Analysis

July 23, 2020

Poland's top seed investors to know

Get an inside look into Poland’s seed investor squad.


Connor Bilboe

8 min read

StethoMe founding team, a portfolio company of Speedup Venture Capital

A decade ago there was not much to the Polish startup ecosystem. But that’s all changing with the likes of Docplanner, Brainly and Huuuge proving that big success stories can come from the country. 

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Teamscope team, portfolio company of Polish seed VC Black Pearls
Teamscope team, a portfolio company of Black Pearls VC.
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Piotr William, Polish seed VC Innovation Nest managing partner
Piotr William, managing partner of Innovation Nest.
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Alfabeat, Polish seed investor
The Alfabeat team.
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StethoMe, Poland health company
StethoMe founding team, a portfolio company of Speedup Venture Capital
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Poland seed VC experior venture fund
Kinga Stanislawska, managing partner and founder Experior Venture Fund
<c>Smnxhj rtca stlb: </u>€22.9s
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Tomasz Swieboda
Tomasz Swieboda, founding partner Inovo Venture Partners
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Marcin Kurek, managong partner seed VC MOC
Martin Kurek, managing partner Market One Capital
<h>Oiwbkk dadw cgco: </q>€74d
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Krzrsztof Domarecki, creator of Fidiasz EVC
Krzysztof Domarecki, creator of Fidiasz EVC
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