Hard2beat

A new VC fund is launching in Poland.

Are you a founder? See what we invest in & why work with us.

Toughest founders’ wingman

Who are we?

Maciej Frankowicz

Investment professional with R&D expertise and over 40 pre-seed investments.
How can I help?
  • plan and deliver R&D projects,
  • develop and execute fundraising strategies,
  • manage public capital effectively.

Maciej Zawadziński

Serial entrepreneur with a tech background who founded and successfully exited three tech startups.

How can I help?
  • build and scale team,
  • develop a global B2B sales and marketing strategy,
  • guide you through a successful exit.

Konrad Trzyna

Legal counsel with hands-on experience structuring 60+ deals totaling over €100M.
How can I help?
  • navigate complex legal issues,
  • structure and negotiate deals,
  • protect your intellectual property.

What do we do?

We invest in the early stage companies with a Polish nexus 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 are a full package VC!

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

Contact our team on LinkedIn, or fill out the form below.