# Top 40 Gaming Startup Investors in Poland in May 2026

## KnowledgeHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## SMOK Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE

## Xevin Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Unfold.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## CofounderZone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Mobile Apps, E-Commerce, Software

CofounderZone stands for ecosystem, where two coexisting worlds are finding common ground to cooperate. The blue ocean is represented by innovative enterprises, utilising groundbreaking technologies and non-linear business models, but lacking resources to scale. The red ocean is the opposite world, dominated by corporations, strugling to maintaintheir position, despite being equiped with abundence of knowledge and assets. This type of collaboration is not easy. That is why CofounderZone, puts strong emphasis on people – cofounders of startups and founders of established businesses, turned angel investors, to help the exchange of experience, human and investment capital. #cfdrz

## 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.

## Inovo VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS

VC for the most ambitious founders in CEE

## Investible
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

## Atmos Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Big Data

Atmos Ventures backs innovative teams that have cracked complex scientific problems, entrepreneurs who have commercialized their expertise, companies that are indispensable to their clients and management that understands the markets they serve. We are Central and Eastern Europe's Deep Tech Venture Capital Firm

## PKO VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Apps, Cryptocurrency

PKO VC is a venture capital fund established by the Polish bank PKO Bank Polski. The fund primarily invests in companies that provide technologies for the financial industry.

## Piotr Smolen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Mobile Apps

Piotr Smolen is the Co-Founder and CEO at symmetrical.ai. Attended SGH Warsaw School of Economics.

## Movens Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## JR Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Financial Services

JR Holding is a Polish investment firm.

## 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.

## Paul Bragiel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Software, SaaS

Paul Bragiel is the Managing Partner at Bragiel Brothers. The Attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

## Mariusz Gralewski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Education, Information Technology

Mariusz Gralewski is the Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of ZnanyLekarz. Mariusz Gralewski attended the Warsaw University of Technology.

## Delivery Hero Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food Delivery

Delivery Hero Ventures is backed by Delivery Hero, a truly global food delivery platform - whose network, distribution and expertise can be harnessed to help our portfolio companies fulfill their global ambitions.

## Kogito Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Machine Learning, Logistics

We build 50/50 syndicates with Angel Investors. Ticket size ranges from PLN 0.5m to PLN 2m per investment, and we can follow-on with up to PLN 4m per company in total. We can participate in rounds starting from Pre-Seed to Series A. Kogito Ventures participates in the Biznest programme run by Polish Development Fund (PFR) and has beenallocated funding of PLN 30m, which is matched with another PLN 30m coming from co-investing Business Angels.

## Czysta3.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, Software, Automotive

Czysta3.vc is an investment firm providing businesses with venture capital funds. It creates sales and implements marketing strategies. The firm has worked with Fortune 500 startups and expanded it businesses to other countries.
The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in Poland.

## Warsaw Equity Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

We create market leaders by realizing the ambitions of the businesses in which we invest.

## YouNick Mint
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage

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## LT Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Messaging, Internet

We are:Industry 4.0 seed fund. Typically, we invest around EUR 250K. If necessary, we are able to bring top-tier co-investors to the table if a bigger ticket is needed.Founder-centric. Few VC's understand that founders are the ones that run the companies. We are there to help, not to replace.Heavily networked. With contacts across theglobe, we are the bridge between great companies from the CEE and bigger funds and clients from rest of the world.Focused on CEE. In the upcoming years we will invest in around 40 companies in Central and Eastern Europe, with Poland being the main site of our investments.

## Polipo Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Big Data

we back exceptional founders with global aspirations

## 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.

## 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.

## Supernode Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Media and Entertainment, Gaming

Community + Capital for early-stage startups shaping the future of how we learn, work, play, and communicate in the digital content ecosystem.

## Kai Hansen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software

Kai Hansen is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor from Berlin, Germany, and Founding Partner of Rheingau Founders.He studied business administration with focus on entrepreneurship and marketing at the EBS Business School in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany), Auckland and Buenos Aires.During his last year at university Kai founded his firststartup, sportme, a social community for athletes, with Philipp Hartmann and Dr. Tobias Johann in March 2007, before going on to create Rheingau Founders together. Since then Kai has been actively involved in founding and developing 20 more startups.As Founder & Managing Director, Kai was recently responsible for the success of Lieferando, a European delivery service startup which was acquired by the market leader Takeaway.com in 2014 for more than US$100mn. With Lieferando Kai build a fast growing, multinational marketplace in a highly competitive environment and learned what it takes to make a startup successful. At Rheingau Founders, Kai is responsible for new ideas and business model development. With his extensive operational knowledge he also provides the portfolio companies with hands-on advice and strategic guidance, especially with developing efficient processes and operations.

