# Top 20 Biotechnology Startup Investors in Poland in May 2026 ## Sunfish Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Medical Device Sunfish Partners is an early stage VC that invests in Polish deep tech startups. ## Black Pearls VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Black Pearls VC is a venture capital firm focusing on Life Quality Technologies. We look for the best entrepreneurs in Poland and the Baltic Sea Region. ## Joyance Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Wellness Joyance Partners is the first venture fund supporting companies that deliver Delightful Moments derived from science - a new, transformative cycle of human experience that we see as one of the greatest investment opportunities in decades. ## Chiratae Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Chiratae Ventures is a global network of venture capital funds with approximately $3.6 billion under management and a portfolio of over 220 companies built over the last 15 years. The Chiratae Ventures network is comprised of five independent partnerships managing funds in North America and Asia. Each partnership makes investments on behalf of itslimited partners, including International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. By combining the IDG platform – an unparalleled combination of global publishing, market research (IDC), and conferences and exhibition resources – with years of hands-on experience in early-stage company building, each Chiratae Ventures fund helps companies understand their markets better and penetrate them faster than their competition.With partnerships in the USA, Korea and multiple locations throughout China, India and Vietnam, the IDG Ventures network offers the international perspective and the local market expertise to help companies grow from start-ups to global success stories. ## Unfold.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Software Unfold.vc is a venture capital fund focused on providing financial support for technological projects that have great potential for success. ## KnowledgeHub - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Marketplace, Internet People are in the center of our actions. We believe that investment in human capital and its unique value guarantee success. ## Story Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Software Story is an early-stage venture fund based in NYC that invests in entrepreneurs with big visions leveraging technology and the proliferation of data to change the way people interact with the world. ## Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Analytics Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder is a venture capital fund and an experienced venture builder co-creating thriving global tech businesses. ## Lemonade Stand - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Lemonade Stand is a VC fund that focuses on early stage B2B investments in Baltic and East European founders no matter the HQ location. Investing €25-300K in strong teams, technology or traction. ## Simpact VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software Simpact is the first impact investment venture capital fund in Poland. We are looking for tech-driven startups that incorporate high business potential and a positive social or environmental impact. We empower founders to build tech companies which combine profit with purpose and have a potential to change the world for the better. ## FundingBox Deep Tech Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Medical, Artificial Intelligence FundingBox Deep Tech Fund provides funding to companies from the technology industry. It offers investment to early-stage organizations. FundingBox Deep Tech Fund was founded in 2020 and is based in Warsaw, Poland. ## National Center for Research and Development - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data The National Centre for Research and Development is the implementing agency of the Minister of Science and Higher Education. It was appointed in the summer 2007 as an entity in charge of the performance of the tasks within the area of national science, science and technology and innovation policies. When if was founded, it was the first entity ofthis type, created as the platform of an effective dialogue between the scientific and business communities.Currently, it operates under the Act on National Centre for Research and Development dated 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws from 2010, No. 96 item 616). The science reform adopted in the autumn 2010 gave the Centre more freedom to manage its financial assets, within the scope of a strategic research programme.In addition, the National Centre for Research and Development extended its activity with new initiatives and possibilities on 1 September 2011. Assigned by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education the function of the Mediation Institution in three operational programmes: Human Capital, Innovative Economy and Infrastructure and Environment, the Centre became one of the greatest innovation centres in Poland. The activity of the Centre is funded by the national treasury and the European Union. ## AIP Seed - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS Our goal is to be the first investor in top CEE startups. Get in touch if you are at day one of building a global tech company. With more than 110 investments, AIP Seed is the largest fund in Poland and among the largest in CEE. ## Shape VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Shape is a new, Poland-based VC fund investing in early stage companies that leverage hardware as a core component of the solution. ## Przemek Kowalczyk - Type: Angel - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Przemek Kowalczyk is the Co-Founder, CTO, and CPO at Ramp. ## Szymon Sypniewicz - Type: Angel - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Szymon Sypniewicz is a Co-Founder and CEO at Ramp. ## Alfabeat - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Marketing, Internet Welcome to Alfabeat, a specialist seed and early stage venture capital fundfocused on Enterprise SaaS companies from Central and Eastern Europe,backed by successful enterprise software founders. ## SpeedUp Venture Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile 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. ## Maciej Frankowicz - Type: Angel - Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Information Technology Maciej Frankowicz is the CEO and Partner at Shape.vc. He is also an Investor in AdTonos, Scanye, Sherlock Waste, and Aether Biomedical. Prior to that, he was the Business Developer and co-founder of AudioTrip. ## National Center for Research & Development - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care The National Research and Development Centre is an executive agency of the Minister of Science and Higher Education. It was established in summer 2007 as a unit realizing the tasks of scientific, scientific-technical and innovation policy. At the time of inception was the first unit of this type, created as a platform for effective dialogue betweenscience and business environment. Currently it operates under the Act of 30 April 2010 by the National Centre for Research and Development (Dz. U. 2010, No. 96 item. 616). Introduced in autumn 2010 reform of the science center has allowed greater freedom in disposing financial resources, within the framework of the strategic research agenda. An additional 1 September 2011, NRDC has expanded the scope of its activities with new initiatives and opportunities. Taking over from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education function of the Intermediate in three operational programs: Human Capital, Innovative Economy and Infrastructure and Environment, has become one of the largest centers supporting innovation in Poland. The Centre is funded by the Treasury and European Union funds. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co