Second call for startups by SMOK Angels - a new 170-strong angel network focused on the CEE region!

🚀 Polish VC going global? At SMOK Ventures, it’s been our strategy from day one. Most of our investments come from founders with roots in Poland & CEE, but whose first market is the U.S.. That’s why the majority of our portfolio companies are C Corps incorporated in Delaware. (see

Why do so many European startups incorporate in Delaware?” Because VCs like standardization. That’s why the Delaware C-Corp dominates. That’s why YC’s SAFE became the default. Standardization means fewer legal mistakes, lower costs, and faster deals. Europe right now? A

#Warsaw-based #HealthTech startup #DoctorOne has raised a €4 million #Seed round to support expansion, building on demand for #chroniccare solutions that move beyond episodic or #telemedicine models 🇵🇱 🏥 Read here: eu-startups.com/2025/09/polish…

9/ When startups hit a wall, the best teams stop, reflect and decide → 💸 Take more runway to jump over it? 📊 Or pivot models to go around it powered by profits?

Europe just got its “startup embassy” in San Francisco! 🌉 What it offers: • coworking near top VCs • warm intros & mentors • playbook for US setup & sales • a two-way bridge for investors Find out more here 👉 hubs.la/Q03LGGBr0

Congrats to our client Supernova.io 💫 on its $9.2M series A with Taiwania Capital. More here on the transaction 👇 therecursive.com/supernova-rais…

9 investments made by our angels since launching the network in June and counting! We're planning our next pitch later in October. To be eligible make sure you apply at smokangels.com

Deeptech takes time — and a lot of patience. I first saw Shen AI back in 2019, when Remi sent me a rough beta app claiming it could measure my blood pressure 🩸 using only a phone camera 📸. I was skeptical. Then I tested it. And it worked — as well as a handheld device. I

That's why the Eastern European countries thrive in disruptive innovation and will in the next decade while the Western EU will struggle.

🚀 CEE founders — this is your moment! We have already funded 10 startups incl. IntoDNA, Shen AI, BioCam, Petsy, TasteRay, Proteine Resources💥 Now we’re backing 5 more. Apply to pitch at Pitch Day #3 – Nov 7th. 🎯 The #1 Angel Network in CEE 👉 smokangels.com/#contact

Estonian company FleetFox has raised €806K. The round was led by Czech venture capital funds Lighthouse Ventures and Gi21 Capital, joined by Latvian fund BADideas. Read more: balticvc.com/2025/10/estoni… #Estonia #startup #startups #tech #technology #VentureCapital #VC

Central & Eastern Europe has 56 unicorns 🦄 in 2025, a growth from only 17 in 2019! Poland 🇵🇱 and Estonia 🇪🇪 lead the way. Source: vestbee.com/insights/artic…

Latvian AI startup Desktop Commander has raised €1.1M in pre-seed round from BADideas. Fund and 42CAP. Read more: balticvc.com/2025/10/latvia… #Latvia #startup #startups #tech #technology #technologies #TechnologyNews #TechNews #Deal #Deals #VentureCapital #VC

Congrats to Nelson Ray, Ben Rhodes-Kropf, Maciej Szymczyk, and SalesPatriot (YC W25) on their $5M seed! SalesPatriot is building the next-generation procurement platform for defense and aerospace – replacing decades-old systems with an AI-native platform that helps suppliers quote 7x faster.

Estonian energytech company LynxPower has raised €550,000 in investment from Giga, Taavi Madiberk (CEO & Co-Founder at Skeleton Technologies) and Marko Virkebau (CEO Stargate Hydrogen). Read more: balticvc.com/2025/10/estoni… #Estonia #startup #tech #TechNews #VentureCapital #VC

An Eastern European founder flies to San Francisco to raise a seed round at a Silicon Valley valuation… Sounds like the beginning of a cringe startup joke, right? Because we’ve all seen this story before. At first, you’re amazed how open and friendly US angels and VCs are —

I'll be in NYC 🗽🇺🇸 in two weeks! I'm meeting Polish 🇵🇱 and CEE 🇺🇦🇷🇴🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 diaspora founders looking to raise their (pre-)seed round, angel investors 👼🏻💰 and community builders interested in building bridges between New York and Eastern Europe. Who should I meet? Intros

It's tonight! 🇺🇸 🇵🇱 🇺🇦 🍻 🗽 Together with Pawel Benedykcinski we're hosting Polish and CEE Diaspora Drinks in New York City this evening mid town. If you're a CEE founder, angel or VC, you're in town and you haven't signed up yet, what are you waiting for? We have 100+

We had a blast at our CEE Diaspora party in New York City earlier this week. 100+ Eastern European diaspora entrepreneurs and business angels from Poland, Ukraine, Croatia, Romania and elsewhere from CEE joined to hang out with each other in the Big Apple.