SMOK Ventures

@smokvc

Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE. Founded by @bragiel @michuk @dianakoziarska. Investing €50k-1M in devools, gamedev & AI startups in Poland, Ukraine & CEE

Warsaw, Poland

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SMOK Ventures
@smokvc
Jan 30, 2024
🇵🇱 Poland’s SMOK (that's us!) closes $25m second fund. We want to invest in 25-35 early-stage SaaS, AI and gaming startups from across Central/Eastern Europe and the region’s diaspora abroad with cheques of $100k-1m.
Poland’s SMOK has closed its $25m second fund for CEE startups
From sifted.eu
SMOK Ventures
@smokvc
Jul 27
Huge congrats to our portfolio company @Pstryk_energia for raising €7M seed from Future Energy Ventures, Axpo & Montis! pb.pl/pstryk-idzie-p…
SMOK Ventures
@smokvc
Jul 21
Most "AI simulation" models the individual: a customer, a user. Enterprise strategy breaks somewhere else: when a regulator, a competitor, and a board all move at once. Our portfolio company Principle is building for that layer.
Strategic Simulation Is AI’s Next Frontier for Enterprise Decision-Making and Leadership
From uk.entrepreneur.com
SMOK Ventures
@smokvc
Jun 3
Announcing our 2nd Bulgarian 🇧🇬 deal, Paypercut, a fintech by ex SumUp, Rippling, and Payhawk VPs. Paypercut is building the payment infrastructure for online merchants across Central and Eastern Europe on stablecoin, challenging Stripe in the region.
Paypercut secures €5M to scale cross-border payments in CEE
From tech.eu
SMOK Ventures
@smokvc
Apr 9
Disinformation campaigns 📢 are getting more sophisticated—but also more fragile. Proud to see LETSDATA 🇺🇦 uncover a campaign that ultimately backfired on its creators, demonstrating the “boomerang effect” 🪃 in action. Excited to back the team!
LetsData catches the disinformation campaign boomerang
From resiliencemedia.co