Warsaw

The City of Warsaw promotes innovation and entrepreneurship through favorable economic policy, home-grown initiatives and events, collaborations with other regional business hubs, and projects involving public, private and third-sector partners. 
Established in 2012, Startup Hub Poland is a nonprofit foundation that promotes the growth of high-tech startups in Central and Eastern Europe. Its mission is to connect disruptive technologies and business models with financing and expertise and offer practical advice, for example, related to company registration, work permits and corporate relationships. 

Email: kontakt@um.warszawa.pl 

City of Warsaw

Venture Café Warsaw is a nonprofit organization and global network established in 2019. Beginning as a simple idea within the Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC) in Massachusetts, the organization aims to connect innovators through high-impact programming and by providing spaces, storytelling, and broad-innovation engagement.

Venture Café Warsaw

CIC Innovation Campus

Startup Hub Poland

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland, the biggest economy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). With a metropolitan area home to over three million people, it boasts a thriving cultural scene and one of the highest proportions of green space of any urban area in Europe. The city’s rebuilt old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring virtually every era of European architectural history. Warsaw, strategically placed at the midpoint between London, Moscow, Stockholm and Budapest, has also been at the forefront of Poland’s growth this century in sectors such as IT, business services and gamedev. As Poland’s economy has advanced dramatically with the highest growth rate across the continent since 1990, Warsaw has a high potential to become a deeptech hub.

Google and Microsoft are just two of the industry leaders to have set up their own hubs in Warsaw for work in areas ranging from cloud solutions to biotech. This advance in the deeptech industry has followed the development of higher education in Poland. Warsaw University of Technology is one of the leading tech institutes in Europe, while the University of Warsaw ranks in the top few CEE universities. As a result, Polish software developers are rated the third best in the world. Warsaw is also among the top ten financial centers in CEE, and the number of cargo shipments its Warsaw Chopin Airport processes is rising 15 percent annually. Prior to the COVID pandemic, the city attracted ten million tourists in the average year.

Warsaw Startup Ecosystem Overview

Before You Arrive 

Cost of Living and Accommodation

Starting a Company

Moving to Warsaw

Culture and Language

Getting Around

Meeting People

Living in Warsaw

MAYOR LETTER

Rafał Trzaskowski

CITY OF WARSAW

Global Vision, Local Focus – How Warsaw Is Working toward Startup Success

COMMUNITY LETTER

Apollo

Brand24

Doctor.One

Jutro Medical

LogicAI

NanoSanguis

Nevomo

Packhelp

Planet Heroes

Plenti

ProperGate

Rebread

RESQL

Surveily AI

Vue Storefront

A few interesting, newly developed businesses usually under five years old.

Startups

Discover the Explorer Series Warsaw Map

Foundation for Technology Entrepreneurship 

NEXT Acceleration Program For Female Founders

The ambitious accelerator and incubator programs in the city that help startups become established.

Programs

Popular coworking hubs, both new and well established, where entrepreneurs can work and grow successfully.

Spaces

Discover more startup ecosystems

The Legal Landscape of Startup Funding in Poland: Insights from Law Firm DZP

Broadening the horizons of high-tech startups

Fast-Forwarding Fintech in Central and Eastern Europe

The Role of Collaboration in Fostering Innovation

Insight from the “experts” — established organizations that can Aid and provide advice to young entrepreneurs.

Experts

Vadym Melnyk

Joanna Drabent

Marcin Beme

In-depth Q&A’s with seasoned entrepreneurs, who have founded or cofounded companies and share their experience, insights and advice.

Founders

Kozminski University

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management

Warsaw University of Technology Business School

A collection of well-known schools, colleges and educational programs specifically tailored towards entrepreneurship studies.

Schools

Warsaw is Poland’s largest academic center, with more than 70 tertiary institutions, over 200,000 students and 33 A+ public research establishments involved in research and development.

Did you know?

Market One Capital

Next Road Ventures

Inovo Venture Partners

A description of the investor and finer points such as, how much they typically invest and who they invest in.

Investors

City Essentials

Interviews

Locals Picks

Working Spaces

Cafes, bars and restaurants

The Explorer Series is the ideal pocket companion for entrepreneurs, startup talent, and digital nomads exploring diverse startup ecosystems worldwide.
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City of Warsaw, Venture Café Warsaw, Startup Hub Poland and CIC Innovation.
Published November 2024

The Explorer Series: Warsaw

Your pocket guide to exploring Warsaw's startup scene, city highlights, and entrepreneurial life.

Warsaw’s vibrant technology hub is the rising star of Central and Eastern Europe, bridging the two regions together.

Startup Guide

Warsaw

City of Warsaw

Venture Café Warsaw

CIC Innovation Campus

Startup Hub Poland

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