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Overview

Who we arePolish/American VC fund investing in early stage tech startups from CEE region.
Value addWe’re a hands-off investor who gets involved when called for by the founders. Our founders mostly appreciate our help in fundraising and connecting them to people in our network around the globe. We’re best connected to the tech ecosystems in Silicon Valley, Asia, Western Europe, that’s why 80% of money raised by our portfolio companies comes from.
Firm typeVC
Global HQ

29 Cegłowska Str., Warsaw, Poland

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Thesis

Funding requirementsWe invest in pre-seed and seed stage CEE-based startups building future industry leaders in software and gamedev space.
Funding stages1. Idea or Patent2. Prototype3. Early Revenue
Check size$100k to $1M
Target countries Albania Belarus Bosnia-H Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine

Team

Konrad Sowa
Sr Associate		I invest in AI, deep tech, clean tech in Central and Eastern Europe
Tomasz Kościelniak
Analyst

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Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/smok-ventures/
Twitter@smokvc
Websitehttps://smok.vc

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