Kogito Ventures

What is Kogito Ventures?

Kogito Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Warsaw, Poland, operating as a generalist, early-stage VC fund. They focus on investing in early-stage B2B businesses and European software startups that have a significant Polish connection, whether through a co-founder, team, or market presence.

They target companies that are tapping into the e-commerce megatrend, disrupting the financial system, operating as a Marketplace, B2B SaaS, or building Industry 4.0 solutions. Their investment thesis revolves around the belief that there are outstanding founders and venture-compatible businesses across various industries, and they are particularly interested in the flexibility to invest in emerging themes.

Their financial commitment ranges from PLN 0.5 million to PLN 3 million, with the capability to reserve half of the fund for follow-on investments, reaching up to PLN 5 million per company. Kogito Ventures' sweet spot is in Pre/seed rounds, where they can be one of the first investors, but they are also open to co-investing in Seed financing rounds. They have shown interest in sectors such as e-commerce, financial system, SaaS, blockchain, and eco-mobility.

Their portfolio demonstrates a diverse range of investments from healthcare services, IT solutions for waste management, camera-based safety monitoring systems, subscription toolkits for e-commerce, wearable collaboration tools for on-floor staff, to solutions for safe and efficient rental transactions.

What they say:

We invest in European software startups with a strong Polish component (e.g. Polish co-founder, team based in Poland, business launching in Poland) If your business: - is riding the e-commerce megatrend or - is disrupting the financial system or - is a Marketplace or a B2B SaaS - is building an Industry 4.0 solution Please get in touch. We would love to hear your story!