We have 20 years of international experience in building products and implementing commercial projects in many markets.
Our team has experience in launching companies and successful exits.
We are able to effectively launch products and companies. We have experience in investing in companies at the pre-seed and seed stages. Our team members created and launched several billion worth investment and acceleration programs in Poland. We know how to scale up your business regionally and globally and we are committed to help you with that.
Maciej Majewski
CEO & Head of Acceleration
An expert in implementing innovations in the financial sector with 12 years of experience holding senior positions at BNP Paribas. Has implemented several ScaleUp solutions for BNP Paribas Polska involving startups from Poland, France, and Croatia. Took part in many international projects at BNP and helped build the first sector competency hub for the bank. Since 2013 an external evaluator for innovative projects supported with EU grants with over 2 billion EUR of committed financing.
Jakub Jankowski
Board member
Jakub Jankowski is a serial entrepreneur in the real estate and R&D fields with over ten years of professional marketing, finance, events, and sports club management experience.Jakub is an expert in property management and real estate investments with over ten properties - offices and residential houses, under his supervision. During his career, he has led and completed over 50 real estate transactions.Professional racing sailor and coach.
Michał Bańka
Founding Partner & Advisor
Creator and leader in the Polish start-up capital investment market. One of the most renowned experts in Poland in the field of cooperation between start-ups, seed capital funds, enterprises, and public institutions.A doctor of economic science in the field of business management at the Warsaw University of Technology with years of experience in financial instrument management and supervising programmes for start-ups and entrepreneurs.Author of the programmes: Starter, BizNest, Innovation Loan Fund (FPI). Author and Manager of the ScaleUp programme - Poland's first project providing support for startups in collaboration with large enterprises (including companies owned by the State Treasury).He also managed a loan fund (200M) for startups with participating capital investors.
Kasia Panek
Head of Communications
Maciej Kołtoński is an expert in building a positive brand image with over 10 years of professional experience in the areas of communication, project management, event organisation and marketing. Specialises in building international and national promotional projects in the areas of new technologies, startups and venture capital funds. Former Head of Communications at Startup Poland, a leading technology think-tank in the CEE area.
Piotr Boulangé
Startup Manager
Cowork Expert, and Startup Mentor. Writes PhD thesis on the Benefits of working in coworking spaces. Founded and operated one of the first coworking spaces in Warsaw in 2012. Director at Founder Institute Warsaw. Ex-WeWork Labs Manager in CEE Region. Sociologist and an Executive MBA graduate. Runs ultra-marathons.
Iza Suplewska
Startup Project Manager
Startup enthusiast and a graduate of Production Management and Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology and a student of Finance and Accounting at University of Warsaw. Since 2017, she has been actively involved in student organizations, where she has co-organized scientific picnics, galas, events, and other events for the academic community, and in 2020 she joined the Erasmus Student Network and took a position on the Board as Treasurer.
Iza is interested in process optimization, IoT and pro-climate innovation, and in her free time she explores Warsaw by bike and plans her next trips.
Iza is interested in process optimization, IoT and pro-climate innovation, and in her free time she explores Warsaw by bike and plans her next trips.