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August 24, 2022

Poland’s Inovo raising €100m third fund for CEE startups 

A VC raising its third fund is generally a sign that it's a firm that can get results — and Inovo is the first Polish VC to do so in a maturing CEE market


Zosia Wanat

3 min read

Partners at Inovo VC: Tomasz Swieboda, Michał Rokosz and Maciej Małysz

Warsaw-based Inovo VC has raised its third fund with a target close of €100m to invest in central and eastern European startups. 

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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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