🇵🇱🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺SMOK Ventures

Type: Polish-American Venture Capital Fund  Headquarters: Warsaw, Poland & San Francisco, USA  Founded: 2019 Investment Stages: Pre-Seed • Seed  Check Size: $100K–$1M  Focus Areas: Software Development Tools • GameDev • AI • SaaS • FinTech • Creator Economy  Website: smok.vc

Description: SMOK Ventures is a Polish-American VC fund investing in early-stage software startups from Central & Eastern Europe and its diaspora. The fund is led by experienced founders and investors, including Paul Bragiel, who has backed 13 unicorns globally (e.g. Uber, Stripe, Unity).

SMOK focuses on globally ambitious teams building in AI, gaming, developer tools, and SaaS, and often helps them raise follow-on rounds from top-tier funds in Silicon Valley and Europe. Their portfolio includes Finmap, Workee, Masthead Data, Authologic, and inStreamly.

They are known for their fast, transparent process, founder-first mindset, and strong presence in Poland, Ukraine, and the Baltics.