Anna Wnuk

Who Will Fund the Next Generation of CEE Deep Tech Champions?

CEE possesses necessary science and engineering talent, but can its venture ecosystem support the capital intensity of deep tech? From hardware and quantum to biotech and dual-use tech, deep innovations demand patient capital, specialized due diligence, and cross-border syndication. This session convenes top venture capitalists, institutional backers, and sovereign innovation leaders to explore who will write the checks that turn CEE’s frontier technologies into global market leaders.

• Christian KumarMedTech Makers LabChristian KumarFounder & CEO, MedTech Makers LabMore than 30 years in corporate finance, investment banking, and wealth management. Runs MedTech Makers Lab, a venture builder for medical technology with programmes in the UK and Europe, including Poland, and Capital Kinetics, a corporate finance and private equity firm.Read full bio →
• Paweł MichalskiVCLeadersPaweł MichalskiCEO, VCLeadersPaweł Michalski is a Venture Partner at World Fund and the Co-Founder and CEO of VC Leaders, a platform for venture capital professionals. Prior to this, he co-managed Poland's largest business angel club and held various managerial roles in tech startups. With a strong background in finance from his tenure at PKO Bank Polski, Paweł earned a summa cum laude law degree from the University of Warsaw.Read full bio →
• Anna WnukPSIKAnna WnukManaging Director, PSIKManaging Director of the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (PSIK), works at the intersection of private capital, public institutions and long-term investors. She represents the PE and VC community in dialogue with government, regulators and the financial market, helping to build a mature and predictable private investment market in Poland. At PSIK she focuses on mobilising domestic capital – including family business wealth – to finance the growth of innovative companies and create Polish international champions, bridging the investor perspective with the real needs of entrepreneurs. Previously at Experior VC and European Women in VC, and Chief of Staff to former President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.Read full bio →

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