Inovo Venture Partners

23/06/2022

🌊Maciej (Matt) Małysz od kilku lat jest Partnerem w Inovo Venture Partners, ale - o czym pewnie niewiele osób wie - zaczynał u nas od roli analityka 👀

Polską branżę venture capital obserwuje w zasadzie od początku jej powstania. W rozmowie z Maciej Filipkowski opowiedział o tym, jak zmieniał się ten rynek, ale też jak zmieniła się jego rola w funduszu - od analityka, aż po wspieranie tech-founderów i stanie za inwestycjami m.in. w Spacelift, Packhelp, AI Clearing, czy Archbee (YC S21).

🌊Maciej opowiada:
➡ Jak wygląda współpraca Inovo z founderami?
➡ Na co inwestorzy zwracają uwagę, gdy chcą zainwestować w startup?
➡ Jak radzić sobie z wyzwaniami branży VC?
➡ Na czym buduje się sukces w tej branży?
➡ Jak pozyskać inwestora?

Ta rozmowa to jednak nie tylko tematy zawodowe...

Maciek dużo mówi o tym, co robi, żeby każdego dnia być lepszą wersją samego siebie (niemałą rolę odgrywają w tym ludzie, którymi się otacza, i program Kauffman Fellows) 💪

Zapraszamy serdecznie do obejrzenia i bliższego poznania jednego z trzech Partnerów Inovo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk_GLG16J0g

Wcześniejsze rozmowy z Partnerami Inovo znajdziecie tu:

🎙 Tomasz Swieboda - https://zaprojektujswojezycie.pl/21-zsz-tomasz-swieboda-o-przedsiebiorcach-wariatach-managing-partner-inovo-venture-partners/
🎙 🚀Michal Rokosz - https://zaprojektujswojezycie.pl/michal-rokosz-historia-o-jednorozcu-z-taksowki-inovo-venture-partners/

Zaprojektuj Swoje Życie

22/06/2022

A już jutro w czwartek o czwartej...

🌊Maciej (Matt) Małysz (Inovo Venture Partners),
🎙️ Maciej Filipkowski 🎧 (Zaprojektuj Swoje Życie)

14/06/2022

💰 The ultimate map of the Polish funding ecosystem — 2022 edition 💰 UPDATED TODAY!

🔸 203 venture capital funds (100+ NEW!),
🔸 48 business angels,
🔸 31 accelerators,
🔸 7 venture builders,
🔸 2 matching programmes.

All that have invested in Poland in the past 2.5 years!
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A huge thank you to everybody who helped us with the update: Robert Bieleń, Marcin Maculewicz, Mikołaj Andrzejak, Tomasz Kowalczyk, Izabela Bany, Michal Chabowski, Luk Pstrong, Karolina Wilk-Tryjanowska, Maciej P***k, Marcin Jaszczuk.

Our goal is to help startups of all industries and sizes get the most out of their fundraising. In order to do that, we need a map that is the best possible representation of the Polish ecosystem, so if you have any questions / comments / suggestions to improve it, please let us know!

And also don't forget to share if you find it useful.
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Created by Tomasz Swieboda and 🚀Krzysztof Przybylak from Inovo Venture Partners.
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LINK: https://tswieboda.medium.com/89737a28c2f9?source=friends_link&sk=c883036922f6966041bc940a6fec443c

10/06/2022

🔥 Attention Founders! Here is the most comprehensive map of the Polish funding ecosystem --> 2022 edition 🔥

🔸 195 venture capital funds (100 NEW!),
🔸 48 business angels,
🔸 32 accelerators,
🔸 7 venture builders,
🔸 2 matching programmes.

All that have invested in Poland in the past 2.5 years!
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We hope that we will once again help startups of all industries and sizes get the most out of their fundraising (especially in those uncertain times).

Please share if you find it useful.

And if you think that you should be included in the list or if you know anyone who should be listed, don’t be afraid to comment below!
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Map was created by Tomasz Swieboda and Krzysiek Przybylak from Inovo Venture Partners.

Thanks to 🎯 Pawel Maj, who recently wrote about “+100 Polish startups with foreign VCs”. Data from his blog post was also used in our map.

Many thanks for helping to: Oliwia Dusińska, Magdalena Zawisza and Michal Bachmacz.
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The list of ~200 VC & CVC funds, 48 Business Angels, 32 accelerators, 7 venture builders, that every polish startup should know.

