Maciek Gnutek

We just checked out some stats about Slovakia and the PE ecosystem 📊 Here are some things that caught our eye as part of the Invest Europe CEE Activity report: Between 2009 and 2023: • Slovakia raised €289m across 10 funds • Investments totaled €392m, impacting 175 companies • Divestments reached €254m from 48 companies Between 2021 and 2022: • Job creation grew by 6.7% • 183 new jobs were created in 2022 • With 47 portfolio companies Between 2009 and 2023 • Investment in Slovakia grew by 72.6% These numbers indicate that Slovakia continues to demonstrate resilience and growth in the private equity sector. At Trivalans Capital, we are proud to contribute to the growth and success of mid-market companies in Slovakia 🌟 #PrivateEquity #Slovakia #CEEInvestments #Trivalans

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The time has come to read a very interesting report: the GREENTECH REPORT POLAND 2024 prepared by Accelpoint, Taylor Economics in partnership with PKO BP, and EIT Climate KIC   We are delighted to see the presence of three of our portfolio companies (Solwena, The SmokeD wildfire detectors, and Waste24) in the cited report. EEC Ventures is at the forefront of green VC funds, as proven by the number of portfolio companies mentioned in the report in relation to the total number of all companies in the portfolio.   Our companies have verified and confirmed the market value of the technologies and their products. They have also established partnerships with large regional or global players, and their revenues are growing.   Both The SmokeD wildfire detectors and Waste24 are already generating revenue in foreign markets. Solwena is working with major international corporations and is in the process of negotiating agreements that will result in revenues from abroad. The report contains a very thorough analysis, starting from the good definition of concepts such as greentech, cleantech, climatetech, and many interesting analyses. The report paints a picture of a young and delicate ecosystem. Quantitatively, the community of 133 "green" startups is indeed a very small percentage compared to the 4,900 technological companies in Poland. These startups are in the early stages of development, they still have modest revenues, and individual investors dominate among the investors. VC funds associated with PFR Ventures are among the largest capital donors This early stage of the system is likely the reason why less than one-third of the described startups have sought R&D funding, which is usually an appropriate source of financing for projects at this stage. It is also surprising to note that Hungary and Lithuania have attracted more investment in this sector than Poland. Reading the entire report is highly recommended.  

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🚀 #Warsaw: Revoize, has raised a pre-seed round of €458,000 to boost Real-Time Conversations using noise reduction and speech enhancement technologies. 💳 The funds were raised from VC fund AIP Seed and co-investor Marcin Zukowski. ℹ #Revoize will use this investment to accelerate the development of its advanced algorithms, improving the quality of real-time conversations for billions of people worldwide. The goal is establishing Revoize as the voice communication quality improvement technology leader. Darek Żuk Aleksander Potocki Stanisław Andrzej Raczyński Mateusz Olszewski Read More about #Revoize: https://lnkd.in/dJU4fNwK Feature your startup journey on TECHnicalBeep! Reach out to us at "[email protected]" and ignite the future together! 🦄 #technicalbeep #ideasphere #startupnews #startupspace #startup #tech #venturecapital #startupfunding #fundingnews #AIVoice #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

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🏃Some people ask me why @zondacrypto is so invested in sports sponsorship. There are many reasons (including but not limited to the fact that I am a great sports fan myself 😀), but Grzegorz Adam Kowalczyk from Business Insider Polska explains them all very well. ⚽️ For us at zondacrypto, it has been almost a year that we have been highlighting our presence in Italy through sports collaborations. We started with Juventus Football Club and Giro d'Italia now we are also in Atalanta B.C. and this month we want to announce another sports partnership in this market. 💸 The impact of these collaborations is very visible. For example, when comparing the first half of this year with the last half of last year, we have seen up to a tenfold increase in customers from Italy. And overall, the share of deposits in EUR has increased by more than 50% in this period. Read more about brands with Polish roots going global through sports sponsorship: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eYZgv-vN

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A positive trend for the Polish Real Estate Market with the good news that this is set to continue as our Team is working on a number of high profile transactions which will ensure that Investment Volumes in Poland are up significantly on those recorded in 2023... 😀 #Savills #RealEstateInvestment

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Great discussion about VC Deal Drivers, Origination and Challenges for 2024/2025 at 0100 CEE conference in Prague today. Different opinions, but also a lot of similarities among Rune Theill from Rockstart and Vahan Mgebryan from LETA Capital. Only one LP in the room, which is symptomatic for the current VC market 😩 Thanks for the spicy moderation Marvin Liao. Tenity

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