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SpeedUp Venture Capital Group

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We are a venture capital group that invests in early-stage enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe.

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founded date

01.09.2009

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Private

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SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, established in 2009 and based in Poznan, Poland, seeks to invest in seed, series A, and early-stage companies operating in various sectors across Central and Eastern Europe. Our investment horizon is 3-8 years, and we are interested in innovations from areas such as consumer internet, fintech, martech, IoT, and hardware, with a focus on technologies like machine learning, picture recognition, and artificial intelligence. We believe that the world is moving towards a future where every process will be streamlined, and traditional human labour will be replaced by the computational power of machines and universal network access. Our goal is to build companies that can conquer the global market based on this trend.
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Rene Xavier Gerard
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Rene Xavier Gerard

The Managing Partner of SpeedUP Group. He comes from Belgium, but loves being in Poland and successfully fulfilling his ambitions. He gained his experience in companies at the highest positions in the fields of agricultural, energy and the construction industry which he has a connection with since 2007. He is presently on the management board of a company specializing in the complex realization of family homes – Gerhard Sp. z o.o. His hobbies are investing and finding solutions by using a range of new technologies, he appreciates an entrepreneurial attitude in business, that’s why he approaches every startup SpeedUp decides to invest in with such great passion.

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The Managing Partner of the SpeedUp Group, the leader of many marketing and advertisement projects, founder, co-owner, President Director and General Director of the Integrated Marketing Agency TEQUILAPoland (former BTL Group). In 2006-2008 Vice- President of TEQUILACEE within TEQUILA Worldwide with its base in New York on Madison Avenue . A global holding comprising of 44 companies present on 34 major markets worldwide; winner of many prizes in direct marketing and advertisement contests: Boomerang, Golden Arrow, Kreatura, Effie, Złote Orły; graduate of the Poznan University of Economics, Omnicom University – Advanced Management, the Program of Harvard Business School – Management and Akademia Strategicznego Przywództwa (Strategic Leadership Academy) organized by ICAN Institute

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Arkadiusz Piechocki
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Arkadiusz Piechocki

Arkadiusz Piechocki joined SpeedUp Venture Capital Group as Managing Partner in 2010.

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Bartek Gola
Bartek Gola

Bartek Gola

Bartek is a general partner of SpeedUp Group. He's involved in early-stage project implementation in the areas associated with martech, marketplace, IoT and hardware. He has a wealth of experience in the marketing & advertising industry – he went through all the career positions all the way up to managing partner of the BLT Group (co-founder and shareholder) and TEQUILA\ Poland. He's been in the startup sector for over 8 years; starting as an investor in several initiatives implemented by other business partners, he's a co-creator of about a dozen technology startups. His knowledge and experience help support portfolio companies in business model development and testing, managing and creating business strategies as well as negotiations. He preps them for acquiring consecutive rounds of funding and supports them in the sale of shares, and cooperation with big business partners. For the last couple of years, Bartek has been intensively supporting the development of the Polish startup community.

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Mirek Jach

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Tomasz Czapliński

Managing Partner

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