Mateusz Nowak
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Experience
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Rubicon Partners
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Poland
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Venture Director
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2022 - Present
Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland Acting as an interim manager delegated from our venture building fund to deep tech portfolio companies. Hands-on support to founders in: - strategy development and implementation - all sort of operations: from HR, back-office opps to business development, investor relations and general management - strategic setup of internal processes with digitalization in mind - strategic clients management - PR and IR activities as company representative - negotiating key agreements… Show more Acting as an interim manager delegated from our venture building fund to deep tech portfolio companies. Hands-on support to founders in: - strategy development and implementation - all sort of operations: from HR, back-office opps to business development, investor relations and general management - strategic setup of internal processes with digitalization in mind - strategic clients management - PR and IR activities as company representative - negotiating key agreements from IP related, through commercial to hiring for key personnel areas Show less
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Noctiluca
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Poland
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Chemical Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development Director/ CCO
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2020 - Present
Torun Metropolitan Area Noctiluca is a technology company that develops next generation OLED emitter materials – chemical compounds that form the fundamental basis of OLED displays. These are adopted in TVs, smartphones, wearables and several other mainstream devices. My role includes: - building international relationships with display market players (incl. Tier one display producers), - formulating and executing strategic initiatives, that multiply value of the business, - supporting the company on… Show more Noctiluca is a technology company that develops next generation OLED emitter materials – chemical compounds that form the fundamental basis of OLED displays. These are adopted in TVs, smartphones, wearables and several other mainstream devices. My role includes: - building international relationships with display market players (incl. Tier one display producers), - formulating and executing strategic initiatives, that multiply value of the business, - supporting the company on its road to New Connect (company was listed in April 2022) - investor relations and PR coordination. Show less
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StartSmart CEE
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Poland
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder
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Sep 2015 - Present
Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Przedsiębiorczości Technologicznej) is the licensee of MIT Enterprise Forum Poland (http://www.mitefpoland.org) from MIT Technology review (www.mitef.org)
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Partner
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May 2017 - Sep 2022
Warsaw/ Gdynia A boutique financial firm, consisting of 3 partners with USD 85m under management. Main responsibilities: - Building and autonomously managing a VC arm of the business, as a sole board member of NXT Ventures Sp. z o.o., holding KNF ZASI registration number 113 that operates NCBR Bridge Alfa program, - Scouting for startup targets to invest in, - Due diligence, - Termsheet negotiations, - Support of the portfolio companies incl. consulting on growth options via public… Show more A boutique financial firm, consisting of 3 partners with USD 85m under management. Main responsibilities: - Building and autonomously managing a VC arm of the business, as a sole board member of NXT Ventures Sp. z o.o., holding KNF ZASI registration number 113 that operates NCBR Bridge Alfa program, - Scouting for startup targets to invest in, - Due diligence, - Termsheet negotiations, - Support of the portfolio companies incl. consulting on growth options via public financing and EU and government grants - securing LPs to the Bridge Alfa fund. Due to disruptions in Bridge Alfa program, NXT Ventures Sp. z o.o. has gone through the liquidation process and I have been appointed a liquidator of the company. Show less
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PwC
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Professional Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager & Leader of Startup Collider
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Apr 2012 - Apr 2017
Warsaw Area, Poland Manager at Innovation & Incentives team, Leader of Startup Collider prev. Senior Consultant at Strategy Group CEE prev. Consultant at Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) team Examples of projects that I have worked on: in healthcare: - market entry strategy for BUPA and following CDD of LuxMed - CDD of private hospitals chain in PL - commercialization strategy for a dental diagnostic medical device on 10 markets (incl. US, Japan, Brazil and Russia) in new… Show more Manager at Innovation & Incentives team, Leader of Startup Collider prev. Senior Consultant at Strategy Group CEE prev. Consultant at Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) team Examples of projects that I have worked on: in healthcare: - market entry strategy for BUPA and following CDD of LuxMed - CDD of private hospitals chain in PL - commercialization strategy for a dental diagnostic medical device on 10 markets (incl. US, Japan, Brazil and Russia) in new media, telco and entertainment: - CDD of a major telecom company in Estonia on a sell-side - Finnancial Due Diligence of a optic-fiber based business - Strategy review and Polish gaming market analysis for major global player - market review of sports marketing in Poland - CDD of a leading Polish domain and hosting provider in financial services: - Vendor Assistance to a Polish bank - CDD of a debt collection business - Strategy development for a Polish retail and corporate line of business for a major global bank in innovation & startup ecosystem: - BRIdge Mentor with NCRD (Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju) aiming at commercialization of Polish innovations - strategy and organizational setup of an innovation center of excellence for a leading player in Agro-Chemical industry - Strategy and business plan development for a new type of biopolymers research institute - commercialization of a new generation of ergonomic chairs - strategy review of ARP Games accelerator - strategy development and management of PwC Startup Collider - a CEE accleration programme for B2B fintech's - investment strategy development for 2 VC funds in other sectors: - real estate optimization on a portfolio of almost 40 properties - 2015-2020 strategy development for ARP - Industrial Development Agency (ARP launched a VC arm as a part of the strategy) - review of 12 internalization models for a public institution providing grants to entrepreneurs I support PwC Foundation „Podaruj siebie” in projects relating to social entrepreneurship. Show less
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Seriatim Foundation
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Poland
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member I Partnerships
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Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland Seriatim engages itself in projects aimed at improving the quality of communication - a broad range containing pro bono workshops on public speaking for high school pupils as well as commercial ventures making our non-profit work possible.
