# Top 20 Retail Startup Investors in Poland in June 2026

## SpeedUp Venture Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS

Early stage VC investing into Enterprise Tech, FinTech and BioTech.

## Movens Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Movens Capital manages two funds (early-stage VC and growth equity).  Movens VC is oriented on supporting Polish/CEE tech

## Xevin Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

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.

## Earlybird Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

## Felix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care

A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class

## European Venture Investment Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Internet, Online Portals

European Venture Investment Group is a dynamically growing venture capital investment fund originating from European Financial Consulting Center – a leader within the scope of consultancy for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company's business contacts and experience enables to offer clients with much more than just financial support.EVIG builts a number of enterprises from scratch which involved various operations such as looking for additional sources of financing, team recruitment, planning a balanced budget and cash flow, as well as implementing our practical company management and market operation skills.

## Protos Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Beauty, Fashion

Protos Venture Capital is a funding company that is focused on internet businesses in Poland. It also includes mobile projects based on Software-as-a-Service, marketplace, lead-generator, and e-commerce sectors.
Protos Venture Capital is based in Warszawa, Poland.

## SquareOne
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

We invest in B2B tech entrepreneurs who are obsessed with solving complex problems in huge markets at pre-seed and seed stage

## Evan You
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Retail, Software, E-Commerce

Evan You - Founder @ Vue.js

## ValueTech Seed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## Paul St. John
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Open Source, Retail

Paul St. John is a former SVP of Worldwide Sales at GItHub.

## Matt Billmann Christensen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Open Source

Matt Biilmann is the CEO and Co-founder of Netlify.

## SMOK Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE

## Resource Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity
- Focus: Snack Food, TV, Rental

Resource Partners is an accomplished private equity investor

## Philippe Corrot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

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.

## Christian Bach
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools

Christian Bach is the President & Co-founder of Netlify.

## Chris Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously cofounded SaaStock and was an early Web Summit employee.

## HardGamma Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Education

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.
