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Polish VC Simpact Ventures launches a €21M Fund II

Polish venture capital firm Simpact Ventures has announced the closing of its second fund, aiming at projects with positive impact. The fund has over €21 million (100 million PLN) under management, dedicated to early-stage startups, mainly from CEE.

Polish OTB Ventures launches new €150M Fund II

Poland-founded venture capital fund OTB Ventures has announced the launch of a new €150 million OTB Fund II. It will make direct investment in early growth deeptech companies, developing innovative breakthroughs with R&D in Europe. “We believe that deeptech is the

Polish bValue launches €100M fund to invest in later-stage tech startups from CEE

The Warsaw-based bValue has announced opening of its third fund bValue Growth to invest in companies from the CEE. The fund has already completed the first closing of €72 million, and aims to increase its capital to €100 million.  “We

Edtech startup Mate academy launches an office in Poland

Founded by Ukrainians, international edtech startup Mate academy launches its sevices in Poland. The company, which teaches programming for free until students get a job offer, announced the opening of its representative office in Warsaw earlier today. About Mate academy

Poland’s Vestbee opens CEE Startup Challenge to award €250k

Vestbee has announced the opening of the 8th edition of CEE Startup Challenge, where startups can get a total of €250,000 worth of benefits. The funding will account for access to more than 250 leading VC funds, business tools, and

Ukrainian-Polish startup Homsters is bought by Ringier AG, a Swiss company

The Swiss media group Ringier AG has acquired Homsters, a startup founded by Ukrainian and Polish entrepreneurs. The company informs about this in the official announcement. About the deal About the startup

MediVentures opens new €5.3M fund to support Polish medtech sector

MediVentures, a fund supported by group of private investors from Polish diaspora in the US, has announced a new investment fund. The firm plans to invest nearly €5.3 million (PLN 25 million) in the Polish medtech sector, specifically elderly care,

Polish VC market report: €110M over 83 new investments in Q3 2022

Despite the overall economic situation in the CEE and the world, the quarterly achievements of Polish VC and startup markets look solid. Regardless of the slight (12%) yearly drop in investment value in Q3, both ecosystems are on track to

Polish gamedev Gruby welcomes Tencent as its minority shareholder

The Warsaw-based independent game developer Gruby Entertainment has welcomed Tencent as its shareholder. The company offered a minority equity stake to the holding for an undisclosed amount, Games Press reports. Founded in 2020 by Grzegorz Michalak, Kamil Misiowiec, Paweł Siech,