Black Pearls VC News

Changing the perspective is priceless. Thoughts after Kauffman Fellows Asia VC Summit in Japan

Check out our Marcin P. Kowalik Kauffman Fellows insights from VC Summit Japan.

26 April 2019

Farewell, Friend

Whole our team is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our friend, Marcin Zagórski.In his thirty-year career, Marcin was one of the Polish VC industry co-builders and earned the name of innovation financing veteran.As Black Pearls VC Partner, Marcin shared his know...

23 April 2019

Portfolio Companies

Autenti: Fintech Innovation 2019

The Golden Banker 2019: the prestigious distinction in the Fintech Innovation category went to BGŻ BNP Paribas (currently BNP Paribas) and Autenti for electronic signature implementation.

15 April 2019

Combining VR and behavioral therapy, Prosoma will help cancer patients fight anxiety and depression

Founded by a group of Polish innovators and scientists, Prosoma helps cancer patients fight anxiety and depression by combining behavioral therapy and virtual reality technology. The company has just acquired an investor - the Black Pearls VC fund, which will support the...

12 April 2019

Black Pearls VC invests in Xopero: small and medium enterprises will be able to protect data as large corporations do

EUR 230k has been invested by Black Pearls VC in Xopero - a company developing unique emergency recovery technology and ensuring continuity of companies' IT systems in the event of a breakdown or attack by hackers. In terms of technological advancement and speed of backu...

4 April 2019

Alexander Lubański withdraws from his managing partner position at BPVC.

After 7 years of working as one of the firm's two Managing Partners and co-Founders, Alexander Lubański withdraws from the company.

15 February 2019

Teamscope raises €500k to further develop its intelligent talent analysis platform

Teamscope raised €500k seed round to develop a talent analytics application that helps organizations build high-performing teams. Their unique algorithm analyzes current team members and uses the data to predict which candidate best complements the team. The investment w...

5 February 2019

Data is the new Oil and AI is the new Engine

Jaroslaw Pilarczyk from Skyrise went to this year's Web Summit and brought back some interesting industry insights and trends. Check out his Medium blogpost.

3 December 2018

eAgronom raises EUR 1m to bring more farmers into digital age.

Started by a team of Estonian founders in Tartu, eAgronom provides farmers with a set of convenient and intuitive digital tools that significantly simplify daily and seasonal farm management. In October this year, the company raised a seed investment round of EUR 1m from...

15 November 2018

Portfolio Companies

Customer story: Insly and Warranty Insurance

Warranty Insurance launched an innovative B2C insurance product for a leading electronics retailer, dealer and manufacturer based on Insly solution.

7 November 2018