SpeedUp invests in companies that have a connection with Poland. This can come in many forms within 5 years after the investment, for example R&D or sales.
Most of their investments are in B2B, B2B2C and SaaS companies. B2G is possible in cases with strong indications of ability to sell and scale.
It’s common for them to be the only investor in the round, but they’ll be happy to lead or co-invest as well.
SpeedUp has two funds with different investment criteria.
Larger fund
Ticket size €600k – 1M, sweet spot 750k, maximum total allocation per company 5M.
Product type: Any tech except pharma, very rarely also Marketplaces (connection with e.g. energy, IoT, industry, smart manufacturing, cleantech)
Revenue: €100k/y or more.
Product readiness level: Product or Scaling
Valuation: Max €10M
Smaller fund
Ticket size €200k-250k, sweet spot 250k, maximum total allocation per company 250k (no follow-on).
Product type: Any tech that has an R&D component. No marketplaces. Pharma is possible.
Revenue: None or any.
Product stage: Proof of Concept, Prototype or Product.
Valuation: Max €4M
The company’s requirements for a connection with Poland are more strict.
General information
The information below is generated automatically from the investor’s overall information in our database, which doesn’t separate between different funds of the same investor.
Ticket size: €200k-€1,000k, maximum allocation with follow-on investments €4,000k per company