| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.08.2026 | Informator Anielski Cobin Angels: Korea Gateway - Zbuduj pozycję na azjatyckim rynku innowacji | Korea Gateway: Twoja przepustka do azjatyckiej ekspansji
Korea Południowa to dziś jeden z najbardziej dynamicznych ekosystemów innowacji na świecie, służący jako doskonały rynek testowy dla nowoczesnych technologii i naturalna brama do eksp... |
| 02.07.2026 | Orbit Capital closes €107M venture debt fund for CEE scaleups | CEE investors Orbit Capital have announced the second closing of Growth Debt Fund II at €107 million, surpassing its initial target.
To date, Orbit Capital has supported over 20 high-growth companies through its venture debt platforms, prov... |
| 19.05.2026 | Poland’s VC Market Gets Boost: How Future Tech Poland Is Accelerating Poland’s Deep Tech Ecosystem | Future Tech Poland’s first commitments rapidly accelerate Polish VC scaling across strategic technology sectors The fund of funds channels EUR 85M into Poland’s three specialised VC funds The programme strengthens defence, AI, cybersecurity... |
| 12.05.2026 | Informator Anielski Cobin Angels: Środki z FENG płyną na rynek i zasilają startupy | Raport PFR Ventures pokazuje, że I kwartał 2026 roku znalazł się pod wpływem środków unijnych z programu FENG. Przyglądamy się także ostatnim rundom, w tym: rozwojowi sektora HealthTech, w którym polskie projekty pozyskują finansowanie na c... |
| 02.04.2026 | Montis VC: €50 Million Raised For Energy And Industrial Tech Fund | Montis VC, a Warsaw-based venture capital firm, has announced the first close of a €50 million seed fund aimed at backing startups across Europe focused on energy, industrial technology, and resilience. The fund will target early-stage comp... |
| 09.02.2026 | Poland’s VC Market Leans Heavily on Seed-Stage Funding | Poland ~
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Poland’s venture capital market in 2025 was shaped by capital concentrating in a small number of globally competitive companies. In 2025, €0.8 billion flowed through the Polish VC market, state the report by PFR Ventures a... |
| 09.12.2025 | betacluster Ventures launches new early-stage fund to support AI-driven innovation | betacluster Ventures has launched betacluster Poland.One, a new early-stage fund under the PFR Starter program. With a target capitalisation of €19 million (PLN 81.25 million), the fund will invest in technology startups primarily from Pola... |
| 07.11.2025 | Balnord Fund I Surpasses Target, Powers Europe's DeepTech Future | Balnord, a Luxembourg-based early-stage investor, has exceeded its €70M fundraising target for Balnord Fund I. It is poised for a €100M final close by mid-2026. The fund focuses on frontier and dual-use DeepTech in the Baltic Sea Region, fu... |
| 07.11.2025 | Balnord closes €70 million first round to back frontier and dual-use tech across the Baltic Sea Region | Balnord, a Luxembourg-based early stage investor for the Baltic Sea Region, has announced this morning that it has oversubscribed its €70 million fund target and is well on its way to achieving a final close of €100 million by mid-2026.
LPs... |
| 07.11.2025 | Balnord: €70 Million Fund Launched To Advance Frontier And Dual Use Technology Across The Baltic Sea Region | Balnord, an early-stage investor focused on companies in the Baltic Sea region, announced that its first fund has oversubscribed its initial €70 million target and is now moving toward a planned final close of €100 million by mid-2026. The ... |
| 07.11.2025 | Balnord Exceeds Target for €70M Early-stage Fund, Plans €100M Final Close by 2026 | Europe ~
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Balnord, a Luxembourg-based early-stage investor focused on the Baltic Sea Region, has announced that it has surpassed its initial €70 million fundraising target, with commitments on track to reach €100 million by mid-2026... |
| 07.11.2025 | Balnord unveils €70M fund for frontier and dual-use tech across the Baltic Sea Region | Balnord, an early-stage investor focused on the Baltic Sea region, announced it has exceeded its €70 million fund target and is on track for a final close of €100 million by mid-2026. The firm targets companies advancing Europe’s technologi... |
| 19.09.2025 | The new €18 million Polish fund vastpoint has just launched, led by ex-entrepreneurs from ElevenLabs and Y Combinator | Warsaw’s vastpoint, a new VC firm, is launching today with €18 million and a mission to back Poland’s most ambitious early-stage tech Founders with Seed investments – leveraging its dual presence in Warsaw and New York to connect startups w... |
| 17.09.2025 | Poland Doesn’t Need Another Fund — We Need Better Use of What We Have by Borys Musielak | This content was originally published in Polish on Borys’ LinkedIn profile. Borys kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers.
