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Borys Musielak

Founding Partner at SMOK Ventures

Warsaw, Mazowieckie

Overview 

Borys Musielak is a Founding Partner at SMOK.vc, specializing in investing in early-stage startups in Central and Eastern Europe and the diaspora. With a background in entrepreneurship and a track record of successful investments in companies like Gotiva and Vue Storefront, Borys has a keen focus on sectors such as AI, FinTech, and Gaming/eSports. Having co-founded ReaktorX and Startup Poland, Borys brings a wealth of experience in business networking, predictive analytics, and personalized recommendations to his role as an investor. His portfolio includes investments in diverse founders and companies at various stages of growth, showcasing his commitment to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the region.

Work Experience 

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Juo

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

    Reading monthly reports and getting hyped by the growth.

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SMOK Ventures

  • Founding Partner

    2019

    Founded SMOK with the goal to become a leading pre-seed fund in the CEE region. Invested in Alokai (YC W2021), inSTREAMLY, Sunroof, Authologic (YC W2021), Omnipack, 57hours, Finmap, MX Labs, Workee, Juo among others. SMOK Ventures is a venture capital fund created by former entrepreneurs with the aim to help early stage startup founders build multi-million-dollar global software enterprises from Central and Eastern Europe. We primarily invest in software and gaming startups in pre-seed and seed stages.

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ReaktorX

  • Co-Founder

    2016

    In 2016 together with Diana Koziarska we co-founded ReaktorX, a pre-acceleration program for first-time founders. In twelve batches we accelerated 100+ companies which include Vivid Mind, Linghos, Renderro, Hashiona, HiPets, Heroify, Redata, Funlo or Haip. Read more about our startups at https://angel.co/reaktorx

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Startup Poland

  • Co-Founder, Board Member

    2014

    Together with fellow entrepreneurs I helped found Startup Poland, an umbrella organization that quickly became the community voice of Polish startups to policy-makers, academics and media. The aim is to build better conditions within Poland’s entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem. For any inquiries about Startup Poland, contact our CEO Tomasz Snażyk at tsnazyk@gmail.com

NC

No Cap

  • Investor

    2025

    Disrupting venture capital with an autonomous angel investor.

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57hours

  • Investor

    2023

    Leading marketplace for outdoor adventures

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Authologic

  • Investor

    2021

    Supercharging your existing KYC with e-IDs.

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Shen AI

  • Investor

    2021

    Measure vitals signs instantly‑with just a smartphone. All-in-one solution for AI Health Monitoring.

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Dziki Warszawa

  • Member of The Supervisory Board

    2020 - 2024

    I'm a minority investor and used to be a member of the supervisory board at Dziki 🐗 Warszawa 🏀, a basketball club run as a startup. Only 6 years in operation, we advanced to Ekstraklasa, the top Polish league, in 2023.

ReaktorWarsaw.com

  • Co-Founder

    2011 - 2020

    In 2011 together with fellow entrepreneurs Anna Walkowska and Kuba Filipowski I co-founded ReaktorWarsaw.com, a startup community and a co-working space located in a Żoliborz mansion in Warsaw, Poland. We hosted monthly #OpenReaktor events that featured a number of great international speakers (Marvin Liao, Jerry Colonna, Paul Bragiel, Simon Cross...) and gather major figures of the Warsaw startup scene under one roof.

Education 

Investments 

Gotiva

Seed

Total funding: $1.9M

Hyperscan

Seed

Total funding: $480K

Finmap.online

Seed

Total funding: $1M

Quantum Flytrap

Pre Seed

Total funding: $260K

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