# Ryszard Szopa

> Ryszard Szopa is a seed investor at Affirm (Warsaw) backing Hardware and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Affirm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/affirm)
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szopa/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/szopa
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryszard

Ryszard Szopa is a seed investor at Affirm in Warsaw focused on Hardware and Software. Ric Szopa is the Director of Engineering, Site Lead for Poland at Affirm. He attended University of Warsaw.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Respeecher | Respeecher uses AI to convert the performance of one speaker into the voice of another, decoupling voices from actors. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 04, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acrobator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrobator-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ICU Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ff Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Network VC Syndicate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/network-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Network.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/network-vc-syndicate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silicon Valley Syndicate Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-syndicate-club) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Affirm

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Affirm is a financial technology services company providing installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.The company was founded with the goal to create honest financial products and services that empower consumers and improve lives. It aims to revolutionize the banking industry to be more accountable and accessible to consumers. Today,Affirm provides shoppers with an alternative to traditional credit cards at the point of sale, giving them the flexibility to buy now and make simple monthly payments for their purchases. Unlike payment options that have compounding interest and unexpected costs, Affirm shows customers upfront exactly what they’ll pay each month — with no hidden fees and no surprises. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants to give shoppers the option to pay with Affirm at checkout including well-known brands across retail including home furnishings, travel, personal fitness, electronics, apparel and beauty, and more. Loans are made in partnership with Afirm’s originating bank partner Cross River Bank, a New Jersey State Chartered Commercial Bank, Member FDIC.Jeffrey Kaditz, Max Levchin, and Nathan Gettings established the San Francisco, California-based company in 2012.

5 contacts available at Affirm.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Smith | Vice President, Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-smith |
| James Cunningham | Director, Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-cunningham-3 |
| John Marion | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-marion-6b84 |
| Marcos Sainz | Senior Director, Software Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcos-sainz |
| Michael Linford | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-linford |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryszard Szopa invest in?

Ryszard Szopa invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ukraine. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ryszard Szopa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryszard Szopa closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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