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Marek Borzestowski

Partner at Giza Polish Ventures

Portugal

Overview 

Marek Borzestowski is a seasoned Venture Capitalist based in Portugal with a strong background in entrepreneurship and web development. Notable highlights of his career include serving as Partner at Giza Polish Ventures and President of the Supervisory Board at StartUp Hub Poland Foundation. Currently, Marek focuses on investing in early-stage companies in sectors such as Food and Beverage, E-commerce, BioTech, and Consumer Internet, leveraging his expertise in business strategy, product management, and management consulting.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2011 - Current

    Giza Polish Ventures is a pioneer Polish Israeli investor in early-stage technology companies based in Warsaw. It comprises experienced Polish entrepreneurs and investors backed up by VC experts from the Israeli leading Giza Venture Capital. The mission of GPV is to identify and fund innovative, promising ventures and help them become global companies by providing managerial advisory and international network of business contacts

  • President of Supervisory Board

    2014

    Responsible for the biotechnology, cleantech and food technologies within the investment portfolio of StartUp Hub Poland and it's accelerator program - Start Venture@Poland.

  • Member Of The Supervisory Board

    2015 - 2024

    Life science spin-off from Agriculture University in Poznan. Automated industrial scale systems for insect production as new source of proteins and fats for farming and aqua-farming industries.

  • President of Supervisory Board

    2013 - 2023

    Responsible for supervision of the company's activities and setting strategic goals. NanoVelos provides a novel, universal nano drug delivery platform for encapsulation of active chemotherapeutics within polysaccharide nanoparticles, which enables efficient drug delivery to tumor cells.

  • Co-founder, Supervisory Board

    2004 - 2023

    Powered by and industry leading, Natural Language Understanding technology, InteliWISE Virtual Agents, Virtual Contact Centers and Live Chat help hundreds of companies globally optimizing their Customer Service & online conversions.

  • CEO

    2016 - 2022

  • Member of the Supervisory Board

    2012 - 2016

    Responsible for monitoring Executive Board's performance. Vivid Games is one of the most technologically advanced, independent development studios in Europe, and the biggest producer of mobile games in Poland. Vivid’s competitive edge stems from its meticulous design and state-of-the-art solutions, which combined with Vivid's unique proprietary technology enables swift porting of its games across various platforms.

  • CEO

    1995 - 2004

    A founder and the CEO of a leading internet software house in Poland

  • CEO, Founder

    1995 - 2004

    Responsible for setting strategic goals and carrying them out, development of new products and business lines, execution of management's vision and overall company performance.

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