It is hard to understand why Poland should create yet another institution—the Fund ... |
| 13.08.2025 | How to raise pre-seed/seed capital in Poland | Although average round sizes from Polish investors are rising, the market in Poland remains heavily concentrated at the pre-seed and seed stages. In 2024, seed rounds again dominated by count, and average investment sizes increased versus 2... |
| 09.07.2025 | How Movens Fund 2 Plans to Power the Next Generation of CEE Startups | Movens Capital launches its Fund 2 with EUR 60M target, having secured EUR 40M from major backers The firm focuses on leading early to growth-stage rounds across key tech verticals, including B2B SaaS, health tech, fintech, climate tech, an... |
| 24.06.2025 | Movens Capital's €60M Fund: A New Dawn for CEE Tech Startups | In the heart of Warsaw, a financial beacon has emerged. Movens Capital has launched a €60 million fund aimed at igniting the tech landscape of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This initiative is not just about numbers; it’s about potential... |
| 23.06.2025 | Movens Capital launches €60M fund to back CEE tech founders | Warsaw-based Movens Capital has launched a €60 million multi-stage fund to invest in founders from Central and Eastern Europe.
Fund 2 will provide first checks of €250,000 to €3 million for startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A and Serie... |
| 23.06.2025 | Polish VC firm Movens Capital launches €60 million fund to back CEE tech Founders from pre-Seed to Series A+ | Warsaw-based VC firm Movens Capital has launched a €60 million multi-stage Fund 2 to invest in Founders from Central and Eastern Europe, providing first checks of €250k to €3 million for startups at pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A and Series A... |
| 31.01.2025 | How Much Did Polish Startups Raised In 2024: H2 2024 Deals Breakdown | Poland ~
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Poland’s startup ecosystem is among the most promising in Central and Eastern Europe, attracting regional attention. However, some industries are still developing stability.
Recent developments indicate progress. ElevenLab... |
| 12.12.2024 | Poland’s PFR Ventures Makes New €63 Million Investment in 5 VC Funds | Poland ~
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PFR Ventures, Poland’s largest institutional investor, which provides capital to venture capital and private equity funds, has invested €63 million (PLN 270 million) in 5 new VC funds, bringing their total capitalization t... |
| 17.09.2024 | Poland's Venture Capital Surge: PFR Ventures Invests €46.7M in New Funds | Poland is buzzing with entrepreneurial energy. The winds of change are blowing through its startup ecosystem. At the heart of this transformation is PFR Ventures, Poland’s Development Financial Institution. Recently, it made headlines by in... |
| 16.09.2024 | Polish PFR Ventures with €46.7M Investment in Four New Early-Stage VC Funds | Poland ~
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In a Nutshell PFR Ventures, Poland’s Development Financial Institution, that provides capital to venture capital and private equity funds, has invested in 4 new early-stage VC funds, including 24Ventures, Digital Ocean Ven... |
| 16.09.2024 | PFR Ventures invests €47M in 4 new Polish early-stage VC funds | PFR Ventures, Poland’s Development Financial Institution that provides capital to venture capital and private equity funds, has invested in four new early-stage VC funds: 24Ventures, Digital Ocean Ventures Starter, Hard2beat, and Tar Heel C... |
| 21.06.2024 | Future Prospects of Poland’s Startup Ecosystem with Maciej Ćwikiewicz, CEO of PFR Ventures | Poland ~
Company:
The Recursive Presents: Bite-Sized Conversations*
Specifically for the Poland’s startup ecosystem scene is the support, coming from the public sector, which serves as a prime example of centralized planning.
