of the more ecosystem-engaged premium coworking operators in Warsaw outside the Google Campus and Reaktor networks.

Budimex Accel Program

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

Accelerator by Budimex for construction-tech startups in green construction, AI, robotics, and site automation. Offers pilots on construction sites, industry mentors, and potential investment or procurement. Scope: Regional (Poland and CEE).

Campus Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland · Coworking Space

Campus Warsaw is Google for Startups' flagship hub for Central and Eastern Europe, opened in 2015 inside the historic Koneser Centre at Plac Konesera 10 in Warsaw's Praga district. The venue occupies a revitalized 19th-century vodka distillery complex and serves as the primary gathering point for Google's regional startup programs. Access is restricted to Google for Startups alumni and resident startup community members on weekdays; the 200-seat auditorium and 36-seat classroom open to the public during curated events. Campus Warsaw runs Founders at Campus residencies — structured cohorts providing dedicated workspace, mentorship, and access to Google product experts — alongside Google for Startups Accelerator Poland, which selects early- and growth-stage companies for equity-free intensive programs. The Praga location positions Campus outside Warsaw's central business district, embedding it in a rapidly gentrifying creative and tech neighbourhood that also hosts the Koneser Building M location of Spaces coworking. As the only Google for Startups Campus in the CEE region, the Warsaw node anchors a network that connects local founders with Google's global mentor pool, cloud credits, and product integrations. Several international investors use Campus events for deal sourcing when visiting Warsaw.

CampusAI

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

CampusAI is a Warsaw-based generative-AI learning platform that helps individuals and organisations build practical AI skills. Founded in 2023, it delivers educational programmes, AI tools and expert-led training through 3D virtual environments, web applications and in-person sessions, including a skills-training environment called AI Gym. The company reports more than 35,000 trained users.

CD Projekt

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

CD Projekt is a Warsaw-based video-game holding founded in 1994 by Michał Kiciński and Marcin Iwiński. Its CD Projekt RED studio produced The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 franchises, while GOG.com operates a DRM-free PC games store. The company went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2011 and at peak was Poland's most valuable listed company. Co-founder Michał Kiciński later left day-to-day operations to focus on impact-oriented investing and wellness projects.

Centre of Creativity Targowa

Warsaw, Poland · Innovation Hub

The Centre of Creativity Targowa (Centrum Kreatywnosci Targowa) is a City of Warsaw institution in the Praga district that supports the creative industries and creative entrepreneurs. Located on Targowa street, it offers workspace, workshops, mentoring and events for people building businesses in design, crafts and other creative fields.

Certifier

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Digital credentialing SaaS used by training providers, schools, and enterprises to issue verifiable certificates and digital badges at scale. Certifier handles design templates, automated issuance via API / integrations, and blockchain-anchored verification. Backed by Movens Capital.

Cezary Smorszczewski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Cezary Smorszczewski is a Polish financier and fintech investor with nearly three decades of experience across state energy, banking and private equity. He co-founded Alior Bank in 2008 and led it to a ~$2bn London listing in 2012, then ran Private Equity Managers S.A. before launching Corviglia Capital Fund, a Luxembourg-based global fintech growth-equity vehicle. He has held senior roles at PKN Orlen and Bank Pekao and currently sits on the boards of Twisto, Upaid, Sparados and Moleo, investing across CEE fintech and technology.

CIC Innovation Campus (Varso Place)

Warsaw, Poland · Innovation Hub

CIC Innovation Campus in Warsaw, located at Varso Place, is part of the global CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center) network founded in 1999 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It provides flexible office and lab space, community and programming for startups, scaleups and innovation teams, acting as a physical hub that connects Warsaw's technology ecosystem to CIC's international network.

Clinical Trials Information Network

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Clinical Trials Information Network, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Warsaw, operates ClinicalTrials.eu, a patient-focused platform that makes clinical trial information across Europe more accessible. It aggregates publicly available data from international trial registries, academic centres, national regulators and commercial sponsors, letting users search trials by disease, drug name or location and access structured patient materials.

Cloud Native Days Poland 2026 (Oct 2026)

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Cloud Native Days Poland 2026 is a community conference centred on Kubernetes and cloud-native development, hosted at CIC Warsaw in Varso Tower. It brings together hundreds of developers, system engineers, and IT professionals from the CNCF and cloud-native community for talks, case studies, and networking.

Cloudly Studio

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Cloudly Studio is a Warsaw-based 3D visualisation studio specialising in interactive product experiences for laboratory equipment and industrial manufacturers. The company helps B2B sales teams replace static catalogues and physical samples with photorealistic 3D configurators and animations, letting buyers explore complex technical products in detail before purchase. Cloudly Studio serves manufacturers who sell capital equipment with long sales cycles — sectors where accurate visual communication significantly shortens the buying process and reduces costly physical demo logistics.

CND Poland

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Community organisers behind Cloud Native Days Poland, a conference centred on Kubernetes and cloud-native development hosted at CIC Warsaw in Varso Tower. The event gathers developers, platform engineers, and IT professionals from the CNCF and cloud-native community for talks and networking.

COBIN Angels

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

COBIN Angels is Poland's largest business-angel network, founded in 2015 and based at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Warsaw, with a community of 160+ active private investors. It syndicates pre-seed and seed rounds (typical tickets of PLN 100,000–450,000 per angel), runs founder education and pitch sessions, and connects startups with experienced operators. The network is led by founder and managing partner Robert Ługowski, CEO Dominik Krawczyk and managing partner Paweł Michalski, with an investment board including Kasia Pieniądz and communications led by Tomasz Laskowicz. COBIN organises the annual Business Angel of the Year (BAY) awards — now in its eighth edition — and co-publishes Poland's business-angel market report with the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, PKO Bank Polski and PFR Ventures. It is a member of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) and participates in cross-border EU syndication programmes. Notable syndicate investments include Growbots, Salesbook, SkySnap, Prosoma and the pet-care startup Petsy (a €1.1M angel round in 2024).

Code Europe

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Code Europe is Poland's largest tech festival for software engineers, founded in 2016 and operating as an independent organization with 11-50 employees. The organization runs annual multi-day events bringing together thousands of developers from across Central and Eastern Europe, combining in-person and online sessions. Its 2026 edition, branded 'Tech Builders Festival for Engineers,' is scheduled for September 14-15 at Stadion Legii in Warsaw, with tracks covering AI engineering, cloud and DevOps, software architecture, and security.

Code Europe 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

One of Central Europe's largest polyglot developer festivals, Code Europe 2026 runs as an online live-stream day (14 September) plus an on-site day in Warsaw at Stadion Legii (15 September), with talks across frontend, backend, DevOps, data, and AI. Its festival format and broad developer audience give startups strong employer-branding visibility across the CEE region.

Coders Lab

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

Coders Lab is a Warsaw-founded IT school and coding bootcamp established in 2013 by brothers Marcin and Jacek Tchórzewski, among the first programming bootcamps in Poland. It offers career-change programmes in Python, JavaScript, and data analytics and has expanded its campus model to several European countries. The company received angel investment from Grupa Pracuj and employed roughly 190 people by its tenth anniversary in 2023.

