SMOK Ventures

Bridging Silicon Valley to CEE. Founded by @bragiel @michuk @dianakoziarska. Investing €50k-1M in devools, gamedev & AI startups in Poland, Ukraine & CEE

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

🇵🇱 Poland’s SMOK (that's us!) closes $25m second fund.

We want to invest in 25-35 early-stage SaaS, AI and gaming startups from across Central/Eastern Europe and the region’s diaspora abroad with cheques of $100k-1m.

https://t.co/p8X6L9j7ep

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

What a week in the San Francisco Bay Area!

I met my partners in crime @bragiel & @danbragiel, portfolio founders @sonia_piorek @LesyaHendrix @yfilipch @AntonPolishko @arturkiulian Pati Brzozowska, many old and new friends like @tyggy @neffko @cparjaszewski @thisismosalah @promethe @calikasia @KielakKacper @Igor__Markov @mikitamikado & more!

It's been too long since I last visited so I'm making the pledge to come to SF *at least* once a year from now on.

Off to New York City today on the same mission of (re)connecting the Polish, Ukrainian and CEE diaspora.

See you soon!

[Cris Lenta @crislenta]

We 50x'ed in the past 4 weeks:

> I moved to SF
> organically viral on X, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn
> hired most cracked engineer ever (was hacking Twitch at 18)
> we're outpacing teams 100-1000x our size

We build a General Purpose Simulator for entertainment.

Should we raise?

more soon

(we got another 100x in the pipeline)

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

Last night I hosted a CEE Diaspora meetup at European Startup Embassy in San Francisco. Over 100 people showed up and the energy was fantastic!

As our diaspora portfolio at @smokvc is growing I'm planning to be more often in town so this is definitely not the last meetup.

Thank you @VCincurova7829 & ESE team for hosting and all the friends showing up!

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

150+ CEE founders approved for our @smokvc party at European Startup Embassy later today. San Francisco is such tech capital of this world!

If you haven't signed up yet, RVSP here asap:
https://t.co/fJBuz4p6jX and reply so that I can approve you.

See you soon!

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

@michuk Let's goooo!

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

I'm in San Francisco next week and you're all invited to our @smokvc party at European Startup Embassy this coming Wednesday!

I'm especially happy to meet Eastern European entrepreneurs building in the Valley as well as local venture capitalists and angels investing in diaspora founders.

We've already made over 10 investments in San Francisco founders from Poland🇵🇱, Ukraine🇺🇦, Romania🇷🇴 and looking to add more over the coming years.

See you in SF next week!

RVSP: https://t.co/guKKnBW9IF

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

My US trip starts tomorrow in Miami 🏖️🇺🇸

Exited to meet CEE diaspora folks over the next few days and experience the Vice City during the new GTA launch.

Also, let's hope 8 see Giannis 🔥🏀 win their first game this season against Pacers on Friday.

See you around!

[Kornel Dubieniecki @lekterable]

Cursor x SpaceX Grok Bot are taking over Poland 🇵🇱

2 events in the next 2 weeks 🎉

🇵🇱 Warsaw meetup: Thu 29 Oct, 17:30 at SMOK Ventures
👉 https://t.co/5CY7IQEG1P

🇵🇱 Wrocław hackathon: Thu 5 Nov, 17:00 at Callstack
👉 https://t.co/3LFJ1pjNmw

Pick your city or come to both ✌️

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

@ycombinator On Thursday we're co-hosting a @bot meetup with @SpaceX . Register: https://t.co/LwkLuqYo5C

You can also check out all the events this coming week at: https://t.co/xN30x3vhqh

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

In Warsaw for #PolandTechWeek?

Join our Wednesday event with 5 @ycombinator founders from CEE on whether you should apply to YC.

Sign up:
https://t.co/PTJaLt4r3t

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

@AliBinkowska @MagdaKordon @RobertOlejnik @maja1308 @KoscielnyRemi They launched a feature that allows anyone go self onboard via their SDK. The product is health signals.

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

What our portfolio shipped in September featuring @MagdaKordon @RobertOlejnik @maja1308 @KoscielnyRemi

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

@crislenta Can I invest?

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

@MagdaKordon @RobertOlejnik @maja1308 @KoscielnyRemi More products shipped in September by our portfolio founders including @alinaprelicz @sebastian_szc @FINMAP_online

[SMOK Ventures @smokvc]

Hackers!

Together with @SpaceX we're organizing a @bot meetup in Warsaw on October 29th.

Sign up here:
https://t.co/LwkLuqYo5C

cc @frankterpo 🤌 @tomasz_k97

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

I'm in the US this Fall visiting Miami🏖️, San Francisco Bay Area🦄 and NYC👔.

Let's meet if one of the below is true:
- you're building something groundbreaking,
- you invest in people that do,
- you'd like to hear what I'm planning with @smokvc III - our upcoming new fund.

Bonus points if you care about Poland🇵🇱, Ukraine🇺🇦 and the CEE.

DMs are open!

[Diana Koziarska @dianakoziarska]

Why we say no at @smokvc: usual suspects like broken cap table, market too small, not thinking big enough.
But the most legit reason is odd founder vibes. If it feels off in the first 20 minutes, it won't get better after the wire.
#ceevalley

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

This is @ShenAI_tech growth BEFORE getting an EU medical certificate for its health diagnostic software.

Bullish on this team @KoscielnyRemi @premjaworski & Anna Harris

@smokvc invested pre-seed / pre-revevue in 2021

[Michał Jaskólski @jaskol_ski]

If you don’t want to build it yourself, just use @tasteray_app

[Borys Musielak @ New York City @michuk]

Son: "Dad, what does product market fit look like?"
Me: shows this chart

- @smokvc portfolio company, we led the pre-seed round in 2024