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TEDxWarsaw
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Organiser & Curator of TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace
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Feb 2011 - Apr 2016
Warsaw Area, Poland Role in the community: - TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace licencee, curator and team leader (http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9501) - Part of the core team of TEDxWarsaw organisers responsible for managing of several sub-teams - Ongoing development of external relations and partnerships - Project manager for community engagement programs TEDx are independently organised events, produced under license from TED.com TEDxWarsaw is Poland's largest TEDx event, begun in 2010 and… Show more Role in the community: - TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace licencee, curator and team leader (http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9501) - Part of the core team of TEDxWarsaw organisers responsible for managing of several sub-teams - Ongoing development of external relations and partnerships - Project manager for community engagement programs TEDx are independently organised events, produced under license from TED.com TEDxWarsaw is Poland's largest TEDx event, begun in 2010 and run annually, with brief and fascinating talks by luminaries from the fields of science, technology, the arts, business, humanities and exploration, invited from within Poland and around the World. We are at tedxwarsaw.com, tedxwarsawsalon.com, tedxwarsawpresidentialpalace.com and tweet @tedxwarsaw Show less
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Lead Organizer
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Sep 2010 - Sep 2013
Warsaw Area, Poland www.ignitewarsaw.org http://www.facebook.com/IgniteWarsaw
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UNDP
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United States
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Jul 2011 - Sep 2011
Gdynia Area, Poland UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS - Project Office in Poland responsibilities: - TEDxGdynia organization (theme "social innovations") - Helping in setting up a regional office in Gdynia
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PwC
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Professional Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern at Advisory department
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Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
Warsaw Area, Poland Performance improvement/operation effectivenes buisness unit. Post merger integration team. Projects: - strategy analysis and development for a railroad cargo company - ABC framework development for a company in mining industry - strategy and KPI assesment of a leading company in mining industry in Poland Other responibilities included for e.g. researches and industry analyses.
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Efect Doradztwo Finansowe S.A.
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial adviser
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Jun 2009 - Sep 2009
Warsaw Area, Poland - building a client base from the scratch - assesing the needs of a particular client - descibing market rules, trends&statistics, insitusional framework (e.g. ZUS [state social security agency]) - building personalized financial plans matching objectives set with the client - sales of financial products Skills aquired: - cold calling - ability to work ethically with the end-client, who has little knowledge about financial servies - describing complicated financial… Show more - building a client base from the scratch - assesing the needs of a particular client - descibing market rules, trends&statistics, insitusional framework (e.g. ZUS [state social security agency]) - building personalized financial plans matching objectives set with the client - sales of financial products Skills aquired: - cold calling - ability to work ethically with the end-client, who has little knowledge about financial servies - describing complicated financial terms in understandable language Show less
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Bank Millennium
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Sep 2008 - Nov 2008
Gdańsk Area, Poland Department of account administration and cash management - Preparation of documents concerning clients and their accounts - Sending them to a further analysis - Checking completness of documents, achiving them and sending back the incompleete materials. I have learned how important is the back office for the smooth running of processes in the front office part of the banking business.
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Education
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Warsaw School of Economics
MS, Management -
Warsaw School of Economics
MS, FInannce and accounting -
Warsaw School of Economics
BS, Finance and Accounting -
Warsaw School of Economics
BS, Management