Top 20 Retail Startup Investors in Poland in December 2024
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Poland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Poland. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Retail Startup Investors in Poland in December 2024
Investor | Retail Poland investments |
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SpeedUp Venture Capital Group | 3 |
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) | 3 |
Creandum | 2 |
Earlybird Venture Capital | 2 |
Felix Capital | 2 |
Movens Capital | 2 |
Xevin Investments | 2 |
SquareOne | 1 |
SMOK Ventures | 1 |
HardGamma Ventures | 1 |
Chris Murphy | 1 |
Philippe Corrot | 1 |
ValueTech Seed | 1 |
Matt Billmann Christensen | 1 |
Resource Partners | 1 |
Paul St. John | 1 |
Evan You | 1 |
Matt Billmann Christensen | 1 |
Heini Zachariassen | 1 |
Christian Bach | 1 |
We are a group of venture capital funds, investing in enterprises in an early stage of development. Areas of our interest include enterprises and entrepreneurs in Central and Eastern Europe, who want to conquer the global market by utilizing their self-developed solutions. Our cooperation with companies is based on a 3-8 years investment horizon.We're looking for innovations from areas such as: consumer internet, electromobility, energy, fintech, martech, adtech, medtech, IoT and hardware. We're interested in technologies like Machine Learning, Picture Recognition and Artificial Intelligence.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Poland, United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- PARTORY — PARTORY offers complete manufacturing solutions in engineering. PARTORY utilising AI and machine learning to streamline the procurement process for low-cost metal parts
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- Patron GO — Patron GO is a fintech firm that uses AI to detect unnecessarily high costs on a customer's bank account and offers the best solutions.
Early stage VC investing into Enterprise Tech, FinTech and BioTech.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Arva AI — Arva AI makes onboarding onto a bank/fintech as a business 100x faster and significantly cheaper. An end-to-end KYB solution fuelled by AI.
- Souline — Souline is transforming our interaction with the world by infusing intelligence into everyday products. Founded by the visionaries behind Google Assistant and Lingxin Intelligence (acquired by Zhipu AI), we aim to turn the physical world into AI-native experiences that enrich lives. By blending edge computing with AI, we create magical, intuitiveinteractions—all while keeping privacy and safety at the forefront.
- VISO TRUST — Empower security teams to quickly and accurately assess third-party vendor risk, automate assessments, and enhance risk detection
We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Sweden, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tola — Tola offers a simple and easy way for businesses to pay and get paid, however and whenever they want. Sign up today!
- Appcharge — Sell in-game items directly to your players with our mobile-first webstore solution. No excessive fees, no hassle. Only higher revenue with Appcharge.
- Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Mona AI — MONA AI is an automation software designed for the human resources services sector, aimed at streamlining HR processes and improving efficiency through artificial intelligence-driven solutions
- Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.
- Briefcase — Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices.
A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class
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- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- TechWolf — TechWolf uses AI to bring you an automated, continuous and objective view on the workforce skills you have, the skills you need and the gap in between.
- Wordsmith AI — Wordsmith offers the best AI tools for legal teams, including AI-powered contract review, document generation, and legal chatbots. Trusted by top companies, Wordsmith helps lawyers streamline workflows, speed up legal processes, and increase productivity.
- Manual — Manual is a men’s health and well-being startup offering a suite of diagnostic tools and blood tests to offer data-driven health solutions. The company provides men with easy access to advice, free medical support, and the treatment choices they need to help them make proactive decisions about their wellbeing.Manual was founded in 2018 and isheadquartered in London, UK.
Movens Capital manages two funds (early-stage VC and growth equity). Movens VC is oriented on supporting Polish/CEE tech
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Poland, Czech Republic, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- PARTORY — PARTORY offers complete manufacturing solutions in engineering. PARTORY utilising AI and machine learning to streamline the procurement process for low-cost metal parts
- ForActive — ForActive The Best App to Buy & Sell Memberships
- SKY ENGINE AI — SKY ENGINE AI revolutionizes computer vision with synthetic data and deep learning solutions. Unlock scalable, efficient, and cost-effective AI training.
Xevin Investments offer include investment and advisory services. The fund is interested both in companies and projects in the initial phase of development, unable to achieve further business goals due to insufficient capital, and in thriving companies in need of additional investment to achieve their milestones in the pursuit of competitiveadvantage.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Poland, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Droplabs — Droplabs is Poland's leading online sales software for the experiences industry. Hundreds of Attraction, Tour and Activity providers use our software to sale tickets and activities through various channels including own website, hotel desks, travel agencies, aggregators, network of affiliates or on-site. Our software also helps with real-timeoffer, capacity & pricing management; entry management and day-to-day operations optimisation.We keep the product self-serviced and simple to use on any device. We are end buyers advocate: Buying, storing and using tickets must be seamless!We are SaaS with no exceptions.
- EkoFachowcy.pl — Kolejna witryna oparta na WordPressie
- Feedink Sp. z o.o. — Feedink Sp. z o.o. provides professional services for creating and managing product feed.