The Polish Dev... |
| 22.05.2024 | 0100 Conference 2024 CEE Spotlight: Government Agencies as the Cornerstone of the Market | Zero One Hundred Conferences’ 0100 Conference 2024 CEE presented two days heavily staffed with insights Arguably the topical theme is the role of government agencies in investment The expert speakers agreed that while the CEE region is quit... |
| 08.05.2024 | CEE’s Largest Institutional Fund: Gearing up to Back Sector Focused VCs | Warsaw, Poland ~
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Despite the year-long delay in receiving the latest batch of EU money which arrived in February 2024, the Polish fund of funds PFR Ventures remained active, using its own capital. The most recent VC funds that coll... |
| 07.05.2024 | Polish Innova Capital’s New Fund Exceeds Expectations with €407M Raised for Central European Ventures | Poland ~
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In a nutshell Warsaw-based Innova Capital, a private equity firm, closed its latest fund, Innova/7. The total value is €407M, raised from investors, exceeding the initially planned amount of €350M. Most of the investments ... |
| 11.04.2024 | 2024 Edition of 0100 Conference CEE Welcomes LPs, Investment Professionals and Service Providers of the Region | Zero One Hundred welcomes LPs and all investment professionals, alongside service providers, to 0100 Conference CEE The event will take place on May 14-16th at Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV Top-tier investment thought leaders and key ... |
| 22.02.2024 | Founders Connect 2: How to survive when investor money is scarce and how to spend it wisely when you’ve raised it? | Learn about the experiences with various financing models of founders of well-known Polish startups and scale-ups. Exchange experiences with other founders and ex-founders.
Register here: www.foundersconnect.pl.
💡 Who is this event for?
We ... |
| 30.08.2023 | How to Win an Investor’s Heart? Part 2 | This is the second part of the series on how to win an investor’s heart. In the first article, we talked about how to build a business from scratch in a way that its structure and basic parameters encourage, rather than discourage, investme... |
| 02.08.2023 | PFR Ventures invests €5M in TiLT Capital Fund I | PFR Ventures invests €5M in TiLT Capital Fund I
02 August, 2023, 11:47
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PFR Ventures, part of the Polish Development Fund, ha... |
| 11.07.2023 | Polish Development Fund invests €42M in the NATO Innovation Fund | Polish Development Fund invests €42M in the NATO Innovation Fund
11 July, 2023, 13:17
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The Polish Development Fund has made a... |
| 01.02.2023 | Poland-based PFR Ventures invests €55M to foster green innovation in Poland | Warsaw-based PFR Ventures, a fund of funds that invests in venture capital and private equity teams, announced on Wednesday that it has invested €55M in four green venture capital and growth equity funds under the PFR Green Hub FoF programm... |
| 01.02.2023 | PFR Ventures invests €55M in four green funds | PFR Ventures invests €55M in four green funds
01 February, 2023, 12:01
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Polish fund of funds PFR Ventures has invested €55 mi... |
| 08.11.2022 | PFR School of Pioneers awards three Polish healthtech startups with a total of €25k | PFR School of Pioneers awards three Polish healthtech startups with a total of €25k
08 November, 2022, 11:45
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PFR and Allegro... |
| 12.10.2022 | PFR Ventures invests €50M in two international VC funds | PFR Ventures invests €50M in two international VC funds
12 October, 2022, 14:29
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The Polish-based investment manager company ... |
| 24.08.2022 | Poland-based Inovo VC launches €100M third fund; to back 20 to 30 startups in the CEE region | Warsaw, Poland-based Inovo VC, a firm that backs early-stage and post-traction startups, announced on Wednesday the launch of its third fund with a target capitalisation of €100M to support CEE-based tech companies with global potential.
