# Top 5 Hospitality Startup Investors in Poland in August 2026

## SMOK Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE

## Next Road Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, E-Commerce

We are a polish VC fund backed by the global business angels. Our sweet spot is European early stage companies founded by visionary entrepreneurs who aim to become global winners in their respective industry. Together with our affiliates, CEE Business Angel Network, leading European deal flow platform Vestbee as well as our global network of VCfunds and corporate partners, we support our companies with the relevant network, expertise, resources and funds to help them expand to new markets. Next Road Ventures in a nutshell:
GEOGRAPHY - Europe with a strong focus on Central & Eastern Europe;
ROUNDS - seed, pre-series A, series A;
STAGES - product on the market (at least MVP), revenue or growing traction;
SECTORS - multi-sector with a preference on ICT, Big Data, SaaS, Martech, Fintech, Industry 4.0, IoT, e-commerce etc.;
TICKET - up to 1M EUR

## LT Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

We are:Industry 4.0 seed fund. Typically, we invest around EUR 250K. If necessary, we are able to bring top-tier co-investors to the table if a bigger ticket is needed.Founder-centric. Few VC's understand that founders are the ones that run the companies. We are there to help, not to replace.Heavily networked. With contacts across theglobe, we are the bridge between great companies from the CEE and bigger funds and clients from rest of the world.Focused on CEE. In the upcoming years we will invest in around 40 companies in Central and Eastern Europe, with Poland being the main site of our investments.

## Simpact Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software

Simpact is the first impact investment venture capital fund in Poland. We are looking for tech-driven startups that incorporate high business potential and a positive social or environmental impact.
We empower founders to build tech companies which combine profit with purpose and have a potential to change the world for the better.

## Wiktor Schmidt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality

Wiktor Schmidt is currently focused on building a sustainable and scalable web development consulting business with Netguru - Ruby on Rails web development house. Helping clients reach their MVPs as soon as possible and with the cleanest and maintainable codebase using Ruby on Rails framework.He is also very involved with building the Europeanstartup community with very strong connections in Poland and Ireland. He was one of the organizers of Democamp Poznań and Dublin Startup Weekend.

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