Paweł Maj

Business Angel's Role in Advancing Deep Tech

Do you need a patron saint to develop your deep tech start-up? Our panelists will definitely think so, however today they will explore the impact a business angel makes on your company. Is it mentoring? Is it networking? Or is it purely financial? And how does the role of a business angel change, when it comes to deep tech? These questions and more won't be left unanswered.

• Panel

• Paweł MajVestbee AngelsPaweł MajPartner, Vestbee AngelsHe is a partner at Vestbee Angels, a prominent business angel network in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) that he co-founded in 2024 with Marcin Łączyński. Through Vestbee Angels, he actively connects high-potential seed-stage startups with a community of over 500 individual investors and top-tier venture capital funds. As an experienced venture capital professional, Paweł has built a comprehensive investment track record across the entire business life cycle—from early-stage seed rounds to growth capital. He previously served as a Partner at Warsaw Equity Group (a prominent PE-growth fund) and co-managed two other VC funds, namely bValue and Skyline Venture. Throughout his career, he has closed more than 60 investments, achieved over 20 exits, and held seats on the management and supervisory boards of more than 30 companies. In addition to syndicating early-stage investments through Vestbee Angels, Paweł works as an independent fundraising expert, specializing in securing growth capital for profitable technology scaleups from Poland and the wider CEE ecosystem, with a 100% success rate. He is also a highly regarded speaker, lecturer, author, and mentor within the regional tech community.Read full bio →
• Rafał PierzchlewiczTeaCode.ioRafał PierzchlewiczCEO, TeaCode.ioRafał Pierzchlewicz is a strategic finance executive, venture investor, and lecturer working at the intersection of corporate governance, technology, and venture capital. He has an interdisciplinary background combining engineering and an MBA from Warsaw University of Technology, where he lectures at the WUT Business School on corporate finance and risk management. His work focuses on professionalizing high-growth technology ventures, designing scalable financial models, and ensuring investment readiness. Currently, he serves as CFO and Board Advisor at TeaCode.io. Rafał combines over 30 years of international corporate leadership—including managing €5bn+ in assets at NN/ING and directing multi-billion-dollar investments at Ford—with active venture ecosystem building. As an active business angel with Vestbee Angels and former CEO of Apis Venture, he builds private investor syndicates and mentors early-stage founders to bridge the gap between technical innovation and commercial scale.Read full bio →
• Anna ProchEduTailorAnna ProchCEO and Co-founder, EduTailorAnna Proch is co-founder and CEO of EduTailor, where teams practise difficult conversations and procedures with AI characters, in a browser or in VR. EduTailor is a direct EIC Accelerator finalist with the EU Seal of Excellence and close to €2M in R&D funding from NCBR. Anna also co-founded dp.vision, a B2B tech studio, and invests as an angel in early-stage companies.Read full bio →
• Florina Daniela UngureanuEU EnterpriseFlorina Daniela UngureanuSuperconnector, EU EnterpriseFlorina works at the intersection of entrepreneurship, fundraising and sustainability, connecting founders, investors, as well as public, private and academic organizations to build inclusive innovation ecosystems across Europe. She specializes in developing strategic partnerships and scaling innovation pipelines across BioTech, ClimateTech, Dual-use, Manufacturing, and other DeepTech sectors, with a strong focus on turning connections into tangible opportunities. She also advocates for the ethical and responsible adoption of AI.Read full bio →

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