There are many funds on the market that claim to invest in early-stage tech startups. However, during discussions, they expect Excel spreadsheets with financial projections instead of asking about technological details. We do the opposite. We have strong technological expertise within our management team. We come from the world of technology, not finance or marketing.
Don’t mess it up – that’s our job no 1.
We are in a service of entrepreneurs, we only recommend and guide entrepreneurs. It’s ultimately their company and their decision. Our job is to find, work and help the next great entrepreneur. We wake up every morning like a hungry. We want to contribute not just be at the beginning and the end.
When evaluating projects for investment, we focus exclusively on three elements:
- Whether there is strong technology providing an advantage over the competition and meeting future customer needs
- Whether the market is big enough
- Whether the team can jointly deliver the project to the next milestones
We understand that technology projects require a longer runway, dedicated to intensive research, but only such projects have the potential to achieve exponential returns. We are inspired by Clayton Christensen and his wonderful lecture about innovation.
By getting involved in a project early, we bring the most value, but that doesn’t mean we leave the founders alone. We want to support them throughout the entire journey. Therefore, we usually invest a small amount at the beginning, between $50k-$100k, and then, if the startup develops as expected, we aim to invest up to around $1M.
We strongly believe that Poland and the CEE region are now at a stage where truly innovative projects can be developed. We want to unleash creative potential with engineering expertise. Poland and neighboring countries in the CEE region demonstrated incredible solidarity during the recent conflict in Ukraine and are collectively building technological strength. Innovations are needed, and this will be accompanied by dynamic economic growth.
We build bridges and connections.
The investors in our fund are entrepreneurs and managers from technology companies in Poland, the CEE, and the USA. This helps our founders gain access to the best advisors.
Thanks to our unique technological expertise, we cooperate with other funds and assist them in technical due diligence. We strongly believe in teamwork. We are grateful for every question and are happy to answer them. This has allowed us, despite our short history and small fund, to have the privilege of working with the best who invest in our projects on a later stage.
