Giza Polish Ventures (GPV)
VC Fund
Warsaw, Poland
Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) is a venture capital (VC) fund with a professional backup provided by the Israeli VC group Giza Venture Capital (Giza VC). Giza VC investment professionals contribute with wealth of expertise and experience in communications, semiconductors, information technologies, enterprise software, the life sciences and medicalequipment, clean technologies, media, the Internet, and entertainment. With more than 20 years of experience, Giza VC stands at the forefront of Israel's venture capital industry, having made more than 100 investments and achieved more than 40 successful exits. Since 1992, Giza has formed five funds and invested approximately $600 million.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
- Fund size:
- $20M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) invests in
Stages Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) invests in
Countries Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $546k–$1.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 3 (27%)
- Energy 2 (18%)
- Software 2 (18%)
- Power Grid 2 (18%)
- Information Technology 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (91%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Country
- Poland 9 (82%)
- United States 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Marek Borzestowski
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Victoria Okonkwo
PR & Investor Relations Specialist
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PR & Investor Relations Specialist | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Yuval Avni
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Zeev Holtzman
Founder and Chairman
|
Founder and Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Zygmunt Grajkowsk
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holo Surgical Inc is a Chicago based private technology company focusing on creating synthetic imaging for surgeons. The company launched the first augmented reality and artificial intelligence based system for robotics and surgical navigation used in neurosurgery, orthopedics and general surgery. | Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| NanoGroup develops regenerative medicine in the areas of cancer prevention, early diagnostics and oncological rehabilitation. | Seed / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| SulRock is a manufacturer of sulfur concrete offers high durability material with mechanical and thermal properties for construction. | Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| LGM technology is a and unique energy management system, which optimizes power generator. The technology can increase the efficiency of wind turbines and other power generators by 30%. | Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| HiProMine is a European-wide supplier of alternative source of protein, manufactured through an innovative, owned technology of industrial breeding of insects. | Seed / Apr 27, 2016 | ||
| Vortex Oil Engineering is a Warsaw-based company from the Oil & Gas sector that has developed a solution used in the extraction of crude oil, allowing for a 40% increase in the raw material extraction. | $546.2K / Seed / Jan 08, 2016 | ||
| Nanoceramics is a provider of cheaper, smaller, more powerful components for everyday electronics.The aim of the Magnetic Nanoceramic research project is to commercialize process of manufacturing soft magnetic nanoceramic materials, characterized by high magnetic saturation of a magnetic flux and a high resistivity, which can be used inequipment using high frequency current (above 1 MHz). | Seed / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| REDS SA is developing software. Eco Driving, that enhances energy efficiency of all rail vehicles. Eco Driving can help optimize energy usage by automatically controlling the usage or suggesting such actions as slow down, speed up, keep constant speed, turn off heating etc. | Seed / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| NanoSanguis is a company founded to bring to the market first safe and effective red blood cell substitute. | Seed / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| Reliability Solutions was established by a group of young scientists from AGH UST in Krakow – outstanding Polish technical university. Our mission is to transfer knowledge and novel solutions in data analysis from science to business. By the usage of cutting-edge scientific results in data science, we are able to predict machinery failures whatresults in huge financial benefits and safety increase to the industry. Due to cooperation with NVIDIA we use deep learning algorithms powered by GPUs to make better insight into data and highly improve the meaning of Predictive Maintenance. After positive feedback in Polish market we decided to leverage our transatlantic connection with US. | $1.2M / Seed / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) invest in?
Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) invests primarily in Biotechnology, Energy and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Poland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Giza Polish Ventures (GPV)'s check size?
Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) typically joins rounds of $546k–$1.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) participates in.
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Who are the partners at Giza Polish Ventures (GPV)?
The team at Giza Polish Ventures (GPV) includes Marek Borzestowski (Partner), Victoria Okonkwo (PR & Investor Relations Specialist) and Yuval Avni (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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