Black Pearls VC helps startups across Poland to get investors and clients from a range of countries. Our experts support young entrepreneurs in developing scalable business models, which allow them to take a leap from local or regional to country-wide or international projects.
Long hours in a lab. Microscopes, test tubes, drug analysis… This is just one of the faces of medical invention. The other one are ground-breaking ideas supporting services or medical procedures, which make the patient’s life easier, even if only in a most elementary way.
Could a computer be capable of reading human emotions from human face? Thanks to unique technology developed by researchers from Quantum Lab – one of Black Pearls portfolio companies – the answer is yes. One of the tech’s application is ELLEN – a tool that may be used by marketing and advertising agencies in studying the customer emotional reactions to content they create.
Say you are a scientist and you have come up with an interesting technology with a good potential for commercial application. Or an entrepreneur with an innovative product or service. Venture capital funds are certainly the way to breathe life into your projects and grow them into vivid businesses. Want to know how to do it with Black Pearls VC?
James Button, a Polish manufacturer of tailor-made luxury business shirts, has set out on a path to conquer international markets. The startup we have originally invested in has been recognized as a great business opportunity by Rafał Brzoska,a founder and co-owner of the Integer.pl group, and by founders of SALESmanago.
Business angels are entrepreneurs who contribute their capital in early-stage startup companies in return for an equity stake. You may consider becoming one yourself, no matter how experienced in business and investing you might be.
However challenging it may sound, some attempts have recently been made at drawing the US market’s attention to Polish innovations, with Black Pearls VC playing a relevant role in this task. We took part in a mission to the US that can result in fostering the Polish-American cooperation.
In June 2014 I joined the Kauffman Fellows program. It has been a great experience, which I recommend to any venture capitalist who wants to build an amazing investor network globally and learn from the most successful VCs and entrepreneurs in the Valley.
Black Pearls VC is pleased to share this news with you. After months of talks and meetings we can officially announce that Ewa Treitz and Maciej Skórkiewicz joined our team. Ewa joins as a Venture Partner from 3M Ventures and she will increase Black Pearls VC global presence especially in the Baltic Sea Region. Maciej our new Investment Director will support the development of our portfolio companies in areas of the sales and investor relationships. Their track record in venture capital market effectively complements Black Pearls VC’s new strategy.