Cogito Capital

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Cogito Capital Partners is a Warsaw- and New York-based growth-stage venture firm founded in 2019 by Sylwester Janik (formerly a senior partner at MCI Capital) and Martin Jasinski. It backs later- and early-growth-stage B2B technology companies with Central and Eastern European roots that are scaling globally, with a particular emphasis on US expansion, addressing the Series B+ equity gap for European scale-ups (typically €5–10M+ ARR) across enterprise software, fintech and healthtech. Cogito has raised two funds: Cogito Fund I (2019, ~€61M, anchored by the EIF and PFR) and Cogito Fund II (target €125M, first close €90M+ in 2024, with EBRD, IFC and BGK among LPs), writing cheques of €5–15M. Its portfolio spans companies including Preply (language-learning unicorn), Allica Bank (UK SME-bank unicorn), Katana (Estonian cloud ERP, Series B led by Cogito), Nomagic, Finom and Alcatraz AI. Fund I also produced a landmark exit when Applica.AI was acquired by Snowflake in 2022.

Cosmose AI

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Cosmose AI is a Polish-founded retail-AI company that predicts offline shopping behavior for hundreds of millions of consumers across Asia and integrates with on-device advertising and rewards platforms. Founded by Miron Mironiuk in Warsaw, the company has raised funding from international investors including Tim Draper, Tencent, and Polish operator-angels Brent Hoberman and Paweł Kastory.

Cropler

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Cropler, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Warsaw, develops a portable digital agronomy system that delivers real-time field insights through smart agri-cameras and soil sensors. It pairs on-field hardware with a web-based analytics platform to monitor plant health and soil conditions, helping farmers track phenophases, detect diseases early and act on AI-based recommendations. Cropler reports its devices are used in 25 countries.

Dawid Urban

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor, Dawid is known for co-founding CHIC Group, which was acquired by British American Tobacco in a landmark transaction. He actively backs consumer-facing and technology-enabled brands, combining growth strategy support with capital. Notable startup involvements include TakeDrop and investments across lifestyle and tech ventures, including co-investments in projects such as Samurai Labs.

DefendEye

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

DefendEye is a Kraków-based deep-tech startup building fully autonomous, AI-powered tube-launched UAV systems for dual-use perimeter security and defence. Founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneur James Buchheim with a multinational team, its core product is a sub-250g drone stored in a sealed launch tube that deploys in under ten seconds via motion-triggered radar — with no trained pilot — climbs to altitude, performs AI human detection in milliseconds, and streams encrypted video to a cloud command centre before returning autonomously. The system is dual-use by design: civilian applications cover search-and-rescue and critical-infrastructure inspection, while security variants address perimeter breaches, border surveillance and active-shooter response. With an IP65 airframe, night-vision camera, onboard neural processor and optional Starlink connectivity, DefendEye targets NATO-facing procurement and is building an NDAA-compliant supply chain. It raised ~PLN 4.8M (~€1.1M) in a May 2025 seed round led by Polish deep-tech VC Hard2beat with Sunfish Partners, to finalise its commercial product and begin EU and US certification.

Defguard

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Defguard is a Warsaw-based open-source cybersecurity company building the only enterprise VPN platform that embeds multi-factor authentication natively at the WireGuard protocol level, closing the gap between network access and identity that standard WireGuard deployments leave open. The fully self-hosted platform unifies VPN connectivity, identity and access management, SSO (Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, LDAP, Active Directory), firewall policy orchestration and SIEM integration in a single Rust-built stack that customers run entirely on their own infrastructure — with no third-party cloud dependency and no US CLOUD Act exposure, supporting GDPR, NIS2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 compliance. Defguard spun out of teonite, a Polish software venture builder co-founded by CEO Robert Olejnik, and was publicly released on GitHub in May 2023 under an AGPL licence; its open-source core has gathered around 2,700 GitHub stars, with enterprise features under a commercial licence. In May 2025 it raised €1.2M (PLN 5.2M) in a pre-seed round led by Polish VC Hard2beat, with SMOK Ventures, S20 Team and cybersecurity firm ISEC, plus angels including Łukasz Jesis (Xopero). Version 2.0, released in April 2026, re-architected the platform with high availability and built-in SSL termination.

Delora

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Web3 execution layer that lets developers embed multi-chain token swaps and bridges directly into their applications through a single unified API. Execution runs on transparent, auditable smart contracts, with composable components developers integrate only as needed and a partner portal for fee monetization. Built by Delora Labs.

Demoboost

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Sales enablement platform for B2B SaaS teams to build interactive product demos and personalised storylines without engineering help. Sales and marketing teams use Demoboost to accelerate pipeline, shorten sales cycles, and scale product-led-growth motions. Backed by Movens Capital.

DevSkiller

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Technical skills assessment platform used by enterprise engineering teams to screen, interview, and upskill developers with real-world coding tasks. Pivoted in recent years toward developer skills management and internal capability mapping alongside hiring. Backed by Movens Capital.

Diana Koziarska

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Founding and managing partner at SMOK Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe. A physics graduate, she co-founded ReaktorX and was a leading figure in the Polish startup community before moving into venture capital, and has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30.

DocPlanner

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

DocPlanner is a Polish-founded healthcare booking and patient engagement platform operating brands such as ZnanyLekarz and MioDottore. The group expanded across Europe and Latin America and in 2017 acquired Germany’s Jameda, strengthening its presence in the DACH market; its TuoTempo brand deepened the practice management stack for larger healthcare providers. DocPlanner is backed by investors including Point Nine Capital, Goldman Sachs Private Capital, and One Peak Partners. The company connects patients with doctors while offering clinics scheduling, CRM, and telehealth tools.

Doctor.One

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Digital-first primary care and patient-doctor relationship platform that lets private physicians run long-term care programmes with patients through async messaging, visits, and care plans. Positioned as an alternative to transactional telemedicine, with a subscription model aligning doctor and patient incentives. Backed by Movens Capital.

EcoBean

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Circular-economy startup commercializing technology to upcycle spent coffee grounds into bio-based ingredients, including oils, antioxidant fractions, polymer feedstocks, and protein-rich additives for cosmetics, packaging, and food supply chains.

Elastics

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Elastics is a Warsaw-based startup building an AI-native operating system for prediction markets. Powered by auditable AI agents, its platform lets traders build and automate trading workflows in plain language, from signal generation through execution. The company was founded in April 2025 by Szymon Pawica (CEO) and Mateusz Brodowicz (CTO).

Ewa Chronowska

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Ewa Chronowska is a Warsaw-based venture capital investor and entrepreneur who co-founded Next Road Ventures, a Polish early-stage VC backing B2B SaaS and marketplace startups across Europe. She is also founder and CEO of Vestbee, the largest startup-investor matchmaking platform in Central and Eastern Europe, and organises the annual CEE VC Summit — the region's flagship gathering for fund managers and LPs. Recognised as one of Europe's youngest female General Partners, she has backed 15+ companies including TrustMate, Epinote and Sunroof.

