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Borys Musielak

Hottest Polish Startups in 2024

This is a fully biased, personal list of my favorite Polish 🇵🇱 startups that I also believe have a chance to become some of the hottest…

7 min readMar 5, 2024

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Hottest Polish Startups in 2024

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Borys Musielak

CEE Founders on the Rise: SMOK’s 10 Investments in 2023

In 2023 SMOK Ventures made a splash in the Central and Eastern European pre-seed investment scene. We backed 10 startups from Poland…

5 min readJan 3, 2024

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CEE Founders on the Rise: SMOK’s 10 Investments in 2023

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Founders Have To Be Cockroach Superheroes

Startup founders should be visionary, powerful, but also resilient and never die. They should be cockroach superheroes. Especially in 2023!

3 min readSep 21, 2023

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Founders Have To Be Cockroach Superheroes

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Borys Musielak

Four Years of SMOK Ventures: Key Metrics and Lessons Learned

In May 2019 together with Paul Bragiel and Diana Koziarska we announced the launch of SMOK Ventures. Our goal was to help top founders from…

9 min readAug 1, 2023

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SMOK Team, left to right, Luca, Diana, Sasha, Tomek, Paul & Borys

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Borys Musielak

Why We Invested In Masthead Data

Sometimes things just click. The moment I met Yuliia I knew she’s an exceptional founder who figured out a niche in a huge data…

4 min readJun 20, 2023

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Why We Invested In Masthead Data

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Borys Musielak

2022 in Venture Capital. Year in Review

How was year 2022 in VC investing? Was it better or worse than expected?

1 min readJan 3, 2023

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Prompt “san francisco, featuring the Golden Gate bridge, view from the sky”, Source: DALL-E

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Borys Musielak

How to stop being a jerk as a VC in 10 simple steps?

Startup fundraising sucks, especially in late 2022. Venture capitalists are taking advantage of the bad economy. Delayed processes, not…

7 min readDec 5, 2022

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How to stop being a jerk as a VC in 10 simple steps?

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Borys Musielak

10 Things Founders Say That Make Venture Capital Investors Pass

I listen to 100+ pitches a month and invest in 1 startup on average. There are some things that founders say that make me instantly lose…

4 min readOct 10, 2022

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8 Slides That Will Land Venture Funding For Your Pre-Seed Startup

Do you want to impress investors with your pitch deck? Make it short! The longer the deck, the weaker and less focused you seem to the VCs!

3 min readSep 26, 2022

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8 Slides That Will Land Venture Funding For Your Pre-Seed Startup

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Borys Musielak

SMOK in 2021. Year in Review

2021 was a pivotal year for SMOK Ventures. 90% of our portfolio founders raised follow-on funding, we invested in 10 new startups, and…

7 min readDec 27, 2021

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Borys Musielak

Borys Musielak

I invest in early stage startups in CEE via SMOK.vc. Prev CEO Filmaster sold to Samba TV, co-founder ReaktorX, Startup Poland. Filmbuff. NBA lover.

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