A new VC fund is about to be launched in Poland.

Looking to invest in early stage companies? Contact us today.

Are you a founder? See what we invest in, why work with us, and send your pitch to .

Toughest founders’ wingman

Who are we?

Maciej Frankowicz

Maciej Frankowicz

Investment professional experienced in R&D projects

  • Managing Partner at Shape VC
  • Over 40 pre-seed deals closed, TVPI > 2,7 to date
  • Led all the major Shape VC investments, including Aether Biomedical, AdTonos, Surveily, DAC
  • Involved in the development of more than 50 successful R&D agendas worth over €25m
Maciej Zawadziński

Maciej Zawadziński

Serial entrepreneur, technology expert and angel investor

  • 3 successful exits as a founder
  • Founded and scaled Piwik PRO
    from 0 to €14m ARR
  • Active angel investor and LP
  • Technical expert in data-driven technology, online privacy & security
  • Deep expertise in scaling global B2B sales & marketing
Konrad Trzyna

Konrad Trzyna

Legal counsel experienced in structuring deals and IP

  • Partner at Shape VC
  • Legal counsel with experience in transactions worth over €100m
  • As a VC took active part in over 60 capital transactions valued of €50m
  • Experience in securing key intellectual property rights in startups

What do we do?

We invest in the early stage companies in the CEE region that have demonstrated early traction or successful proof of concept implementation.

Bootstrap mentality

We invest in resourceful founders who have a proven track record of execution efficiency.

Technological advantage

We look for companies that create technologies that are difficult to develop and difficult for competitors to copy.

B2B and Enterprise focus

We plan to invest the majority of the funds in companies that offer their products to the B2B and enterprise markets.

Why Hard2beat?

We want to be the best alternative to bootstrapping for founders!

Proven investors who focus on scalable startups and solid founders.

5 of our investment have already
reached a >10x markup.

Entrepreneurs who’ve built, scaled and sold companies & understand founders’ struggles.

3 exits including Piwik PRO which grew from 0 to 8 figure revenues.

Partners who help founders to maintain control by raising non-dilutive funding.

On average our portfolio doubled the funding by using public grants.

Funded or run ourselves multiple resourceful, profitability-first companies.

For example: Scanye, Sherlock Waste, Piwik PRO, Wares.

Transparent and fast investment process that does not waste founders’ time.

Positive feedback from every founder we have worked with.

Contact us

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