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Ewa Ogryczak

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer at MCI Capital. She oversees the firm's operations, fund administration and value-creation work with portfolio companies across the CEE technology and e-commerce sectors.

Experior Venture Fund

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

Experior Venture Fund is a Warsaw-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups, notably in fintech, medtech and digital services, typically at seed and Series A stages. One of Poland's prominent independent VCs, it is known for being co-led by women investors and backs founders across Central and Eastern Europe.

Filip Berkowski

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Executive Partner at MCI Capital, promoted to the role in 2026. He focuses on the firm's e-commerce and SaaS investments and has been involved in key holdings such as idoSell, working across deal origination, execution and portfolio growth in CEE.

Flowtly

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Flowtly is a Warsaw-based AI business-management platform — marketed as an AI ERP — that replaces a stack of disconnected tools with a single system for small and medium-sized businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. The platform covers finance and invoicing, HR and team operations, leave tracking, project management, time tracking and a reservation system, accessible via web and mobile apps. It targets service-oriented SMBs of 2–100 employees in sectors such as software, consulting, marketing, B2B real estate and medical services. Built and operated by Flowtly P.S.A., the company is led by co-founders Bernhard Huber (CEO), Katarzyna Lisiecka (CRO) and Andrzej Nowiczenko (COO), whose backgrounds span enterprise software, high-growth digital products and financial supervision. Flowtly offers a developer API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration connecting to 50+ platforms, and in November 2025 launched a verified connector on Make for no-code automation. The product holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications and is GDPR-compliant. No external funding has been publicly disclosed.

Focus Telecom

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Focus Telecom is a Warsaw-based cloud contact center and customer communications software provider that equips enterprise and mid-market teams with omnichannel support workflows spanning voice, email, chat, and SMS. The platform enables companies to build automated call routing, IVR systems, and agent productivity dashboards without on-premise infrastructure. Focus Telecom serves clients across Poland and Central Europe, particularly in financial services, utilities, and retail, where high-volume customer interaction management is critical. The company is one of Poland's established players in cloud communications infrastructure.

Forum IAB 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Poland's flagship digital marketing, advertising, and media conference, organised by IAB Polska with 80+ talks under the DIMAQ accreditation umbrella. Valuable for martech and adtech founders, and for any startup sharpening its go-to-market — it puts you in front of agencies, brands, and media buyers.

Founders Mind XI

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Founder-only conference in Warsaw emphasizing candid, off-the-record conversations about the realities of scaling, leadership, and founder psychology. Curated attendance ensures high-trust networking among experienced operators. Valuable for growth-stage Polish founders seeking peer support and honest discussions about the challenges of building companies.

GeoScan

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

ESA BIC-backed startup that aggregates satellite, spatial and statistical data to deliver property location risk reports in under a minute, covering flood exposure, noise, transport access and 60+ other indicators for buyers and real estate investors.

Graftcode

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Graftcode is a developer-infrastructure platform that removes APIs and middleware by letting applications in different programming languages call each other's methods directly via a proprietary binary protocol. A single command auto-generates and maintains the cross-language module, supporting ~14–20 languages across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Growbots

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Growbots is an AI-powered outbound sales platform that automates lead generation and cold-email outreach for SMBs, combining a database of 180M+ contacts with multi-channel sequences, email warm-up and AI-generated messaging.

Grupa Pracuj (Pracuj.pl)

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Grupa Pracuj is the parent of Pracuj.pl, Poland's largest online job marketplace, and a portfolio of HR-tech brands across Central and Eastern Europe (eRecruiter, the:protocol, RocketJobs, and Softgarden in Germany). Founded in 2000 by Maciej Noga and Przemysław Gacek, the group went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2021. It remains the dominant recruitment platform in Poland and a key training ground for many Polish operator-angels.

Hedgehog Fund

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

An early-stage “angel fund” that invests in tech and communication startups, specializing in marketplaces, e-commerce, B2B, and IoT. It operates like an angel syndicate, with a portfolio including companies like Allani, Evenea, and Preply. Notable focus: seed-stage online platforms – Hedgehog provides capital plus hands-on involvement to spur growth (many of its investments later raised VC funding).

Holi

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Holi, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Warsaw, is a digital metabolic wellness clinic focused on obesity treatment and long-term weight management. It combines medical supervision, GLP-1-based pharmacotherapy where appropriate and behavioural support delivered through an integrated app, with care from physicians and psycho-dietitians, ePrescriptions and measurement tracking. Holi reports more than 2,500 patients served.

HomeDoctor

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

HomeDoctor is a Polish digital-health platform offering telemedicine consultations and in-home doctor visits across 30+ specialties. It runs a B2B model partnering with medical centres, insurers and employers to provide healthcare as a corporate benefit, with 200+ doctors serving patients nationwide.

IE Venture Day Poland 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

University-led startup competition connecting Polish founders with IE University’s global alumni, VCs, and corporate partners. The 2026 edition focuses on impact entrepreneurship and includes a multi-round pitch format with jury feedback and finalist presentations.

Ingenix

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Warsaw-based AI biotech founded in 2023 by the team behind Applica (acquired by Snowflake), building a Biological Reasoning Engine that fuses multimodal biological data to accelerate oncology drug discovery. Raised €13M led by Sofinnova Partners.

Inovo Venture Partners

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Inovo Venture Partners is Warsaw-based and one of Poland's leading seed-stage venture firms, backing technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe building for global markets. Founded in 2014 with a €8M Fund I, Inovo has scaled to roughly €167M across three funds: Fund II (€54M, 2021) and Fund III (€105M, 2023), the latter backed by IFC, the European Investment Fund and PFR Ventures alongside private LPs including InPost founder Rafał Brzoska and Snowflake co-founder Marcin Żukowski. The firm writes €0.5–4M initial tickets at pre-seed and seed, with follow-on capacity up to €10M. Inovo concentrates around 60% of each fund in Poland and the remainder across CEE — with investments in Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Romania — and opened a Balkans hub in Skopje in 2024. It is generalist within technology but has particular conviction in AI, developer tools, digital health, SaaS and B2B software. The portfolio spans more than 55 companies, including Booksy, Tidio, Spacelift, Infermedica, Preply, Packhelp and AI Clearing. Notable outcomes include the Warsaw Stock Exchange IPOs of Brand24 and ECC Games and the acquisition of SplxAI by Zscaler in 2025, one of the largest CEE AI exits to date.

inStreamly

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Creator-economy ad platform connecting brands with livestreamers through automated micro-sponsorships. It places lightweight, context-aware overlays in live broadcasts and supports large-scale campaigns for gaming and media brands.

iTaxi

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Jan Stasz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Jarosław Łukasiewicz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Jarosław Sroka

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

JS Poland 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

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.

Jutro Medical

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Kamil Stanuch

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Karol Lasota

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Kasia Pieniądz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

KI Next

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

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.

Kinga Piecuch

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Krzysztof Kalicki

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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).

La French Tech Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

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.

Leapo

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Lech Kaniuk

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Legal Tech Summit 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

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.

Lewiatan Business Angels

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

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.

