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OTB Ventures recently announced the closing of its first fund receiving $100 million in total commitments. The fund is notably the largest in the Central and Eastern Europe region.

OTB Ventures, a venture capital fund founded by Adam Niewiński, a former vice-president of Bank Pekao and the founder of Expander; Marcin Hejka, who spent years at Intel Capital, including as a vice-president, and Gregory Jankilevitsch, an entrepreneur specializing in the energy and new technologies sectors.

Thanks to USD 100 million obtained so far from international investors and the European Investment Fund (EIF), it has become the largest VC fund not only in Poland but also in Central and Eastern Europe.

  OTB Ventures raised capital of USD 100 million for its operations. The creators point out that in this way they achieved an unprecedented size of VC fund in Central and Eastern Europe. They point out that they are looking for “investments that have already successfully passed the first market test and are ready for […]

  SINGAPORE-HEADQUARTERED regulatory technology (regtech) startup Silent Eight has raised an oversubscribed $6.2 million Series A round. Existing investor Wavemaker Partners – an early-stage venture capital firm – led this new round, which included investment from Standard Chartered’s venture arm SC Ventures, and OTB Ventures. Here’s more: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/regtech-startup-silent-eight-raises-us62m-in-oversubscribed-series-a-round

  Rafal Modrzewski, the CEO & Co-Founder of ICEYE has been chosen as the Executive of the Year 2019/20

  https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/otb-ventures-launches-100m-european-tech-fund Poland-based OTB Ventures has launched a $100 million early-growth fund that will focus on tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe. The vehicle is backed by the European Investment Fund. The fund will target areas including cybersecurity, big data, AI, fintech, robotics and internet of things technology. It will back about 16 companies, […]

OTB Ventures has reportedly received $100 million in total commitments from institutional investors across the globe, including the European Investment Fund (EIF), and several other high-profile individuals such as Gregory Jankilevitsch.

OTB Ventures has announced the launch of its early growth technology fund with $100m in commitments. The investment vehicle, which specialises in investments in tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe. It focuses on early stage, post-product, start-ups in the region and is targeting investment in a total of 16 companies to comprise its portfolio by the end of 2022.

  Last weekend OTB’s GP Marcin Hejka had a privilege to present at VCLeaders’s event in Warsaw. Big Thank You to VCLeaders Team for inviting us to be part of the initiative!  

This year’s edition of Forbes “30 Under 30” list has its new winner. Rafal Modrzewski, the Founder and CEO of ICEYE - a company with total funding of over 65 million dollars - is now placed on the cover of Forbes’ magazine.

In recognition of the leading-edge technology of Minit, the company was awarded the IT Product Award of 2019.