Ideally, we want to lead the first investment round in your company. Sometimes this is also referred to as an angel round. As for product development, we will generally want to see the MVP and some go to market story or traction. It is great if you can get those first five clients or sell the very first batch of your product prior to our investment. If getting traction is impossible, you still should have a story of progress and achieving goals in your startup.

Sure, you’re welcome to reach out at any point. A lot of startups that we’ve invested in came to us too early, but because we could start those relationships and develop a mutual understanding, it was a lot easier to make the investment decisions later on. If you are too far down the road for us, but you believe we could add some value, feel free to reach out to us as well. We’ll definitely look into what we can do together.

1. Polish founders with global reach: We exclusively back ambitious entrepreneurs from Poland and the Polish diaspora worldwide, leveraging our deep understanding of both local ecosystem and global markets.
2. Comprehensive support framework: Beyond capital, we provide access to our Competence Hubs - a unique network of experts offering strategic guidance in key areas like AI technology, marketing, and finance. Our hands-on operational support helps founders execute with precision.
3. Marathon mindset: Drawing from Dariusz Żuk's twenty-year legacy in building the Polish startup ecosystem, we bring deep experience in nurturing early-stage companies into global successes. We focus on quality over quantity, viewing our investments as long-term partnerships.
4. We typically invest up to $250,000 in initial funding rounds, focusing on founders who have the vision to see far ahead and the stamina to go the distance.

Timing: we are likely the earliest possible institutional investor due to our focus on pre-seed.

Acceleration model, built on four pillars:
- the in-house team ready to help founders all hands in if needed
- adding co-investors to every investment round in a seamless, efficient process
- 8 Competence Hubs
- unique experience from 120+ investments.

We believe that adding co-investors at this stage is super helpful for the startup, and we have got a number of cases to prove it. Co-investors will most often be experienced business angels, and we make sure to find the best possible fit.

If you bring someone to the table, that’s great. We are also happy to dig through our network.

We welcome teams and founders from all backgrounds. AIP Seed has also enjoyed great success with a number of female-led startups like GLOV, SiDLY or EduCat.