Ludus AI

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Łukasz Lewandowski

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Łukasz Pawłowski

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Łukasz Wejchert

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Maciej Filipkowski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Maciej Kraus

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Maciej Małysz

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

Maciej Noga

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Maja Schaefer

Warsaw, Poland · Person

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.

MAMENO

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Manta Ray VC

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

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.

Marcin Tchórzewski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Marcin Zabielski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

An early dot-com entrepreneur (co-founded Gadu-Gadu), Marcin made angel investments in startups like DocPlanner and UXPin before co-founding the VC fund Market One Capital. His angel portfolio included many Polish marketplaces and SaaS companies, leveraging his extensive network from the 2000s startup wave. Associated startups: DocPlanner, UXPin, and numerous marketplace platforms (early investor).

Marcin Żukowski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Co-founder of Snowflake and one of the most successful Polish founders globally, Marcin is active as a deeptech angel focused on data infrastructure and enterprise AI. Following Snowflake’s landmark NYSE IPO, he expanded his investment activity into European high-growth technical startups. Notable investments include Respo.Vision, Nomagic, and Mirai.

Mariusz Gralewski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A veteran of Poland’s startup scene, Mariusz founded GoldenLine and DocPlanner. Alongside running a unicorn-scale company (DocPlanner), he has been an angel in numerous startups including Preply, Shoplo, Positionly, and Brainly. He often provides both capital and guidance on scaling to international markets. Associated startups: Preply, Shoplo, Positionly, Brainly, Allani, among others.

Market One Capital

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

Market One Capital (MOC) is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Warsaw and Barcelona that specialises in marketplaces and platforms with network effects. It backs pre-seed and seed founders across Europe building two-sided marketplaces and B2B platforms, and its portfolio includes companies such as Docplanner and Packhelp.

MCI Capital

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

MCI Capital is a Warsaw-listed digital private equity and growth investor and one of the largest mid-market technology PE groups in Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 1999 by Tomasz Czechowicz and listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ticker: MCI), the firm manages roughly €650M (PLN 2.7bn) in assets, deployed through two evergreen funds — MCI.EuroVentures and MCI.TechVentures, both launched in 2008. MCI targets expansion and buyout transactions of €25–100M, taking majority or significant stakes in two to three companies a year across SaaS, e-commerce and marketplaces, fintech, insurtech, foodtech, traveltech and digital infrastructure. Geographically the firm concentrates on Poland and the wider CEE region — including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and Lithuania — with selective reach into Western Europe. Since inception MCI has completed over 110 investments and more than 90 divestments, delivering landmark exits including iZettle (sold to PayPal for $2.2bn in 2018), Dotpay/eCard (Nets/Nexi, 2019), Azimo (Papaya Global, 2022) and a partial exit from Answear.com in 2025. Its listed structure, backed by institutional shareholders including the Nationale-Nederlanden pension fund, gives MCI permanent-capital characteristics rare among European mid-market PE peers.

MEDICALgorithmics

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Warsaw Stock Exchange–listed remote cardiac diagnostics company. Its PocketECG platform combines a mobile ECG device with AI-assisted arrhythmia detection and a 24/7 diagnostic service used by clinics and providers in the US, Europe, and Asia. An early Movens Capital portfolio company (IPO exit).

Melanos Care

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Biotech skincare startup developing bio-identical melanin from stem-cell-based processes to improve UV protection and skin health. The company focuses on long-duration photoprotection and alternatives to conventional sunscreen formulations.

Michał Kiciński

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Co-founder of CD Projekt (the studio behind The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077), Michał is a tech millionaire who has diversified into angel investing. He tends to support deep-tech and science-driven ventures, including wellness startups, with patient capital. Associated startups: Early backer of Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych and other science-driven projects; also funds meditation and sustainability initiatives.

Michał Kramarz

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Head of Google for Startups in Central and Eastern Europe, including the Google Campus in Warsaw, since 2019. One of Google's first employees in Poland, he has spent nearly two decades supporting the regional tech ecosystem through startup programmes and partnerships.

Michał Olszewski

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Co-founder and Partner at Movens Capital. 17+ years in venture capital, innovation, and fintech. CEO of SkyCash (2009–2013), scaling it into one of Poland's leading mobile payment platforms. Co-founded Business Angel Seedfund and LBA, among Poland's first organised angel networks. Focus at Movens on fintech, payments, and enterprise SaaS.

Michał Rokosz

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Partner at Inovo Venture Partners, one of Poland's leading early-stage funds. Before venture capital he was COO at Booksy and held roles at foodpanda and Rocket Internet, giving him operational depth in marketplaces and e-commerce; his investment focus includes B2B and healthcare.

Microamp

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Microamp is a Warsaw-based deep-tech company developing resilient 5G mmWave wireless solutions. Its Any-G mmWave AI-RAN platform is a fully reconfigurable, software-defined system that adapts across evolving 3GPP standards, frequency bands, network modes and 6G features. The company, led by co-founder and CEO Dawid Kuchta, positions itself as one of the first to commercialise 5G mmWave networks.

Mindspace Warsaw — Koszyki

Warsaw, Poland · Coworking Space

Mindspace Warsaw Koszyki is located at Koszykowa 61 in the Śródmieście-South district, immediately adjacent to Hala Koszyki — the restored 1909 market hall that anchors one of Warsaw's most vibrant mixed-use neighbourhoods. The building is a classified historic monument, and the Mindspace interior blends early 20th-century architectural character with a contemporary coworking programme. The location is served by Politechnika metro station on the M1 line and multiple tram routes via Plac Konstytucji, making it well-connected to both the Old Town and the southern office corridors of Mokotów and Służewiec. Workspace products mirror the Skyliner site: private offices, coworking memberships, dedicated desks, and fully equipped meeting rooms. Distinctive amenities include a barista coffee station, weekly yoga classes, secure underground bike parking with showers, and 24/7 keycard access. The neighbourhood demographic — creative agencies, media companies, and boutique tech firms — shapes the resident mix at Koszyki, differentiating it from the more corporate character of the Skyliner tower. The proximity to Hala Koszyki's restaurant and bar scene makes the space attractive for teams that use informal settings for client entertainment and team socialising, adding social value beyond desk access alone.

Mindspace Warsaw — Skyliner

Warsaw, Poland · Coworking Space

Mindspace Warsaw Skyliner occupies multiple floors of the Skyliner tower at Prosta 67 in Warsaw's Wola business district, one of the city's most prominent new commercial high-rises. The location sits a one-minute walk from Rondo Daszyńskiego metro station on the M2 line, placing it at the heart of the rapidly developed western CBD that now hosts the headquarters of major Polish and international financial institutions alongside several high-growth tech companies. Mindspace operates a premium design-forward coworking model: the Skyliner fit-out features floor-to-ceiling glazing with panoramic views across the Warsaw skyline, exposed finishes, barista coffee, and curated communal areas. Workspace products include private offices for small to large teams, dedicated desks, coworking memberships, and fully equipped meeting and event rooms. The space caters primarily to scale-ups, corporate innovation units, and international companies establishing a Warsaw base — notable tenants include Korn Ferry and Samba TV — rather than very early-stage startups. Twenty-four-hour keycard access and a pet-friendly policy are standard. The Skyliner location complements Mindspace's second Warsaw site at Koszykowa and gives the operator significant coverage of the city's prime business addresses for mobile professionals and multinational teams.