Th... |
| 01.03.2022 | 0100 Conference CEE Welcomes Top Regional and International VCs and PEs | 0100 calls LPs and investment professionals, as well as service providers and other professionals, to 0100 Conference CEE 2022 The event will take place on April 5-6th at Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV A set investment thought leaders ... |
| 28.11.2021 | Is Poland The New Tech Hub? | Fifteen Polish startups got investments this year. Some experts believe the fourth quarter will also be successful for Polish startups. The investments have been on the same level within the last couple of months. Poland is believed to beco... |
| 29.09.2021 | PFR Ventures extends private equity program by €110M | Polish firm PFR Ventures has announced it will extend its private equity program by allocating an additional €110 million into existing investment funds. The firm invests primarily in companies from Central and Eastern European countries.
V... |
| 23.09.2021 | Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa S.A. Announces Redemption from Repaying PLN 89.2 Million in Debt to PFR | Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa S.A. was granted redemption from repayment of a PLN 89.2 million portion of its preferential loan from state development fund PFR. The redemption will take effect September 24. |
| 08.09.2021 | START IN POLAND. Part 3: the fastest growing industries, accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, events and summits | START IN POLAND. Part 3: the fastest growing industries, accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, events and summits |
| 08.09.2021 | START IN POLAND. Часть 3: самые быстрорастущие индустрии, акселераторы, инкубаторы, коворкинг-пространства, ивенты и саммиты... | START IN POLAND. Часть 3: самые быстрорастущие индустрии, акселераторы, инкубаторы, коворкинг-пространства, ивенты и саммиты |
| 08.09.2021 | START IN POLAND. Часть 3: самые быстрорастущие индустрии, акселераторы, инкубаторы, коворкинг-пространства, ивенты и саммиты... | START IN POLAND. Часть 3: самые быстрорастущие индустрии, акселераторы, инкубаторы, коворкинг-пространства, ивенты и саммиты |
| 25.08.2021 | START IN POLAND: the fastest growing East European VC market. Part 2: ventures, grants and national investment funds | START IN POLAND: the fastest growing East European VC market. Part 2: ventures, grants and national investment funds |
| 25.08.2021 | START IN POLAND: самый быстрорастущий VC рынок Восточно-Европейского региона. Часть 2: венчуры, гранты, национальные инвестиционные фонды... | START IN POLAND: самый быстрорастущий VC рынок Восточно-Европейского региона. Часть 2: венчуры, гранты, национальные инвестиционные фонды |
| 17.07.2021 | Here’s how the Polish VC market performed in Q2 2021: Report | The Polish VC market is accelerating! The market is maturing, the number of transactions is growing, and it is happening faster than ever before, experts say.
Recently, PFR Ventures, in collaboration with Inovo Venture Partners, has publish... |
| 21.06.2021 | - | Commenting on the report, COBIN Angels' Managing Partner Paweł Michalski said: "Private investors, such as business angels, are an essential part of a healthy startup ecosystem. Hence, it is crucial to study how willing Poles are to in... |
| 31.05.2021 | PFR Ventures Creates New GreenHub Fund of Funds, Hopes to Supercharge ClimateTech and Other Technologies | PFR Ventures is Poland’s largest and most prolific Fund of Funds.
They have recently created the GreenHub program that aims to finance 4-5 different investors.
Hoping to supercharge Poland’s contribution to ClimateTech, they’re offering a t... |
| 20.05.2021 | Freya Capital Is Looking to Invest Up to 10 mln EUR in 10+ Startups | Polish VC fund Freya is talking to a dozen startups and has already signed its first term sheets
They are looking to invest between 2 and 4 mln PLN (450,000-900,000 EUR) in each startup, which means a total of up to 48 mln PLN (10.6 mln EUR... |
| 27.04.2021 | Polish VC Market Reaches 53 million EUR in Q1 2021 | Highlights of the first quarter of 2021:
53 million EUR invested capital
93 startups funded
65 funds involved
-2.5% value of transactions (YoY)
+40.3% number of transactions (YoY)
Polish startups have raised more money in Q1 2021 than in a... |
| 22.03.2021 | Wolves Summit 2021 Returns on March 24th | Who: Wolves Summit
When: March 24th – 26th
Where: Online Event REGISTER HERE
Wolves Summit, one of the CEE region’s most exciting events, is back, and this time it’s going virtual as well.
