Poland startup ecosystem
Poland has emerged as one of Central Europe's most dynamic startup ecosystems. Warsaw and Krakow lead the charge with thriving tech communities, strong engineering talent from top universities, and growing venture capital activity. The country's competitive cost base, EU membership, and large domestic market make it an attractive launchpad for founders targeting the broader European market. The directory currently lists 364 organisations across 24 cities.
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Infoshare 2026
Large software and startup conference at AmberExpo with 6,000+ attendees, 500+ startups, and 200+ investors. Startup Contest offers EUR 30,000 and the agenda is especially strong for developer tools and data-heavy products.
Infoshare 2027
Infoshare 2027 takes place at AmberExpo in Gdansk, 19-20 May, one of Central and Eastern Europe's leading tech conferences. The event covers developer tools, data science, cybersecurity, martech and AI, drawing startups, corporates and investors from across the region.
InfraSEC Forum 2026
Infrastructure security forum hosted at Sound Garden Hotel focused on resilience of critical systems in utilities, telecom, and enterprise IT. High-signal venue for cybersecurity startups targeting B2B and public-sector pilots in Poland.
Ingenix
Warsaw-based AI biotech founded in 2023 by the team behind Applica (acquired by Snowflake), building a Biological Reasoning Engine that fuses multimodal biological data to accelerate oncology drug discovery. Raised €13M led by Sofinnova Partners.
Innovation Nest
Innovation Nest is a European venture capital firm based in Krakow that invests at the earliest stages in B2B software companies, typically leading pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs founders building tools, infrastructure and applications for businesses and supports them through early product and go-to-market development across Europe.
Inovo Venture Partners
Inovo Venture Partners is Warsaw-based and one of Poland's leading seed-stage venture firms, backing technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe building for global markets. Founded in 2014 with a €8M Fund I, Inovo has scaled to roughly €167M across three funds: Fund II (€54M, 2021) and Fund III (€105M, 2023), the latter backed by IFC, the European Investment Fund and PFR Ventures alongside private LPs including InPost founder Rafał Brzoska and Snowflake co-founder Marcin Żukowski. The firm writes €0.5–4M initial tickets at pre-seed and seed, with follow-on capacity up to €10M. Inovo concentrates around 60% of each fund in Poland and the remainder across CEE — with investments in Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Romania — and opened a Balkans hub in Skopje in 2024. It is generalist within technology but has particular conviction in AI, developer tools, digital health, SaaS and B2B software. The portfolio spans more than 55 companies, including Booksy, Tidio, Spacelift, Infermedica, Preply, Packhelp and AI Clearing. Notable outcomes include the Warsaw Stock Exchange IPOs of Brand24 and ECC Games and the acquisition of SplxAI by Zscaler in 2025, one of the largest CEE AI exits to date.
InPost
InPost is a Polish logistics company that pioneered the parcel-locker model in Europe, allowing customers to send and receive packages from automated self-service points (Paczkomaty) instead of home delivery. Founded by Rafał Brzoska, it grew into the largest out-of-home delivery network in Poland and expanded into the UK, France, Italy, and the Benelux. InPost went public on the Amsterdam Euronext stock exchange in January 2021 in one of Europe's largest tech IPOs of that year.
inStreamly
Creator-economy ad platform connecting brands with livestreamers through automated micro-sponsorships. It places lightweight, context-aware overlays in live broadcasts and supports large-scale campaigns for gaming and media brands.
INTARG 2026
The 19th International Invention and Innovation Show at the Katowice International Congress Centre, under WIPO and IFIA patronage. Connects inventors, deep-tech founders and R&D teams with investors and institutions around intellectual property, funding and commercialisation. Useful for hardware, cleantech and university-spinout startups seeking partners, awards and grants.
INTARG 2027
INTARG's next edition is confirmed for 17-18 May 2027 at the Katowice International Congress Centre, under WIPO and IFIA patronage. The International Invention and Innovation Show connects inventors, deep-tech founders, and R&D teams with investors and institutions around IP, funding, and commercialisation.
IT Arena Warsaw 2026
Enterprise IT and B2B software conference with practical case studies and buyer-facing sessions. Useful for SaaS and cybersecurity startups seeking pilot contracts and distribution partnerships in Poland.
iTaxi
iTaxi is a Polish taxi-ordering and mobility app, one of the country's pioneering ride-hailing platforms, connecting passengers with licensed taxis via smartphone across major Polish cities and offering corporate/business transport services. It was co-founded around 2012 by serial entrepreneur Lech Kaniuk, who served as CEO until 2018, and grew into one of Poland's best-known mobility brands before later consolidation in the Polish taxi-app market.
Jakub "Kuba" Filipowski
Jakub "Kuba" Filipowski is the co-founder and CEO of Netguru, a Polish software development company he has built since 2008 into an international firm of 700+ people. Before becoming CEO in 2023 he was Chief Strategy Officer, leading Netguru's M&A including a stake in US innovation studio Pilot44. He is also a Partner at Warsaw growth fund Supercharge Capital, an active angel investor, and earlier co-founded the SaaS recruitment platform HumanWay, sold to Grupa Pracuj in 2013.
Jan Stasz
Co-creator of fashion marketplace Showroom.pl, Jan became an angel investor after Showroom’s success. He has a keen eye for consumer and lifestyle startups and was nominated among top angels in 2018. Associated startups: Showroom.pl (co-founder), plus investments in fashion-tech and consumer platforms.
Jarosław Królewski
Jarosław Królewski is a Polish entrepreneur, AI researcher and investor, best known as CEO and co-founder of Synerise, one of Europe's fastest-growing behavioural-AI infrastructure companies, valued at over $120M and backed by a €25M European Investment Bank facility secured in 2025. He is also president and majority owner of football club Wisła Kraków and a lecturer at AGH University in Kraków, and was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2025). In 2026 he was appointed to Poland's Council of the Future and the Presidential Business Council, becoming a leading voice on AI and technology policy.
Jarosław Łukasiewicz
Debuting Business Angel of the Year 2024 and CEO of Luma Automation, Jarosław brings industrial operating experience into startup investing. He backs founders applying AI and automation to legacy sectors where measurable efficiency gains matter most. His focus spans deep tech, industrial IoT, and Industry 4.0 solutions for manufacturing and logistics.
Jarosław Sroka
Board member at KI Next, the investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, where he oversees communications, investor relations and public affairs and helps run the InCredibles startup programme. A former economic journalist, he was editor-in-chief at Puls Biznesu, Gazeta Prawna and Newsweek Polska.
JS Poland 2026
The biggest JavaScript conference in CEE, drawing around 1,800 attendees as part of a November cluster with NG Poland and AI Poland. For technical founders and frontend or full-stack teams it is a high-density venue for engineering talent and dev-tooling exposure.
Jutro Medical
Jutro Medical is a Warsaw-based, AI-first primary care operator that integrates online and offline care. Founded in 2020, it has grown from a single tech-enabled clinic into an integrated operator running around 20 clinics across Poland and serving roughly 120,000 patients. The company embeds AI agents directly into clinical workflows to handle patient intake and documentation, freeing doctors for clinical decisions.
Kamil Stanuch
Data and automation specialist and LP at Erebor Capital, Kamil represents a new wave of Polish angels focused on lean, automation-heavy products. He frequently co-invests in data-intensive startups and AI-native software companies. His activity includes early involvement and advisory support in products such as Tidio and other LLM-agent startups.
