As of December 31, 2023, Black Pearls VC has officially concluded its investment period. Moving forward, our team is excited to continue our mission of supporting groundbreaking projects under our new identity:
Balnord.

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We invest all around Europe, concentrating specifically on the Baltic Sea Region. As Black Pearls VC we are sector agnostic and B2B focused with a successful track record of investments in areas such as: Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, Deep Tech, among others.
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We support ambitious entrepreneurs in building companies with a global reach,
helping them scale and utilize their potential. We are usually one of the first investors in the company, helping founders scale and achieve global reach. We are the first Polish VC fund in Kauffman Fellows – a global network of 500+ leading VCs.

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Northern & Central Europe

We invest across the Northern & Central Europe with a particular focus on countries such as Poland and the Baltic States

Deep Tech focus

We focus on deep tech startups working across various sectors. We believe in supporting entrepreneurs who develop novel and ambitious technologies.

Seed · Post-Seed · Series A

We usually invest at the seed or post seed level with our initial investments ticket ranging between € 100k - € 1m, making follow-on investments in later rounds. We invest both as a lead investor and as a part of larger investment syndicates

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Black Pearls VC was created with the goal of supporting ambitious entrepreneurs who look beyond the established paradigms. Within our last two funds we have backed companies, which operate within the scope of Life Quality Technologies, in particular life sciences, intelligent transportation solutions, space and satellite technologies, artificial intelligence.

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We leverage our experience as entrepreneurs, investors, executives, consultants, researchers and lawyers to help our portfolio companies overcome all sorts of challenges. And if needed our global network of business angels, academics and advisers is always ready to provide support.

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Having experienced both sides of the table, we know what it takes to build a successful company. We know it’s very, very hard. It also takes time, which is why we want to partner up with our portfolio companies for the long run. We understand that big ideas and vision can only be achieved when combined with everyday execution and hard work.