Interview

February 14, 2024

Poland’s best engineering school has a new VC to back deeptech startups

The VC will offer small tickets but vast technical expertise and access to numerous research teams within the university


Zosia Wanat

5 min read

Visiting Warsaw University of Technology Investment Factory’s (WUT IF) office has the feel of attending a professor’s office hours rather than a business meeting: the VC is headquartered in a room in a long corridor of one of WUT’s buildings (on the aptly named Dean’s Street). But it's here where, the investors hope, academic research will turn into money-making ventures.

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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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