Simpact Ventures

Simpact Ventures is a Warsaw-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 and recognized as the first impact-investment VC in Poland. The fund backs tech-driven startups that combine strong business potential with measurable positive social or environmental impact; for each portfolio company, Simpact defines two or three specific, measurable KPIs against social and environmental objectives in addition to standard commercial milestones. The firm evaluates opportunities on the classic team-market-scalability-product axes, applied within an impact filter. Simpact has raised two successive vehicles: Simpact 1.0, the original impact micro-VC, and Simpact 2.0, the current active fund — a PLN 100 million (approximately $25 million) vehicle capitalized with private and public funds, with the European Investment Fund as the largest LP. The firm leads rounds and writes EUR 500,000 to EUR 2 million checks at pre-seed, seed (primary focus), and Series A, with a favored starting ticket of EUR 1 million. Partners Jacek Ostrowski and Wojciech Majewski lead the investment committee. As of early 2025 the firm has invested in 31 companies, with seven new investments in the trailing 12 months, across cleantech and sustainability, healthtech, education, SaaS, mobility, agritech, and AI. Notable portfolio investments include ChargeEuropa (Polish EV-charging operator building ad-integrated stations across CEE, backed in an August 2024 round led by Shift4Good), CulturePulse, and Readmio. Simpact's double-bottom-line mandate positions it as the natural first-call for Polish and CEE founders whose missions combine commercial scale with verifiable social or environmental impact — a growing cohort as the EU accelerates sustainability regulation across member states.