We invest in B2B tech entrepreneurs who are obsessed with solving complex problems in huge markets at pre-seed and seed stage
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Hero — Hero is a B2B payments and financing platform, offer direct online payment experience and receive your money immediately.
- Otterspace — Otterspace takes care of DAOs.
- Flinn — We are driven to impact the health of millions of people around the globe by enabling medical companies to launch and operate products more efficiently. To make this vision come true, we established a customer-centric, experimentation-driven product development approach.
Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Poland, United States, Ukraine
Portfolio highlights
- Authologic — Authologic is a system that helps businesses in checking the identity of their clients online.Authologic is a provider of identity verification solutions that includes tools for determining identity through online video, data, and digital IDs.Krzysztof Klimczak, Jarek Sygitowicz, and Marek Rogoziński founded Authologic in 2020 and is based inWarsaw, Poland.
- Collabwriting — Collabwriting is a simple browser extension that helps you share, comment and collaborate on content you find online
- Proteine Resources — We want to revolutionize the feed and food market, build robotic factories, process bio-waste in high-quality protein, fat and fertilizer insects.
HardGamma Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in startups that focuses on computing, internet, biotechnology, and more. Early stage VC fund focused on Polish and CEE startups.The Fund invests in projects such as seed and startups in the area of computing, Internet, mobile technologies, the biotechnology sector and physicochemicaltechnologies. HardGamma Ventures invests in strong teams developing projects with global potential - providing funding and support for business planning, marketing, product positioning and other business functions.The HardGamma team is constantly in contact and cooperation with leading competitions and incubator programs in Europe and USA - Seedcamp (UK), The Difference Engine (UK), Springboard (UK), Startup Bootcamp (Denmark), TechStars (United States), and the pan-European incubator program HackFwd (Germany), where the team is responsible for the assessment and certification program for start-ups, and the International Incubator of the University of Maryland (United States).The team of HardGamma is also building a network affiliation with other VC funds in the region to broaden the range of exploration and investment opportunities and to increase international support and business opportunities for the portfolio of projects.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- United Kingdom, Poland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Silverback.ai — eRated (http://erated.co) creates a single identity for e-commerce sites, allowing online buyers and sellers to utilize their already existing reputation everywhere they go. By using a universal identity, sellers are able to operate in more marketplaces, reach more customers and increase their conversion rates and sales as they nolonger need to re-build their reputation (ratings, reviews and comments) in each site. eRated uses a widget displayed in partner sites that aggregates and summarizes the sellers ratings and feedback earned across various marketplace, increasing user trust.The founders are all veterans of elite Israeli army tech units and alumni of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program (Israel's most prominent student accelerator program).
- Proxigroup — Solving the lack of visibility and transparency in asset management.
- Carv — Carv 2 clips onto any ski boot, analyzes your technique, and coaches you with live audio as you ski.
Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously cofounded SaaStock and was an early Web Summit employee.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Philippe started his career as founder and CEO of KEYRUS, a pioneering web agency that provided support to major brands in their digital strategies (acquired in 2000 by Progiware Group). He then went on to found and head MAYREV, a fashion and accessories brand operating through its own store network and other distributors until 2005.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, Poland, United States
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- Phacet — Achieve rapid ROI with tailored AI Applications connected to your systems powered by Phacet.
- Twin — Twin Labs, offer an automated tool for repetitive operations, such as onboarding new staff to all internal systems.
- Vue Storefront — Vue Storefront provides online shopping experiences like native apps, boosts site performance, & customization. Check other benefits!
ValueTech Seed is an early stage venture capital fund focusing on innovations in Energy and Industrial Manufacturing. We seek to partner with dedicated teams developing breakthrough technologies that can be deployed within the next 2-5 years. Our areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: Industry 4.0, renewables, cleantech,energy storage, smart grid and smart home, AI/IoT applications.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Aleet — Aleet has developed sophisticated systems encompassing proprietary digital twin technology for strategic fleet operational planning and advanced AI-driven routing optimization. It serves sectors such as fleet operators, e-commerce, food delivery, civil services, defense, and more.
