# Top 25 Medical Device Startup Investors in Poland in May 2026 ## National Center for Research & Development - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## LKCM Headwater - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Gaming, Medical, Railroad LKCM Headwater Investments is a Texas-based private investment partnership that seeks to partner with management teams to build highly successful companies. They take an operationally-minded approach and provide companies with the tools necessary to build market leaders with sustainable competitive advantages. Their investment discipline is derivedfrom several decades of investing capital for their partners and ourselves. LKCM, their investment team, affiliates and related parties collectively represent approximately 30% of their committed capital, demonstrating both a passion for and belief in their efforts.LKCM Headwater is an affiliated entity of Luther King Capital Management, an SEC-registered investment firm established in 1979 with over $14.1B of AUM, 48 investment and other professionals and 81 employees*. LKCM’s proven investment discipline centers on a long-term focus of investing in well-managed companies that demonstrate an ability to re-invest cash flows into high return investment opportunities. LKCM maintains a client and employee centric culture which facilitates their ability to empathize with the challenges faced by many operators. Along with an in-house investment research team, LKCM provides LKCM Headwater with a network of pre-existing relationships, as well as back-office, legal, compliance and tax resources. ## 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. ## SpeedUp Venture Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 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. ## Sunfish Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Medical Device Sunfish Partners is an early stage VC that invests in Polish deep tech startups. ## Manta Ray Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Logistics Manta Ray Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund backing mission-driven founders that provides flexible and patient capital, leveraging time, resources, and networks resources and networks as far as possible to support its portfolio companies. ## LSI (Life Science Innovations Fund) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 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 ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Next Road Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning We are a polish VC fund backed by the global business angels. Our sweet spot is European early stage companies founded by visionary entrepreneurs who aim to become global winners in their respective industry. Together with our affiliates, CEE Business Angel Network, leading European deal flow platform Vestbee as well as our global network of VCfunds and corporate partners, we support our companies with the relevant network, expertise, resources and funds to help them expand to new markets. Next Road Ventures in a nutshell: GEOGRAPHY - Europe with a strong focus on Central & Eastern Europe; ROUNDS - seed, pre-series A, series A; STAGES - product on the market (at least MVP), revenue or growing traction; SECTORS - multi-sector with a preference on ICT, Big Data, SaaS, Martech, Fintech, Industry 4.0, IoT, e-commerce etc.; TICKET - up to 1M EUR ## HardGamma Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software 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. ## Elevate Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Elevate Ventures nurtures and develops emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing, Indiana-based companies.They accomplish this by providing rigorous business analysis and robust advisory serivces that connect companies with the resources they need to succeed long-term. As a not-for-profit organization, they are ableto offer unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendations. Emerging, high-potential businessesElevate Ventures seeks out business endeavors that identify a need in the marketplace and are well-positioned to successfully transition from research to product development to market. High-performing, Indiana-based CompaniesThese companies grow local economies and employment throughout Indiana, in addition to attracting and retaining top-level talent for the Hoosier state. Rigorous business analysisComprehensive due diligence is critical to determining the long-term financial viability of these companies. Robust advisory servicesElevate Ventures provides more than just capital, they partner with entrepreneurs, investors and other local and state organizations to ensure the best return on investment. Resources to succeed long-termIn addition to financial resources, Elevate addressees other market barriers, which may include management, business development, talent identification and retention, and specific technology development challenges. They don't just write a check and walk away - they help sustain business success and growth over time. Unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendationsWith a seasoned staff and a host of proven outside partners, they provide objectivity and insights that are among the best in their profession. ## 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. ## Bas Godska - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning General Partner & Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+ companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Personal angel investmentportfolio, overall company value nearing $3BN, follow-ons raised (>$150 MN) from Accel, Iconiq, Insight Ventures, EBRD, Techstars, Acrobator Ventures. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe."Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Moscow School of Management MBA (3 years).Portfolio: miro.com; harver.com; travelata.ru (co-founder); Chocofamily Holding: chocotravel.kz, chocolife.me, aviata.kz, chocomart.kz (exit), lensmark.kz, rahmet.kz, chocofood.kz, iDoctor.kz, HRbot; Newzmate.com (partial exit to Piano.io); storyterrace.com, getobjectiv.com; Crossss (sold to Leadhit); clockster.com; linkpizza.com; zakaz.ua; urbandine.nl; 6nomads.com, instreamatic.ai., omdena.com, aura-aware.com, awesomic.com, memoryOS.com, VC investments: leapfunder.com; respeecher.com; letsenhance.io; studyfree.org. ## Aligo Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Eyewear, Fashion, E-Commerce Aligo is a group of experts with extensive expertise in capital investments, research and development project funding, and the commercialization of innovative goods. Aligo's business is investing in early-stage companies (start-ups / early stage), which have already assembled a project team and secured their first clients. ## TDJ Pitango Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics We invest using the smart money formula in projects with global potential. Get financing for your startup and develop under the supervision of our experts! ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Programa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fitness, Health Care, Medical Device Programa™ software house create bespoke, non-standard web solutions for companies that want to automate, optimise and streamline daily work. ## 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. ## Turenne Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Turenne Capital is an independant private equity management company, with 4 offices in France : - Paris - Lyon - Marseilles - Lille (joint-venture). Since 1999, Turenne Capital has been taking significant minority or majority equity stakes alongside entrepreneurs who operate SMEs with revenues ranging from €5 million to € 100 million. Itinvests between €1 million and €10 million per transaction. Turenne Capital manages/advises more than € 500 million. 32 people, among which 21 investors work in the Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turenne Capital est une Société de gestion indépendante spécialisée en capital investissement. Turenne Capital accompagne depuis 1999 des entrepreneurs dans leur développement et la transmission de leur société et est implantée à : - Paris - Lyon - Marseille - Lille (filiale) Les tickets d'investissement vont de '1 à 10 millions d'euros en minoritaire et majoritaire dans des PME de 5 à 100 M€ de Chiffre d'affaires. Le Groupe Turenne Capital compte 32 professionnels dont 21 investisseurs, et gère/conseille plus de 500 M€ confiés par des institutionnels et des particuliers. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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