Fund
Team
CEO | Managing Partner
Investor, Partner and Managing Partner in Seed and Venture Capital funds. Founder and President of the Management Board of ABAN.VC
He has successfully developed and managed networks of business angels for many years, connecting most innovative R&D projects with financial resources and experience of the business environment. Member of numerous supervisory boards, actively supporting selected projects and portfolio companies. He is a graduate of the Wroclaw University of Economics PhD programme in finance, as well as the Wroclaw University of Economics MBA studies. For more than 10 years he was associated with the banking sector (PKO BP S.A. and Deutsche Bank PBC S.A.).
Investment Manager
She has extensive experience in carrying out scientific research projects and practical knowledge in project management. Her area of expertise covers technology and feasibility analysis of ventures and assessment of an innovation potential. She is a chemist by training, a graduate of the AGH University of Krakow PhD programme in materials science.
Partner ABAN.VC
Graduate of the Organization and Management of the Warsaw University of Technology. He is an effective manager, focused on achieving intended targets in accordance with a financial and time plan, what is reflected in his successful operations in European and Asian markets.
He specializes in planning quality improvement, adjusting management processes to the stage of development of an organization. His operational and supervisory experience has been gathered and developed in the area of pharmaceutics, space industry, renewable energy sources and energy storage systems and also by cooperation with investment funds. Chairman or Member of numerous Supervisory Boards and Member of Investment Committees. Currently Vice-President of the Management Board of Hynfra PSA, Member of the Management Board of Hynfra Energy Storage.
Fund
Experts
Fund expert
Life science and technology transfer expert He graduated in biotechnology from the Jagiellonian University (2003), where he also obtained his PhD in Biological Science. He has research experience in biochemistry, biotechnology and cancer biology. He has experience in technology transfer in the are of life science, as well as experience connected with industrial property rights protection.
As a researcher and lecturer he actively participated in research projects in the area of medical biotechnology and he also taught courses and held workshops regarding intellectual property and entrepreneurship in life science. Between 2018 and 2022 he was an investment manager at TERRA Seed – a seed stage venture capital fund investing in innovations. In that role he searched for investment projects, conducted technological and financial analysis and monitored research and development projects run by the fund’s portfolio companies.
Fund expert
Doctor of Engineering, Professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. He performs a function of the Head of Wave Dynamics and Elastic Materials Laboratory. His main research interests include transient dynamics – in particular elastic wave propagation and its application (acoustic emission, diffraction tomography, detection and localisation techniques, mathematical and numerical modelling) – and mechatronics.
He has led a number of scientific and industrial projects financed by the European Commission, the National Centre for Research and Development and the National Science Centre in Poland. Pawel Paćko is an author or co-author of more than 150 scientific publications, books chapters and conference papers. He is a member of editorial boards and a reviewer of leading journals and associations.
He has gained experience during international research residencies and cooperation with renown institutes and laboratories in the UK, Hongkong, the USA and EU.
Fund expert
PhD in Medical Sciences at the Medical University of Lodz (UM). Director of the UM Technology Transfer Centre and President of the Management Board of the UMED Sp. z o.o. special purpose vehicle. He has been crucial in establishing over 20 start-ups based on technologies and teams originating from the University, building a portfolio of over 100 patents and concluding dozens of agreements related to the implementation of innovations originating from the academic institution.
He is actively involved in the technology transfer environment and was one of the co-founders and one of initial Chairman of the Polish Association of University Knowledge Transfer Companies, which brings together and represents the interests of entities responsible for creating spin-off companies on behalf of higher education institutions in Poland. He is an active member of the Polish Business and Innovation Centers Association in Poland, where he has the opportunity to get to know and try to influence the innovation ecosystem. He is operationally and strategically engaged in supporting spin-off companies and has extensive experience in managing research and development projects in medical sciences.
Investors
Committee
Chairman of the Investors Committee
Jacek Wiśniewski
Member of the Committee of Investors, Secretary
Attorney at law Wojciech Seroka
Member of the Investors Committee
An expert with over 20 years of experience in sales and distribution departments, including in FMCG and pharmaceuticals, both in Poland and abroad. He has been involved in creating new structures from scratch as well as shaping strategies and implementing changes in very large organizations. Business Angel, mentor and private investor.
He has a unique blend of experiences from global corporations (having served as Sales Director at Procter & Gamble Operations Poland, a Member of the Board and Sales Director at Mondelez), large private companies (Sales and Distribution Director at Polpharma), as well as the early-stage startup environment (investor and Vice President for Sales at WizzAir). His expertise extends beyond sales to include company management, strategy development, PR, and external representation.
Member of the Investors Committee
Graduate of the construction studies and postgraduate studies at the Cracow University of Technology and MBA studies at the Kozminski University. Successful manager and engineer operating in the construction industry, including in the area of RES. For many years, he participated in the realisation of the largest infrastructural investments in Poland for the General Contractor (e.g. A4 Rzeszów – Jarosław motorway, as well as in private companies during the construction of cubature buildings and factories for, among others, EUROBOX, GEA Tuchenchagen, Phillips Medisize /KOCH/ or logistic centres for: AMAZON, HILLWOOD, PANATTONI and the preparation of land for the largest investments in Poland for: VOLKSWAGEN, STELLANTIS, MERCEDES).
Member of the Investors Committee
A graduate of the Academy of Economics in Katowice (with major in Economics) and the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice (with major in IT). He also completed his MBA at the European University in Montreux, Switzerland. President of the Management Board of the public company Develia S.A.
For over 25 years, he has been managing business ventures in Poland and in foreign markets. He specialises in corporate management, investments, mergers and acquisitions, and strategies. In his career, he has successfully served as president and board member of companies in the ICT, transport, forwarding and logistics, aviation, finance and banking industries (including Schenker Sp. z o.o., LOT S.A., Aviva S.A., Expander Advisors Sp. z o.o., Burietta Sp. z o.o. – the Inelo Group). His professional experience also includes working with private equity funds, e.g. Trinity Management and Innova Capital, for which he held supervisory and management positions in the boards of portfolio companies and was responsible for their value growth and capital sales. An experienced private investor, Business Angel, and startup mentor.
Member of the Investors Committee
As the President of Akuna Polska, he has acquired expertise in the development of dietary supplements. He has served on the supervisory boards of many companies, such as OK System Polska S.A., now Medicover Sport Sp. z o.o., and SentiOne S.A., Pets Diag S.A.
Member of the board of the Professor Zbigniew Religa Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development. He is fluent in Polish, Czech, and Slovak, proficient in English and Russian. Business Angel and a stakeholder in numerous startup projects.