Poland: A Bridge to European Markets?

On November 30th at 15.00, a fireside chat will be held with Tomek Czapliński, managing partner, and Marcin Fejfer, investment manager at Polish SpeedUp Venture Capital Group. We will talk about Poland, the ways in which Ukrainian entrepreneurs can use its geographic and political location, as well as similarities between the Ukrainian and Polish mentalities towards helping their own projects enter European markets. Tomek Chaplinsky is Managing Partner in SpeedUp Venture Capital Group and CEO of LMS Invest - investment fund that is specialized in seed investments. He is experienced in financial due diligence, companies valuation and financial modeling due to his experience in strategic consulting company for both big corporations and SME. He was involved as well in several internet projects. . Marcin Fejfer is Investment Manager at SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, where he is responsible for scouting and analysis of promising startups, as well as for investment process management and mentoring. He has profound understanding of internet marketing, product development and innovation management. Before joining SpeedUp Venture Capital Group he has been working in various internet marketing and technology companies in Poland, Portugal, Denmark and in India. The discussion will be led by Nikolay Savin, managing director of the GrowthUP accelerator. The working language of the event will be English. Date: November 30th Time: 15.00-17.00 Address: Library at Chasopys, Kyiv, Lva Tolstovo str. Entrance permitted based on available space. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/14499629783