The event includes over 80 speakers and over a th... |
| 28.02.2021 | The 0100 Virtual Cee Conference Is Focused on Kickstarting the Post-COVID Economy | Who: 0100 Virtual CEE Conference
When: March 16th – 18th, 10:00 – 22:00 CET
Where: Online event REGISTER HERE
No one really wanted or expected the pandemic to happen, and with this being the second massive economic hit in the span of just ... |
| 24.02.2021 | PFR Ventures’ Conference – a Look Back on Its Incredible Accomplishments in 2020 | PFR Ventures is the CEE region’s largest fund of funds.
The company has already invested close to €800M in the region in 2020 alone.
ITKeyMedia was recently invited to cover its annual conference.
PFR Ventures, the CEE region’s largest Fun... |
| 10.02.2021 | 5 reasons why 2020 was a record year for the Polish VC market: Report | Last year, the pandemic forced companies to change the way they operate and it also affected the economy of countries around the globe. However, we witnessed that companies didn’t find it difficult to raise investments for their businesses,... |
| 09.02.2021 | 2020 was a record year for VC investment in Poland | Poland saw an almost 70% jump in VC funding in 2020, with €477m flowing into Polish startups throughout the year, according to a new report by PFR Ventures and Inovo Venture Partners. This marks a new record for a country that’s increasing ... |
| 30.12.2020 | Totalizator Sportowy and Partners Create New Fund For Polish Startups | Totalizator Sportowy is Poland’s national Lotto Provider.
The company is creating a brand-new fund aimed at supporting Polish startups.
The fund is made possible with the assistance of Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju, PFR Ventures, and ff ... |
| 25.11.2020 | - | AS COBIN Angels, we are dedicated to changing this situation which is why since 2018 we have been presenting the Business Angel of the Year (BAY) award for the most notable private investors. The special Award Committee selects the laureate... |
| 02.10.2020 | The latest Wolves Summit kicks off on October 5th | Great news for the start-up world! The 12th edition of one of the world’s leading startup conferences – Wolves Summit, starts this Monday. As the previous event, 100 Wolves Pitch Contest was fully online due to the coronavirus, now the new ... |
| 24.08.2020 | Finanțări de 250.000-1 milion dolari pentru startup-uri IT din Europa Centrală și de Est | Startup-uri din 10 țări central și est-europene, inclusiv România, pot obține finanțări de capital de risc de 250.000-1 milion de dolari, dintr-un fond de investiții susținut de Uniunea Europeană.
Fondul de investiții polonez Movens Capital... |
| 31.07.2020 | Tech Movers’ Fund to Invest €13M in Early-Stage CEE Startups | Movens VC is a newly minted VC fund focusing on early-stage CEE tech companies.
The fund is supported by the Polish Development Fund, which has a majority share but keeps out of the investment decisions, mostly to be focused on Seed and Ser... |
| - | Польський венчурний ринок у 2022 році закрив угод на €775 млн | Польський венчурний ринок у 2022 році закрив угод на €775 млн
01 лютого, 2023, 09:19
Любомир Шкіль
У 2022 році польський ринок венчурного капіталу сповільнився та зберіг вартість транзакцій приблизно на тому ж рівні, що й у попередньому роц... |
| - | Українські стартапи у Польщі: стан і перспективи – аналіз | Українські стартапи у Польщі: стан і перспективи – аналіз
01 лютого, 2024, 14:55
Віра Олійник
PFR Ventures щорічно оприлюднює всебічний аналіз венчурного капіталу та екосистеми стартапів у Польщі. Цьогорічне дослідження українських стартапі... |
