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Artur Banach

Co-founder and Partner at Movens Capital. Serial tech entrepreneur and investor; founder and CEO of NetSprint (2000–2018), a Polish search engine that grew into a CEE adtech/martech group.

Led Movens Fund 1 (2020–2023) to invest roughly €14M across 20 CEE startups before co-anchoring Fund 2 (€60M, 2025). Board roles and angel investments across fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS in Poland and CEE.

PolandWarsawFinTechE-commerceSaaSDeep Tech

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Movens Capital

Co-founder, Partner · Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Warsaw-based multi-stage venture capital firm backing Central and Eastern European tech founders with global ambitions. Movens Capital runs a €60M Fund 2 (launched 2025) and writes first checks of €250k–€3M at pre-seed through Series A+. Focus areas: fintech, edtech, healthtech, deep tech, climate tech, enterprise software, and e-commerce enablement across Poland, the Baltics, the Balkans, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova. Founded in 2018 by Artur Banach and Michał Olszewski. Fund LPs include the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), PFR Ventures, and 80+ tech founders, operators, and family offices. Notable exits include MEDICAlgorithmics (IPO) and Fenige.

Co-founder, PartnerCurrentFinTechEdTechHealthTechDeep TechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareE-commerce

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Warsaw, Poland · Venture Capital

Warsaw-based multi-stage venture capital firm backing Central and Eastern European tech founders with global ambitions. Movens Capital runs a €60M Fund 2 (launched 2025) and writes first checks of €250k–€3M at pre-seed through Series A+. Focus areas: fintech, edtech, healthtech, deep tech, climate tech, enterprise software, and e-commerce enablement across Poland, the Baltics, the Balkans, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova. Founded in 2018 by Artur Banach and Michał Olszewski. Fund LPs include the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), PFR Ventures, and 80+ tech founders, operators, and family offices. Notable exits include MEDICAlgorithmics (IPO) and Fenige.

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Wiktor Schmidt

Poznan, Poland · Angel Investor

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