09/06/2022

🥂 Woohoo 🥂 We're happy to share that Inovo Venture Partners and 3 of our portfolio companies: Spacelift, Zowie, Packhelp (zapakuj.to) are the finalists in "Nagrody PSIK 2022" competition organized by PSIK, the Polish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.

The winners will be selected by popular vote among PSIK members. So, if you're a member, please remember to vote. You have only until Friday, June 27, 2022.

⚡️ Congratulations to: Marcin Wyszynski, Paweł Hytry, Maja Schaefer, Matt Ciolek, Wojtek Sadowski, Maciej Zając, Konrad Kwiatkowski, Maciej Woźniczko, Patryk Kabaj, Arkadiusz Wasilonek, and the fantastic teams standing behind Spacelift, Zowie, Packhelp.

⚡️ Also kudos to all the other finalists - from our category those are: Black Pearls VC, ff Venture Capital, Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder, Proteon Pharmaceuticals, Dentons, DLA Piper, GESSEL Attorneys at law, Kondracki Celej.

08/06/2022

It’s time to break the news that… we are hiring! 💥

We are looking for a creative, passionate and eager to succeed to join our fantastic team of A-players - driven startup geeks who support exceptional founders in building their future unicorns! 🦄

Join us if you are ready to leverage your knowledge and experience to strengthen our marketing efforts and position us among the most recognizable Venture Capital funds, both regionally and worldwide 🚀

Don’t wait until it’s too late - apply today ➡️ https://monikahryniewicz.traffit.com/public/an/ejRrPQ==

Monika Hryniewicz will be more than happy to get you through the recruitment process!

PS. Spread the word, and let the world know that we are hunting for an exceptional individual who wants to channel his / her talent into our marketing success! 💎

07/06/2022

❓ How do you figure out which international markets to attack ❓

In this video DocPlanner's VP Business Expansion Karol Traczykowski shares the framework they use at DocPlanner.

*PL version with ENG subtitles.
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For more on international expansion and lessons from one of the fastest growing Polish startups tune in to the latest with Karol Traczykowski and Michał Rokosz (Inovo Venture Partners)

Links in the comments below.

Enjoy!
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06/06/2022

Looking for this type of connection? Reach out to our team:
Michał Rokosz , 🌊Maciej (Matt) Małysz, Tomasz Swieboda, Karol Lasota, Krzysiek Przybylak , Bohdan Mashtalir

31/05/2022

DocPlanner is currently present on 13-14 markets around the world. It hasn't been a Polish-centric company for a while. In fact, only 15-20% of their revenue comes from Poland.

💎 A new business line that is relevant to a business that size has to bring in about "10% of revenue for the group globally within 3-5 years from launch."
💎 "The difficulty is that these are fractions with an increasing denominator since it's the revenue of the whole group. It grows every year so this task becomes more and more difficult."

❓ So how do you approach finding 'the next big thing', something that can make a difference, in a business of this scale ❓

Karol Traczykowski, VC Business Expansion at DocPlanner, explains it perfectly in the video below (ENG subtitles).
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For more on international expansion and lessons from one of the fastest growing Polish startups tune in to the latest with Karol Traczykowski and Michal Rokosz (Inovo Venture Partners)

Links in the comments below.

Enjoy!
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24/05/2022

🔸 Round alert – we’re excited to share that Zowie raised $14M (～62 mln zł) from:
- Tiger Global Management (one of the world’s leading VCs),
- Gradient Ventures (Google's AI-focused fund),
- 10x Founders (investors in Revolut and Robinhood),
- Jack Altman (CEO at Lattice),
- and yours truly - Inovo Venture Partners.

🔸 Zowie supports e-commerce clients in providing the best customer experience. They’re working with: ANSWEAR.com, DeeZee, Empik Group, eobuwie.pl SA, Sundose, and many others.

🔸 The $14M will be used to further expand the team, the product and speed up the company’s growth in the US.

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Congratulations Maja Schaefer, Matt Ciolek and the entire team at Zowie.

Read the full announcement, and get to know Maja Schaefer and Matt Ciolek a little better through our podcasts - links in the comments.

Pssst, you can join this rocketship - Zowie is hiring!