Molfar Defence Technologies

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Polish-Ukrainian defence startup developing tactical radar systems for detecting low-altitude, slow-moving UAVs at the frontline. Raised €1.5M from Front Ventures as part of a €2M round at a €15M valuation.

Movens Capital

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Warsaw-based multi-stage venture capital firm backing Central and Eastern European tech founders with global ambitions. Movens Capital runs a €60M Fund 2 (launched 2025) and writes first checks of €250k–€3M at pre-seed through Series A+. Focus areas: fintech, edtech, healthtech, deep tech, climate tech, enterprise software, and e-commerce enablement across Poland, the Baltics, the Balkans, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova. Founded in 2018 by Artur Banach and Michał Olszewski. Fund LPs include the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), PFR Ventures, and 80+ tech founders, operators, and family offices. Notable exits include MEDICAlgorithmics (IPO) and Fenige.

mysite.ai

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

AI assistant for small business owners that automates website operations and digital marketing workflows, focusing on generating leads and managing core online presence tasks with minimal manual setup.

NanoSci

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

NanoSci is a Warsaw-registered Polish deep-tech startup, founded in 2020, that develops photocatalytic air-purification technology licensed to manufacturers of ventilation, lighting and transport equipment. Its core IP — researched at the University of Gdańsk under Prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska — is built on porous titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanolayers and nanotube arrays activated by UV-LED light. The photocatalytic reaction generates hydroxyl radicals that continuously decompose volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, odours, bacteria, viruses and fungi into harmless CO₂ and water vapour, with no replaceable filters and very low energy use. Rather than selling finished consumer devices, NanoSci provides modular photocatalytic engines to OEM and white-label partners; an early collaboration with bus maker Solaris demonstrated the technology in public-transport air conditioning. Two branded lines are now visible: Jupitair, targeting food and greenhouse environments (with deployments in Singapore and the Philippines and a place in Thailand's SPACE-F accelerator), and Airchanger, a decentralised heat-recovery ventilation unit with integrated purification. The company has raised early equity alongside Polish state grants and support from accelerators including AcceliCITY and Estonia's Beamline.

Nethansa

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Cross-border e-commerce automation platform for online retailers selling on Amazon and other European marketplaces. Combines pricing automation (Tradeye), listing localisation, and order-handling workflows to help sellers scale internationally with minimal overhead. Backed by Movens Capital.

Nethone

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Nethone is an AI-driven fraud-detection platform that profiles user sessions using thousands of behavioural, device and network signals to flag fraud in real time, helping online businesses and payment platforms make accurate accept/reject decisions. Acquired by Mangopay in 2022.

Neuromedical

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Polish-Israeli medtech startup developing VGuard, a non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation system aimed at improving cognitive outcomes in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The company is advancing clinical validation and regulatory pathways across Europe and the US.

New Label Poland

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Organizer of the New Label Poland Expo in Warsaw, a B2B trade event for private-label and FMCG innovation. The expo connects consumer goods startups and contract manufacturers with major retailers, offering product showcases, trend presentations, and matchmaking sessions focused on new food, beverage, and household product categories.

Nice To Fit You

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Nice To Fit You is a Warsaw-based foodtech company offering premium boxed diet catering subscriptions with personalized meal plans. Founded in 2014, the company delivers nutritionally balanced, chef-prepared meals daily to health-conscious consumers across Poland. NTFY offers multiple diet programs including low-calorie, keto, vegan, and sports-oriented plans, all designed by dietitians. The company has grown to become one of Poland's leading diet catering brands in a competitive market with dozens of local players, capitalizing on the strong Polish consumer trend toward convenient healthy eating.

Nomagic

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Nomagic was founded in 2017 in Warsaw by Kacper Nowicki, Marek Cygan, and Tristan d'Orgeval. The company builds AI-powered robotic pick-and-place systems for warehouse order fulfilment, training its models on large volumes of real-world operational data. It raised a $22M Series A in 2022 backed by Khosla Ventures and Almaz Capital, with subsequent rounds bringing total funding above $80M, making it one of the most heavily funded Polish robotics companies.

Oh My Hack 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

One of Poland's largest community cybersecurity conferences, returning for its 8th edition at the PGE Narodowy stadium. For security founders, pentesters, and infrastructure engineers it offers a large practitioner audience and a strong recruiting and networking surface in the Polish infosec scene.

Olga Sobieraj

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Business consultant, certified coach, and ecosystem mentor with 20+ years in marketing and sales leadership. Olga is highly active in Sieć Przedsiębiorczych Kobiet (Network of Entrepreneurial Women), where she supports early-stage founders with practical go-to-market guidance and growth planning. She was recognized with a Polish angel ecosystem award in 2021 for her mentorship and community impact, including work that helps bridge the gender gap in startup investing.

Orange Fab Poland

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

Corporate accelerator by Orange Polska (est. 2015) focused on 5G, IoT, AI, and customer experience. Provides proof-of-concept projects, telecom mentorship, and access to Orange's global Fab network in 18 countries. Scope: National with global reach.

OTB Ventures

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

OTB Ventures is a Warsaw-based deep-technology venture capital firm founded in 2017 that invests across Europe in early-growth companies working on space technology, AI and automation, fintech infrastructure and enterprise software. It targets capital-efficient deeptech businesses with proven technology and early revenue, and has backed companies such as ICEYE. It is one of the largest deeptech-focused funds in Central and Eastern Europe.

Packhelp

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Warsaw-based custom packaging platform serving SMBs and brands across Europe. Packhelp combines an online design tool, configurable product catalogue (boxes, mailers, labels, tape), and a European manufacturing network to deliver branded packaging at low MOQs. Early backer: Movens Capital (Fund 1); later rounds brought in Kennet Partners, Speedinvest, and others.

Paulina Muszyńska

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Investment Ecosystem Mentor of the Year 2024, Paulina is recognized for building practical bridges between public support mechanisms and private angel capital. In addition to direct startup support, she helps first-time angels structure legal, tax, and process fundamentals for investing. Her core impact is in ecosystem education, mentorship, and investor-readiness programs.

Paweł Borys

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at MCI Capital, where he leads investment strategy across the firm's expansion and buyout deals in SaaS, e-commerce, fintech and digital infrastructure throughout Central and Eastern Europe.

Paweł Kastory

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A veteran CEO (founder of DDB Warsaw marketing agency), Paweł became an active angel in his late career. He won Poland’s Business Angel of the Year 2020 for investing in and mentoring innovative startups. Notably, he was an early backer of retail AI platform Cosmose AI and has supported regtech and cybersecurity startups like ClauseMatch, Nethone, and BotGuard. Associated startups: Cosmose AI, ClauseMatch, Nethone, BotGuard.

