The Polish funds PFR Ventures and Inovo Venture Partners have prepared a quarterly report summarizing transactions in the Polish venture capital market in the Q2 of 2022. AIN.Capital shares the most interesting insights. 

  • The report’s data shows that between April and the end of June 2022, there were 93 deals carried out with 111 Polish and foreign investment firms involved. They provided over €192 million (916 million zł) to Polish companies.
  • The total amount of financing raised by Polish startups since the beginning of this year reached €418 million (over 2 billion zł). It is 76% more than for the same period of 2021.
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Polish startups have already raised €447 (more than 2 billion zł) million in 2022.
Screenshot: PFR Ventures and Inovo Venture Partners report
  • The average amount invested in Q2 of 2022 was over €2 million (9.9 million zł), which is 60% higher than in the previous quarter and is the second highest figure ever. The highest was in Q4 of 2021 and reached almost €2.6 million (12.4 million zł).
  • Meanwhile, the biggest investment rounds in Q2 of 2022 belong to:
  • Many new top VCs invested in Polish startups in the second quarter, including Peakspan Capital, Tiger Global, Almaz Capital, and 500 Global.
  • Talking about the sources of capital invested in the Q2 of 2022, 29% were public-private capital, and international funds accounted for 72% of deal value. At the same time, 75 of the 93 deals were based on public-private capital. Seventy-eight deals were conducted by Polish teams.

The report shows that the Polish funding ecosystem has been developing rapidly this year. On the previously published by Inovo Venture Partners map, you can check out the lists of all currently active local and foreign VCs, business angels, and accelerators.

Map of Polish funding ecosystem 2022: active VCs, business angels, and accelerators