# Aper Ventures

> Aper Ventures is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Information Technology. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Poland
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Fund size: $35M
- Last fund: Dec 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aperventures
- Website: http://www.aperventures.com

Aper Ventures is a VC fund in Warszawa focused on Manufacturing and Information Technology. The fund supports deeptech and hardware startups that demonstrate proven competitive advantages and significant global potential. It was founded in 2014 as 100 million Meta Ventures, investing in more than 20 entities in its area of operations. As of 2019, it operates primarily under Aper Ventures. The value of its assets under management isapproximately PLN 130 million, of which the fund has invested PLN 50 million since 2019 alone. Aper Venture is based in Warsaw, Poland.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$4.8M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Hardware | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Consulting | 2 | 17% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 58% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Poland | 8 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacek Blonski | Managing Partner & Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacek-blonski |
| Bartosz Składzień | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bartosz-sk%C5%82adzie%C5%84 |
| Michał Lechowski | Investment Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/micha%C5%82-lechowski |
| Piotr Slawski | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/piotr-slawski |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maas Loop | Maas Loop is a producing recycling equipment startup and don’t let good garbage go to waste By providing waste reduction equipment and enable retailers and HoReCa to manage garbage smarter. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Inuru | We democratize lighting by making a OLED technology affordable. Despite it's paper-thin design and recyclability, OLED has failed to see a larger market adaptation outside of displays, due to high production costs. Inuru hast set it's sails to change that. We use printing technology to manufacture lighting on demand, reducingmanufacturing cost by up to 95%. This allows to bring light and displays into places it has not been before. We deliver it in the form of low cost OLED labels to customers like CATTIER, COCA COLA and DISPLATE and soon will launch product in the field of Clothing and Medical Applications. We own a fully automated OLED manufacturing line Germany. | $10M | Series A | Oct 18, 2023 |  |
| United Robots | United Robots is a technology company operating in the robotics and artificial intelligence industry. |  | Seed | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| KSM Vision | KSM Vision is an optical system for automated quality control in the industry. They offer services for managing and developing mechatronics and optical R&D. They provide products for the healthcare industry. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| AP-Tech | AP-TECH provides IT solutions, software development, system integration, and IT consulting services. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Maas Loop | Maas Loop is a producing recycling equipment startup and don’t let good garbage go to waste By providing waste reduction equipment and enable retailers and HoReCa to manage garbage smarter. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Apeiron Synthesis | Apeiron Synthesis develops catalysts, with a broad application in pharmaceuticals, flavors, and fragrances and the production of polymers and rubber. They develop a broad portfolio of patented and patent-pending catalysts that can satisfy nearly any process using metathesis which is used to deliver process-specific catalysts and also to providevalue to its clients across the whole research and development, implementation, and production process. | $4.8M | Seed | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Apeiron Synthesis | Apeiron Synthesis develops catalysts, with a broad application in pharmaceuticals, flavors, and fragrances and the production of polymers and rubber. They develop a broad portfolio of patented and patent-pending catalysts that can satisfy nearly any process using metathesis which is used to deliver process-specific catalysts and also to providevalue to its clients across the whole research and development, implementation, and production process. | $4.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Reef Factory | Innovative software and IoT products for marine reef industry | $3M | Seed | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| The Batteries | The Batteries was founded in 2015 by a group of engineers and managers, having over 15 years of experience in designing and manufacturing of thin-film production equipment and manufacturing processes. The major area of company's expertise is engineering of vacuum-based equipment and in-line technological processes, capable of providing highquality, high productivity rate and cost-efficiency of thin-film manufacturing processes. | $8.1M | Series A | Jun 09, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adamed Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adamed-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [ARIA Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aria-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Aper Ventures invest in?

Aper Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Hardware startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Poland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Aper Ventures's check size?

Aper Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$4.8M at Seed and $1.4M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aper Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Aper Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Aper Ventures?

The team at Aper Ventures includes Jacek Blonski (Managing Partner & Founder), Bartosz Składzień (Managing Partner) and Michał Lechowski (Investment Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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