Paweł Michalski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Paweł Michalski is a Warsaw-based VC educator and angel investor, best known as co-founder and CEO of VCLeaders, a training platform for venture professionals, and as a Managing Partner and Head of Advisory Services at COBIN Angels, Poland's largest business-angel community. He is also a Venture Partner at the Berlin climate-tech fund World Fund, and previously served as Chief Growth Officer at equity-crowdfunding platform Beesfund and Head of Business Development at hardware startup First11, following a project-finance career at PKO Bank Polski. Through VCLeaders' newsletter he regularly publishes analysis on the European venture ecosystem.

Paweł Zylm

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Former CEO of BRE Ubezpieczenia (mBank Insurance), Paweł is one of Poland’s most recognized impact-oriented angels and was named Business Angel of the Year 2020. He invests in companies solving social or environmental problems and contributes hands-on strategic support from his corporate leadership background. Notable investments include Noctiluca (successful IPO exit), Simpl.rent, Fresh Inset, Sales Intelligence, TakeDrop, and IMKER.

Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Europe's largest women-in-tech event in Warsaw, attracting 5,000+ attendees across mentoring zones, startup competitions, and employer branding stages. Features workshops on leadership, technical skills, and inclusive hiring. Valuable for startups seeking diverse talent pipelines and founders looking to build inclusive engineering teams.

PFR Ventures

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

PFR Ventures is the venture capital arm of the Polish Development Fund (Polski Fundusz Rozwoju), wholly owned by the Polish state, established in 2014 and based in Warsaw. The firm operates as the largest fund-of-funds manager in the Central and Eastern Europe region, managing over PLN 3 billion in assets across 80+ private VC funds that have collectively supported more than 900 startup investments. PFR Ventures co-invests alongside private LPs to leverage EU structural funds and catalyse private capital into the Polish venture ecosystem, backing early-stage through growth-stage funds in sectors including deep tech, SaaS, fintech, and life sciences. Its Innovate Poland programme launched in November 2025 with at least PLN 4 billion earmarked for the next investment cycle.

Pikralida

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Biotech drug-discovery company developing PKL-021, a small-molecule MMP inhibitor program for acute neuroprotection after stroke and traumatic brain injury, with additional applications in field-ready snakebite treatment.

Piotr Romanowski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Business Angel of the Year 2021 and former PwC partner, Piotr combines corporate finance expertise with deep-technology investing. He focuses on high-potential international projects, especially biotech and complex fintech products. His portfolio includes early-stage investments in biotechnology initiatives and specialized fintech tooling.

Piotr Smoleń

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A fintech entrepreneur (ex-CEO of Turbine Analytics), Piotr co-founded Data Ventures and also invests personally in tech startups. He has shown particular interest in blockchain and DeFi startups and is ranked among the top crypto-focused angels in Poland with investments in blockchain companies. Associated startups: Aleph Zero (blockchain platform) and multiple fintech/crypto ventures.

Pitch Me Baby

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Organiser of the 'Pitch Me, Baby, One More Time' series of free founder pitching nights. Originally from Warsaw, the recurring events run across Poland, CEE, Germany, Singapore and Portugal, with up to eight startups pitching for five minutes to an audience of mentors, investors, VC funds and business angels for instant feedback. Strategic Partner: PKO Bank Polski (Let's Fintech).

Pitch Me Baby (March 2026)

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Monthly founder pitching meetup in Warsaw with rapid-fire presentations, audience Q&A, and high-energy feedback from experienced operators and angels. The March edition is one of several recurring events throughout 2026. Free to attend and valuable for early-stage founders practicing their pitch and seeking pre-seed investor connections.

Pitch Me Baby, Warsaw vol. 37

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Edition 37 of Warsaw's free founder pitching night, hosted at PKO Bank Polski (Strategic Partner, Let's Fintech program). Up to 8 startups pitch for 5 minutes each to an audience of mentors, investors, VC funds and business angels, followed by instant, honest feedback. Strong fit for early-stage founders practicing their pitch and seeking pre-seed connections across Poland and CEE; ~100 attendees per edition.

Poland Business Day 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Networking event connecting the Polish diaspora and expats with local business opportunities, featuring structured matchmaking and roundtables on legal and tax changes. Strong fit for B2B founders and digital transformation providers.

PolBAN (Polish Business Angels Network) Club

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

Founded in 2003, PolBAN is the first business angels club in Poland. It finances innovative projects with strong teams and market potential. As a pioneer, PolBAN helped establish angel investing norms in Poland. Notable focus: a broad range of innovative early-stage companies meeting criteria of innovation and motivated teams.

Pracuj Ventures

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Pracuj Ventures is the venture arm associated with Grupa Pracuj co-founder Maciej Noga, focused on HR-tech, marketplace, and B2B software businesses across Europe. The fund leverages the broader Grupa Pracuj ecosystem for deal flow and operator support, and has backed 40+ companies including Symmetrical.ai, Jutro Medical, and SonarHome.

Prof. Bolesław Rok

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

An academic (professor at Kozminski University) and CSR expert, Bolesław has become an angel investor focusing on impact-driven startups. He earned a special award in 2022 for contributions to impact investing. Associated startups: Impact and sustainability startups (recognized for championing ethical investment practices).

ProVolley

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Volleyball analytics platform for clubs, academies, scouts and agents. ProVolley delivers XY position tracking of every player during matches and training, with positional heatmaps and zone coverage, automatically generated match and training statistics (attack efficiency, blocks, serve accuracy), player development tracking over time, dynamic player profiles and auto-generated highlight reels. Built to support analytics teams at professional clubs and give smaller clubs pro-level stats without expanding staff. Currently in development / early access.

Przemysław Gacek

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Founder of Grupa Pracuj and investor associated with Market One Capital (MOC), Przemysław focuses on marketplace models and network-effect businesses. He invests both personally and through fund activity, bringing strategic support in category creation, scaling, and international expansion. Notable portfolio references include Tier Mobility, Packhelp, and DocPlanner.

Przemysław Kowalczyk

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A tech entrepreneur and software engineer, Przemek is known in Warsaw’s startup circles as a hands-on angel. He invests in AI and developer-tool startups, often contributing code-level expertise. Associated startups: Stealth AI and developer tool companies (he keeps a low profile, but actively funds tech teams).

Rafał Plutecki

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A pioneer of Poland’s dot-com era (founder of Internet Technologies and former head of Google Campus Warsaw), Rafał has a long angel track record. He invested in one of the first Polish unicorns Milestone Systems and supported fintech and media startups. His approach blends early internet industry wisdom with a vast network of contacts. Associated startups: Past investments include travel startup iTaxi and others; as ex-Campus Warsaw head he advised countless startups.

Ramp Network

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Ramp Network is a Warsaw-founded fintech that powers fiat-to-crypto on/off-ramps embedded inside hundreds of web3 apps, wallets, and exchanges. Founded in 2017 by Szymon Sypniewicz and Przemek Kowalczyk, the company has raised funding from Balderton Capital, NfX, Galaxy Digital, and angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus and Piotr Karwatka. Ramp serves users in over 150 countries and is one of Poland's most internationally visible crypto-infrastructure startups.