- Hustro — Hustro - MainSite
- Nevomo — Nevomo develops the next generation of High-Speed Railways (HSR), based on magnetic levitation, linear motor and autonomous control systems, which can be subsequently transformed into a vacuum version. It is the only company globally working on technology enabling a gradual implementation of Hyperloop-inspired solutions as an upgrade for therailway industry. The company has developed a unique, patent-pending magrail technology, which allows modernizing existing conventional railway lines to a standard of passive magnetic railways, reaching speed of 300 kph (186 mph) on normal lines and 415 kph (258 mph) on HSR lines. The magrail system allows keeping the functionality of conventional railways on a modernized line (railway operators can depreciate their existing rolling stock).Magrail can be subsequently transformed into a vacuum system – hyperrail, reaching speed of 600 kph (373 mph) on normal lines and 1000 kph (621 mph) on HSR lines.The third generation is hyperloop – vacuum magnetic railways built within new transportation corridors for top speed of 1200 kph (746 mph), using subsystems tested in the first two generations.Capex for retrofitting railway infrastructure to a magrail standard are estimated to ca. EUR 6-8 million per km, which is comparable to the cost of building a new highway and up to 60-70% lower than the average cost of building a new HSR line in the EU. Energy costs will be lower by ca. 13% for the speed of 300 kph (186 mph) compared to HSR, whole for the speed of 415 kph (258 mph) magrail needs the same amount of energy than HSR currently for 300 kph (186 mph). The maintenance costs will be ca. 25% lower than for HSR, due to elimination of friction of mechanical elements at high speeds.The company was founded in 2017 and until mid-2019 it submitted 8 patent applications. In the first half of 2019 it secured an EUR 3.8 million grant in Poland and raised EUR 334 thousands during the first Polish equity crowdfunding campaign on a UK-based platform Seedrs. Currently a Proof of Concept (PoC) is almost completed (ca. 50 m. long test track, which will be demonstrated in Q4.2019)., while at the turn of 2020 and 2021 a demonstration of the first full-scale prototype is planned.Corporate partners include TME Transfer Multisort Electronics and Microsoft. Key member of the R&D team is prof. Jacek F Gieras who has conducted research on Shinkansen SCMaglev at the Central Japan Railway Company. The company has got an international Advisory Board, including: Dorota Raben - expert in logistics & the former President of the Board of the Maritime Port of Gdansk SA, Amos Ron- former Director General at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in Israel, and Vladas Lašas (also an early investor in Hyper Poland) who has co-founded Carbon War room together with Sir Richard Branson.
Matt Biilmann is the CEO and Co-founder of Netlify.
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Investment focus
- Software, Developer Tools, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, France, Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Nx — Nx is a build system, optimized for monorepos, with plugins for popular frameworks and tools and advanced CI capabilities including caching and distribution.
- PartyKit — PartyKit is an open source deployment platform for AI agents.
- Edgeless Systems — Industry-leading solutions for confidential computing. Our products are open source and work across clouds. They are intuitive to use for DevOps and Engineering Teams.
Resource Partners is an accomplished private equity investor
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Investment focus
- Snack Food, TV, Rental
- Private Equity
- Poland, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Flex To Go — Low Rental Prices - Clear and Transparent Car Rental Procedures. Reserve a Car Online!
- Baltkom TV SIA — Baltkom TV SIA offers cable television services in Latvia. The company offers digital television, voice and internet services over its cable and MMDS networks. It also provides mobile telecommunications services.
- DELICPOL Sp. z o.o. — Making your products tasty and healthier
Paul St. John is a former SVP of Worldwide Sales at GItHub.
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Investment focus
- Software, Open Source, Retail
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Poland, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Cased — The modern terminal for teams & platform for production work
- Coana — Coana's SCA identifies vulnerabilities in open source packages that are genuinely reachable, allowing you to confidently disregard up to 95% false positives.
- Vue Storefront — Vue Storefront provides online shopping experiences like native apps, boosts site performance, & customization. Check other benefits!
Evan You - Founder @ Vue.js
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Investment focus
- Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Series A
- Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Vue Storefront — Vue Storefront provides online shopping experiences like native apps, boosts site performance, & customization. Check other benefits!
Matt Biilmann is the CEO and Co-founder of Netlify.
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Investment focus
- Software, Developer Tools, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, France, Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Nx — Nx is a build system, optimized for monorepos, with plugins for popular frameworks and tools and advanced CI capabilities including caching and distribution.
- PartyKit — PartyKit is an open source deployment platform for AI agents.
- Edgeless Systems — Industry-leading solutions for confidential computing. Our products are open source and work across clouds. They are intuitive to use for DevOps and Engineering Teams.
Heini is Vivino’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Credited with bringing a technology revolution to the wine industry, Heini founded Vivino because he was frustrated by not knowing which wine to buy. It’s been his passion project ever since. During his tenure, Vivino has grown into a community of 46 million users, raised $72 million infunding, and rolled out a worldwide wine marketplace. Before starting Vivino, Heini co-founded several startups, including global internet and mobile security company BullGuard. Heini leads the team from Vivino’s European headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Heini and Vivino’s story is featured in an independent documentary, “Disrupting Wine, The Life of an Entrepreneur.” Heini also hosts the YouTube series Raw Startup, which offers candid advice for entrepreneurs and startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, Poland, Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Tiimo — Tiimo helps you manage your daily life and improve your wellbeing. Visualize your day. Improve your routines. Stress less.
- Uniify — Uniify is a no-code customer onboarding software that makes it fast, easy and secure for financial companies to onboard their customers. Save your business time and money, and build onboarding flows for your customers in minutes instead of months.
- Finematter — Using technology to help exceptional jewellery designers scale sustainably
Christian Bach is the President & Co-founder of Netlify.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Developer Platform
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Denmark, Germany
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- Reel Energy — Reel empowers all companies to procure renewable electricity that makes a real difference for the climate.
- Daytona — Daytona is a self-hosted and secure open source development environment manager.
- Daytona — Daytona is a self-hosted and secure open source development environment manager.
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