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February 27, 2023

Former McKinsey boss joins a VC to raise one of CEE’s largest growth funds

Orbit Capital raises over €200m to back 12-14 scaleups from central and eastern Europe


Zosia Wanat

3 min read

Wiktor Namysł, general partner at Orbit Capital

The former head of McKinsey in Poland, Wiktor Namysł, is joining Czech VC Orbit Capital as a general partner, as the firm aims to fundraise one of central and eastern Europe’s largest VC funds ever.

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Radovan Nesrsta and Wiktor Namysł, general partners at Orbit Capital
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Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat was a senior reporter at Sifted. She covered the CEE region and policy. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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