Reaktor Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland · Coworking Space

Reaktor Warsaw is one of the city's longest-running independent startup coworking communities, established in the early 2010s in the Mokotów district and closely associated with the emergence of Warsaw's first generation of tech founders. The space was a formative environment for Borys Musielak, co-founder of SMOK Ventures and a central figure in the local angel network, and has served as an informal gathering point for early-stage Polish SaaS and mobile founders. Reaktor Warsaw operates with a community-first membership model rather than a serviced-office approach: members are expected to contribute to ecosystem events, mentoring sessions, and peer knowledge-sharing rather than simply renting desk space. The programme arm ReaktorX ran a remote-first pre-acceleration track for first-time founders, helping validate ideas and connect teams with early-stage capital. The space occupies a compact floor in a Mokotów office building, with capacity suited to a curated resident cohort rather than open-plan hot-desking. Pricing sits at a mid-range tier compared with premium corporate coworking chains in Warsaw's Wola CBD. Reaktor has been instrumental in cross-pollinating Warsaw's early developer and product communities and contributed to the culture of peer mentoring that now characterises the wider Polish startup ecosystem.

Redigo Carbon

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Replenit

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Revoize

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

RIFFSEC

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Robert Dziubłowski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Robert Lewandowski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Robert Ługowski

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Roman Pałac

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

RTA Ventures

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

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.

Sebastian Kulczyk

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

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.

Semirobotics

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

SERio

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Showroom.pl

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

Silent Eight

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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).

SKY ENGINE AI

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

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.

SMOK Angels

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

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.

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SMOK Ventures

Warsaw, Poland · Incubator

SMOK Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm bridging Silicon Valley and Central and Eastern Europe, investing pre-seed and seed capital into software and gaming startups founded by CEE teams, especially in Poland. Backed by US and local investors, it brings a Valley-style approach and network to the region and typically leads first institutional rounds.

Spacelift

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Infrastructure automation platform for engineering teams using Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Pulumi, and Ansible. Spacelift helps enterprises manage IaC workflows, policy controls, and secure cloud deployments at scale.

Spaces Warsaw Financial Center

Warsaw, Poland · Coworking Space

Spaces Warsaw Financial Center is located at Emilii Plater 53 in the heart of Warsaw's Wola district central business district, within the Warsaw Financial Center skyscraper — a landmark 1999 tower that houses the regional offices of major banks, law firms, and multinational corporations. The location is part of the IWG-owned Spaces network, which operates 13 sites across Warsaw making it the most geographically distributed coworking brand in the city. The Financial Center outpost targets internationally mobile professionals, corporate project teams, and scale-ups requiring a prestigious CBD address with short-notice or month-to-month flexibility. Workspace products include dedicated desks from approximately 24 PLN per day, coworking day passes from 25 PLN, and private offices on flexible terms. The Spaces All Access plan gives members entry to all 13 Warsaw locations and the global IWG network — relevant for companies with employees distributed across Warsaw's dispersed office districts. The Emilii Plater address places members within walking distance of the Palace of Culture and Science, the central railway station, and the main cluster of international venture capital and private equity offices that have opened Warsaw outposts in recent years. Spaces' Warsaw network also includes a node at Plac Konesera 12 in Praga, adjacent to Campus Warsaw.

Sundose

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Sundose was founded in 2017 by Michał Gołkiewicz and Tomasz Styk and launched commercially in Poland in 2018. The company runs a direct-to-consumer subscription model, personalising daily supplement sachets from dozens of ingredients based on a health questionnaire and optional blood-test data, and has expanded to the UK, Germany, and Italy. It raised a $6M Series A in 2021 led by DX Ventures and Atmos Ventures, with participation from Delivery Hero Ventures.

Sylwester Janik

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cogito Capital Partners, the Warsaw and New York growth-stage VC. Formerly a senior partner at MCI Capital, he backs CEE B2B software scale-ups expanding to the US, including companies such as Allica Bank and Preply.

Szymon Sypniewicz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Co-founder of Ramp Network (a Polish crypto startup), Szymon has recently started angel investing on the side. With Ramp’s success, he backs other Polish crypto and fintech startups, sharing his know-how in scaling a global fintech product. Associated startups: Selected crypto/fintech startups (leveraging experience from Ramp).

Talkie.ai

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Talkie.ai is a Polish conversational AI platform focused on healthcare voice automation for hospitals, clinics, and medical contact centers. The product handles appointment workflows, prescription-related requests, triage-first routing, and self-service call handling through localized NLP and no-code configuration. Built in Poland with expansion across Europe and the US, it targets high-volume patient communication with compliance-oriented integrations.

Tangent Line VC

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Tangent Line is a Warsaw-based venture capital firm that provides capital and hands-on business partnership to breakthrough industrial and deep-technology startups. Acting as a contact point between founders and investors, it backs companies with global ambitions and defensible technology from seed through expansion over a long-term horizon.

The Linghos

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

AI-powered speech therapy platform for children that diagnoses speech impediments, recommends personalised therapy and delivers 2,000+ exercises as mobile games. Backed by Simpact Ventures and SMOK Ventures.

Tomasz Ciąpała

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

CEO of Lancerto and active business angel focused on the overlap between traditional retail operations and modern digital commerce. Tomasz frequently mentors D2C founders and contributes as a jury member in startup competitions. His investment interests center on e-commerce, fashion tech, logistics, and tools that improve customer experience or supply-chain performance.

Tomasz Czechowicz

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Founder, Managing Partner and CEO of MCI Capital, the Warsaw-listed digital private equity firm he started in 1999. A pioneer of Polish technology investing, he built MCI into the largest mid-market tech PE group in Central and Eastern Europe and has overseen landmark exits including iZettle (sold to PayPal) and Azimo.

Tomasz Danis

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Managing partner at MCI Capital (Internet Ventures), Tomasz is one of the most experienced digital growth investors in Central Europe. His background includes strategy and international operating exposure, and he has led investments across e-commerce, digital health, and online marketplaces. Portfolio and exit references include Frisco.pl, SiDLY, and Morele.net.

Tomasz Laskowicz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Community manager at Polish Angels, Tomasz leads investor education and ecosystem engagement between new angels and experienced operators. He holds a PhD in management and has a background in PR and communications for venture capital organizations. His core focus includes educational content for the Business Angel Revolution course and scaling the reach of the Polish Angels community.

Tomasz Świeboda

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Inovo Venture Partners, Poland's leading seed-stage fund. Previously an investment banker at Rothschild and an investor at Penta Investments, he has led Inovo's backing of companies such as Packhelp, Restaumatic and Symmetrical, and helped raise the firm's three funds totalling roughly €167M.

Trasti

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Polish digital-first motor insurance platform offering fully online purchase, claims handling, and policy management for drivers. Trasti sits between a direct-to-consumer insurer and an embedded-insurance platform, targeting cost-efficient underwriting and fast digital experiences. Backed by Movens Capital.

Tylko

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Tylko is a direct-to-consumer, digital-first furniture company specialising in made-to-measure shelving and storage. Customers configure pieces online with a parametric configurator and AR app, with each item CNC-manufactured to order in Poland from birch wood and shipped across Europe.