## PKO BP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Gaming

PKO BP operates as a commercial bank. The Bank’s operations comprise cash deposits, maintenance of accounts, granting loans and cash advances, granting and confirming bank guarantees.

## LSI (Life Science Innovations Fund)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Personal Health

LSI is a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital in Poland. We invest in early-stage start ups in life science domain. We mainly focus on healthcare, environmental protection, biotech and medtech. We are a team of passionate people whose goal is to improve everyone’s life and make the world a better place.

## Colopl Next
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, E-Commerce

Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital of is Colopl, Inc, which is a leading Japanese gaming company. Colopl, Inc. is founded with the mission of “Entertainment in Real Life”, and constantly put its customer as first priority.Colopl Next is headquartered in Japan, but invests globally in a variety of internet businesses, with the commitmentto support innovative entrepreneurs.

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

bValue is one of the most active funds in Poland, investing in companies from CEE region. Combined diverse experience of management team allows us to support companies in scaling up to next level and transforming challenges into opportunities. We also leverage the experience and business network of our investors and board of experts to boost growthand spot opportunities.
bValue consists of two separate funds where one invests in early-stage startups and the other focuses on established growth companies. Its investment focus in both stages lies in tech enabled companies across all industries.

## Chris Guzowski
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wellness

Chris Guzowski is a Principal at Polipo Ventures and Director of Opportunity Capital and Board Member at Power Lines Pro. He is a former Director of ABA Technology and Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.Mr. Guzowski studied Business & Finance at the University of Technology, Sydney and received an MBA in Energy Management at the Universityof Economy Vienna.

## Tomasz Kolinko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Big Data, Wellness

Tomasz Kolinko is the Founder of Freespace Warsaw. Prior to that, he founded Eveem.org and Trivial.co. He attended the University of Warsaw.

## IQ Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Internet, Online Portals

IQ Partners S.A. was founded in 2005. It is a leading fund specializing in investment in enterprises during their initial growth phase. IQ Partners is focused on seed investments, while also investing in start-ups. Company profile consists of investments in innovative firms functioning in the areas of Internet, Media, mobile technology, e-commerceand IT. To date IQ Partners carried out more than 50 investment projects, and conducted exit transactions in several of them. Since October 2011 IQ Partners S.A. is listed in the Warsaw Stock Exchange. IQ Partners S.A. is also a member of the Polish Private Equity Association (PPEA).

## Onetwoplay S.A.
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming

Gaming Investment company

## SATUS Starter
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

SATUS Starter is a VC focusing on investments between $ 100k-1M in: AI & Big Data, SaaS, AR & VR, Industry 4.0, FinTech, blockchain, cybersecurity, marketplace.

## ARIA Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Big Data

ARIA is an independent private equity fund management company run by professionals with a variety of business backgrounds. Thanks to the fusion of different characters and generations, we have a deeper understanding of the global market. We deliver great results to our portfolio companies, by supporting them with know-how and the right resources.We invest in projects with international growth potential, mainly in the areas of new technologies but we are also interested in small and mid-sized enterprises which have unique selling propositions regardless of their industry.

## Market One Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Market One Capital | Seed fund empowering marketplaces and network effects platforms across Europe

## Sisu Game Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality

Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on games. We set up shop in 2014 to support the most promising founders in the industry. Sisu has deep roots in the Nordic region, but our network of founders is fully global.The Sisu team consists of Samuli, Paul, Erik, Kalle, Moaffak, Kadri, and Jere - all of whom haveextensive backgrounds in the game industry and startup circles, both as entrepreneurs and investors. We've founded and built sixteen game companies since the early 90s and had several successful exits. Apart from funding companies, the team uses their expertise to act as a studio builder. Individual founders are supported in building their team, honing their product strategy and in gathering the right group of investors.

## 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.

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