# Top 40 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Poland in May 2026

## SATUS Starter
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## SpeedUp Venture Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Shape VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Black Pearls VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Innovation Nest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Innovation Nest invest in early stage B2B SaaS startups from Europe and help them grow from local to global using our network of contacts and strong in-house competencies. It strongly believes that the path to growth leads through Silicon Valley and strongly encourage our portfolio startups to set up presence there. The company supports high-techcompanies to grow faster and scale their business globally.

## VIGO Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Laser, Electronics, Manufacturing

VIGO Ventures is an investment group supporting cutting edge R&D photonic teams in technology development and commercialization. The focus is on photonics and its relation to numerous applications spreading across industries on the ground and in space. We are drawn to experts dedicated and determined to scale globally.One of our strategicpartners is VIGO System (https://www.vigo.com.pl/en) a joint stock company and a global leader in production of high operating temperature IR detectors. VIGO System supplies unique products, manufactured with the use of internally developed technology and the aid of its highly specialized team. Our second strategic partner is Warsaw Equity Group (https://www.warsawequity.com/?lang=en) a privately held investment company with over 20 years track record of successfully supporting business ventures both by investing their own capital, as well as by providing ongoing operational and strategic support for active investment projects. We are a part of a larger ecosystem and offer long term business support for our portfolio companies which includes possible next round financing.

## Credo Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

We partner with outstanding technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe to help them realize their global ambitions.

## KnowledgeHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## 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.

## JR Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Financial Services

JR Holding is a Polish investment firm.

## SET Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software

Venture capital firm focused broadly on innovative energy generation, distribution storage and efficiency.

## Aper Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Battery, Chemical, Software

The fund supports deeptech and hardware startups that demonstrate proven competitive advantages and significant global potential. It was founded in 2014 as 100 million Meta Ventures, investing in more than 20 entities in its area of operations. As of 2019, it operates primarily under Aper Ventures. The value of its assets under management isapproximately PLN 130 million, of which the fund has invested PLN 50 million since 2019 alone. Aper Venture is based in Warsaw, Poland.

## National Center for Research & Development
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Intel Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Intel Capital is uniquely positioned to help build the companies of tomorrow. Our investment team is backed with deep domain knowledge and the resources of Intel to assist companies in their paths to success.

## 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.

## Inovo VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS

VC for the most ambitious founders in CEE

## 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.

## EEC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Technology

EEC Ventures is a venture capital company specializing in utilities, energy, environment, sustainable, and advanced materials sectors. The company provides IT solutions for artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, blockchain, and big data. It also provides target companies with both early-stage and growth/expansion capital financing.They create value using sustainable resources, lower the environmental burden or provide higher efficiency in the utilization of traditional resources. The company should provide the market with services and products that respond to the following global trends such as natural resources reduction, upgrade of utility infrastructure, steady energy demand increase, reduction of CO2 emissions, and reduction in wastes generation.EEC Ventures was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.

## 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.

## 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.

## MITON
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

Company builders operating from Czech Republic and focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. We prefer building consumer facing businesses.

## 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

## 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.

## RST Ventures For Earth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Automotive, Industrial

RST Ventures For Earth is a technology venture capital fund investing in software and hardware projects at the startup stage. It focuses on renewable energy sources and energy harvesting, industrial automation and robotics, IoT, advanced materials and composites, software and hardware platforms, smart solutions for a clean environment, andartificial intelligence and machine learning.The Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie-located firm was founded in 2018.

## Montis Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Internet of Things, Biotechnology, EdTech

Montis Capital seeks to work with great teams, scalable business models, innovative and already market validated products on providing for expansion and growth capital within the following two sectors:Industry 4.0:We aim to be at the heart of a Fourth Industrial Revolution by investing into a confluence of robotics, artificial intelligence,internet of things, big data or deep tech.Life Science:We look for projects in fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedical technologies, life systems technologies, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food processing, environmental and biomedical devices.

## PGE Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, Software, Clean Energy

PGE Ventures is a CVC fund within the PGE Capital Group, which was established to invest in startups. The fund will invest in startups connected to energy value chain in order to gain financial and strategic leverage. We offer both the financial support and the know-how transfer in terms of PGE Group’s operations. We understand the needs of youngentrepreneurs and we can address them in a professional manner. We are open for cooperation with every startup which meets our investment criteria.Taking into account the possible level of PGE Ventures' involvement, as well as startups' capabilities to deliver specific solutions, projects will be sought, among others, in the area of: optimization of PGE's operations within entire Group's value chain; energy storage and clean generation technologies, incl. air quality control systems; IT and communication services, such as: Big Data, Smart Home, e-mobility, mobile apps, other products and services; enrichment of energy resources and utilization of combustion by-products.Organizations and foundations:
We offer a model of cooperation based on strategic and business partnership. Organizations which can provide a base of startups, pool of experts and promotion channels for the PGE Ventures fund are particularly welcome.Incubators, accelerators and partners:
We want to cooperate with incubators and technological accelerators within capability to obtain and improve startups. Startups from our portfolio are then provided with R&D infrastructure and substantive care of mature technology partners.VC funds:
PGE Ventures fund does not exclude co-investments with other VC funds operating on Polish and foreign market. All potential co-investments will be analyzed in detail. Decisions on their implementation will be taken by the PGE Ventures Management Board.PGE Ventures invites to cooperation especially entrepreneurs, whose innovative projects have a chance to transform into profitable businesses. As part of our scouting program, we will strive to work with as many quality startups as we can.

## 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.

## 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.

## Invento Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Katowice, Slaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Apps, EdTech

ICT, fintech, energetics, new materials, robotics

## 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

## UAB Electronics System
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Battery, Manufacturing, Energy Storage

UAB Electronics System

## 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.

## Unfold.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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

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.

## 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

## AMM Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Drones, Manufacturing

AMM Global

## META
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Battery, Manufacturing, Energy Storage

Venture Capital Fund

## 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.

## FIDIASZ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Automotive, Industrial

FIDIASZ Enterpreneurial Venture Capital

## 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.

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