Vastpoint Ventures

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

A €18M debut seed-stage venture fund launched in 2025 and backed by the Polish Development Fund, focused on B2B software, AI and techbio. Co-founded by Aleksandra Pedraszewska (an early ElevenLabs employee), Karolina Kukielka and Zuzanna Brzosko, it invests €500K–€750K in Polish founders building globally.

VersaBox

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Industrial robotics company building autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and fleet-management software for warehouses and factories. VersaBox's platform coordinates mixed AMR fleets across intralogistics tasks and integrates with WMS/MES systems. Backed by Movens Capital.

Vestbee

Warsaw, Poland · Support Organization

Vestbee is a Warsaw-based platform connecting startups, VC funds, business angels, accelerators, and corporates across Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 2018 by Ewa Chronowska, it facilitates fundraising, deal flow, and ecosystem matchmaking, hosts the CEE VC Summit for regional fund managers, and operates the Vestbee Angels network. It functions as core startup-ecosystem infrastructure for the CEE region.

Viktor

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Viktor is an AI coworker platform that lives inside Slack and Microsoft Teams and executes business workflows end-to-end rather than only suggesting text. Connected to thousands of tools, it autonomously generates reports, builds dashboards, writes code, manages ad accounts, and runs data analysis on behalf of teams, positioning itself as an "AI hire" rather than a tool. Founded in 2023 by former Meta engineers Fryderyk Wiatrowski and Peter Albert, the company is headquartered in Warsaw with a second office in Munich. After a public launch in February 2026 it reached a €12.9 million revenue run rate within 10 weeks and is used by more than 2,000 organisations. In May 2026 Viktor raised a $75 million (€64.7 million) Series A led by Accel — reported as the largest Series A ever raised by a Polish technology company — with participation from Bek Ventures, Kaya VC, Inovo VC, and Tenacity Capital, alongside angels including Slack co-founders Stewart Butterfield and Cal Henderson and Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli.

Warsaw Booster

Warsaw, Poland · Accelerator

City of Warsaw acceleration initiative connecting startups with municipal companies for pilot implementations, especially in sustainability and urban innovation. Participants receive mentoring and can compete for demo-day prizes.

Warsaw Equity Group (WEG)

Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Warsaw Equity Group (WEG) is a Warsaw-based investment group that backs growth-stage technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe, with a focus on B2B software, logistics and industrial technology. It invests as an active, long-term partner supporting portfolio companies' regional and international expansion.

WarsawJS Meetup (March 2026)

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Monthly JavaScript meetup in Warsaw featuring high-quality technical talks on React, Node.js, and web performance from experienced engineers. Draws 100+ developers per session and offers strong recruiting and community presence. Valuable for startups hiring frontend and full-stack engineers in the Polish developer market.

WaterSense

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

Cleantech spinout from Warsaw University of Technology building autonomous floating WaterStation units for inland water monitoring. The platform combines disposable electrochemical sensors with forecasting models to detect and predict ecological threats.

Web3 Global

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Organiser of Web3 Warsaw, positioned as Eastern Europe's largest blockchain and Web3 conference and the anchor of Warsaw Blockchain Week. The two-day event spans themed stages on tech, NFT, gaming, and AI, plus a hackathon, an awards night, and dozens of curated side events.

Web3 Warsaw 2026 (Sept 2026)

Warsaw, Poland · Event

Web3 Warsaw 2026 is positioned as Eastern Europe's largest blockchain and Web3 conference, anchoring Warsaw Blockchain Week. The two-day event expects thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers across themed stages spanning tech, NFT, gaming, and AI, and includes a hackathon, an awards night for startups and founders, and dozens of curated side events.

Wiktor Namysł

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Managing partner at Orbit Capital and former managing partner at McKinsey in Poland, Wiktor provides high-level strategic support to growth-stage companies. His investment and board activity emphasizes global scaling, commercial discipline, and founder support beyond capital. Notable involvements include Tidio (board member), Packhelp (board observer), and a broader portfolio of high-growth scaleups.

Wojciech Pysiewicz

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Wojciech Pysiewicz is a Polish investor and co-founder of WP2 Investments (founded 2021, Wrocław), a venture and venture-building fund focused on fintech, green energy, medtech and e-commerce at pre-seed to Series A. He spent nearly two decades in banking, including nine years at Santander Consumer Bank where he served on the management board overseeing Belgium and the Netherlands, before turning to early-stage investing. Recognised as a SuperAngel by COBIN Angels, his portfolio of 17 companies includes fintechs Verestro and Fenige, and the fund achieved an exit when wellbee was acquired by Benefit Systems in 2024.

Wojtek Kostrzewa

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

A prominent Polish business leader (ex-CEO of ITI Group and mBank), Wojtek pivoted to fintech entrepreneurship and angel investing. As CEO of blockchain fintech Billon Group, he personally invested in Billon and other tech ventures. He was honored as Business Angel of the Year in 2018 for his consistent support of startups. His angel investments include Billon (DLT payments), Quedex (crypto exchange), and AdEmotion (AI marketing). Associated startups: Billon Group, Quedex, AdEmotion.

Wolves Summit

Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator

Organiser of Wolves Summit, one of Central and Eastern Europe's largest startup-investor matchmaking conferences. It runs spring and autumn editions built around pre-scheduled one-on-one investor-founder meetings, pitch contests, and corporate dealflow, connecting hundreds of founders and active investors across Europe.

Wolves Summit 2026

Warsaw, Poland · Event

CEE-focused networking summit in Warsaw with 2,000+ in-person attendees, 500+ investors, and hybrid participation from across Central and Eastern Europe. Founder tickets typically EUR 300-700. Core value is high-volume matchmaking through pre-scheduled 15-minute investor-founder meetings across SaaS, IoT, PropTech, and deep tech, a top CEE deal-flow event.

Zofia Dzik

Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor

Impact investor and founder of the Humanites Institute, Zofia is a leading advocate of human-centric technology and responsible innovation. A former C-level executive in large financial organizations (including PZU and Link4), she supports startups and boards at the intersection of business performance and social impact. Her focus areas include fintech, medtech, and social impact, complemented by board service at major public companies and active mentorship.

Zofia Sidorska

Warsaw, Poland · Person

Zofia Sidorska is Operations Manager at Movens Capital, a Warsaw-based multi-stage venture capital fund investing €0.25–3 million in CEE tech companies targeting EU, US, or global market leadership. She handles fund operations, LP reporting, and portfolio-management workflows, and holds a master's degree in Finance and Accounting from Kozminski University (2021–2023). Prior experience includes roles at WSI Capital and Sports Hospitality.

Zowie

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

AI customer-service platform co-founded in 2019 by Maja Schaefer (originally as Chatbotize, rebranded 2021). Zowie lets enterprises in e-commerce, banking and telecom deploy AI agents across chat, voice, email and app using a deterministic decision engine, and counts L'Oréal, InPost and Avon among its customers. It has raised around $20M, including a Series A led by Tiger Global.