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Borys Musielak
Founding Partner at SMOK.vc. I invest in early stage startups in CEE 🇵🇱 🇺🇦 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇷🇴 🇭🇺 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 🇭🇷
Borys Musielak is an engineer turned entrepreneur turned investor with a passion for technology, films, and basketball.
As a founding partner at SMOK Ventures, he focuses on funding top early-stage software and gaming startups in Central & Eastern Europe.
At ReaktorX, a pre-acceleration program, he seeks first-time founders aiming to build sustainable companies.
Borys co-founded Filmaster, a company acquired by Samba TV, where he played a key role in expanding to European markets and scaling the team.
He's a board member of Startup Poland, a prominent technology think tank, and a co-founder of ReaktorWarsaw.com, a startup hub hosting networking events and programs.
Borys is an active mentor for early-stage startups across various accelerators and tech conferences in the CEE region, bringing his expertise and experience to support upcoming entrepreneurs.
With a background in Computer Science from the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Borys has held leadership roles at notable organizations like Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, and Samba TV.
He has been recognized for his creativity and entrepreneurial spirit by Brief and has spoken at prestigious events such as DLD, How to Web, and CinemaCon.
Borys shares his insights through his blog at borys.musielak.eu and engages with the community on Twitter as @michuk.
For professional connections on LinkedIn, Borys values clarity on mutual benefits or shared interests for meaningful connections.
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I'm in NYC this coming week with the aim to meet local investors backing top immigrant founders.
I'm also interested to meet the founders themselves!
I invest specifically in Central & Eastern European diaspora founders based in the US.
Who should I invite to a coffee?
#ceevalley #immigrantfounders #nyc
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