How we work

Innovative projects in various stages of development require different competences and support. Our team knows how to successfully manage them and how to enable their growth and functioning in broader business environment. Not only do we provide capital, but also we actively support entrepreneurs in making crucial decisions, in establishing useful business contacts on both domestic and global market, building effectively working teams using synergy and potential of the entire ecosystem of the Group, managing ongoing tasks, creating marketing campaigns and also in all book-keeping and legal activities.

Several years of professional experience of all Team members in the area of capital investments, commercialisation of innovative projects and managing technological companies allows us to effectively conduct all investments in the demanding and constantly changing business environment. Our proven track record and competences gained in the CEE Region on the venture capital, private equity and capital markets, as well as experience gained through the cooperation with research and development institutions are supported by our Global Partner from West Europe and venture partners from the US market, who are greatly experienced in launching companies on global markets.

News

	NANO GAMES 27.01.2016 Nano Games, Krakow developer of computer games, obtained new financial partners. Accelerator Technology Gliwice and Auger Business Angels Network will enable rapid development of the company using previously produced technology. The purpose of the total amount of 2.2 million PLN is to become the technological leader in the market simulators technical and expanding cooperation with international publishers in the production of the next simulation games based on licenses globally recognized brands. Obtained funding allows for the expansion of the production team, the further development of simulation technologies, parallel implementation of several games, and a research project, which will contribute to the dynamic development of the company and a significant increase in revenues in the following years.
INVESTMENT FORUM AUGERE VENTURE 26.09.2015 On September 25, it was held in Warsaw first Inaugural Investment Forum Augere Venture. The meeting was attended by investors and representatives of the Fund. We discuss the development strategy for the coming year and presented the first proposals for the directions of investments.
	DIRECTION Rzeszów 07.07.2015 On 30 June, representatives Auger ventures and Rzeszów University of Technology signed a cooperation agreement setting up the life of the Fund, which will deal in exploration and financing innovative projects in the early stages of development.
Augere Venture Partner WITH Private Equity Forum & Awards Gala. 11.06.2015 On 8 June this year Managing Partner Mariusz Borowiec participated in a very interesting panel discussion on the EP, as an effective driver of innovation in the context of the sixth edition of Private Equity Forum & Awards Gala. They discussed the PE market in Poland, the possibilities of promoting innovation, sectors you invest and foster innovation tools on the market. The meeting was attended by representatives of top management, representing Polish and international companies, business leaders with an established position, who through their actions determine the directions of development of the Polish economy. To be discussed invited young entrepreneurs who managed to break through with their ideas not only on the Polish market but also abroad.
	Augere Business Angels Network invests PLN 2 million in SentiOne 10.04.2015 Augere Business Angels Network Fund signed investment agreement with SentiOne – a start-up company that monitors Internet opinions in 9 European countries. The company will be given PLN 2 million for further development and launching the product on other European markets. You can read more here (Polish version only)
Torun Acceleration Program ‘SCALE’ with participation of our Investment Managers 23.03.2015 Time for Toruń – our analysts Dominik Majewski and Piotr Kalarus as mentors in ‘SCALE’ program. SCALE is the first acceleration program for startupers from the area of Big Data, SaaS and mobile technology. It consists of two stages - the first one is a 5-day workshop for 5 best teams; the second one is a PLN 75,000 investment and a 6-month intensive acceleration – the team is given everything they need from access to modern equipment for business to support of mentors, investors and entrepreneurs from the most important polish investment funds, technological firms and start-ups. Find out more here: www.scale.smartspace.io

Partners

Partners

Mariusz Borowiec	Tomasz Głowacki
Managing Partner of Augere Venture. Founder of the Satus Group in 2005 and its Managing Partner, founder of 2 VC funds (30 investments), co-investor, member of investment committees in 8 seed funds which were established together with the major research and development institutions in Poland (around 80 investments). Former Member of the Management Board / CFO of Megachemie S.A. Group; later President of the Management Board of TFI BDM. Mariusz began his career as a broker; later, he graduated from Politechnika Krakowska and has been broadening his knowledge during postgraduate studies in the field of managing companies in the University of Administration and Management (Wyższa Szkoła Administracji i Zarządzania).	Managing Partner. Tomasz is a qualified manager with many years of professional experience gained in an international organisation. He has major achievements in the field of investing, both in the CEE region and in countries of Western Europe. Tomasz also possesses broad knowledge of investment, especially in management of investment cycles and interim and operational management of portfolio companies. He has been cooperating with Mariusz Borowiec since 2000.


Rolf Christof Dienst
Rolf is a Partner and Member of the Investment Committee of Augere Venture. He is a Founder and General Partner of Wellington Partners (1991), Co-Founder of German VC Industry (1978) and Chairman of the German VC Association BVK (2007-2009). His career he has been involved in numerous successful investments and exits. He has a law degree.
The Investment Team

Tomasz Kaniowski Investment director in the material engineering and IT sectors
Ph.D. in solid state physics; he took part in preparing and launching over 100 transactions on the capital market with with a value of up to PLN 3 billion. Since 2010 he has been Vice Chairman and Equity Advisor on the private equity market. In 2000-2002 he was CFO of a software company and earlier, in 1999-2009, he was Manager and Director of Analyst Department in brokerage house. Tomasz has been cooperating with the Satus Group since 2005.

Funds

Augere Seed

In our accelerators we investigate, incubate and validate projects and ideas in early stage of development.

We provide assistance of mentors, brokers, analysts and experts, who are in charge of assessing the potential and estimate value of a project. We also assist in building teams, creating marketing, promotion and sales tools and equipment, as well as in resolving all sorts of legal and book-keeping issues; we concentrate on maintaining professional support in the extremely difficult period of assessing project’s validity in business conditions. The structure of the Group ensures domestic and foreign capital is available in the means of consecutive rounds of financing for projects which achieve their business targets.

Augere Business Angels Network

We create a network of conscious investors, who not only provide their financial support, but also are involved in all other areas.

This support ensures investment development and is key element in business growth, as well as all knowledge and experience of our staff. Together, we constantly focus on providing entrepreneurs with any help they may need, so that the projects we work on are successful and have the highest return on investment.

Augere Venture

Supporting growth stages of development requires smart money, as well as flexibility in the amount of supplied capital, in introducing new tools for management, mastering competences, or in launching new products or services on the market. As we consider all the above crucial in the process of following trends and needs of the markets, we invest in projects which have both global and regional potential and whose value is built through the processes of mergers and takeovers. We support new technologies and innovative projects with the use of competences of our experts, managers and scientists from all research and development institutions we cooperate with in our specialised accelerators.

We invite all entrepreneurs from sectors such as life science, ICT/Tech mobile, Food Tech, IoT, Smart electronic, Smart manufacturing, advanced material technologies, entertainment, eduevents, IT solutions, and all other sectors that still need to be invented.

Investments

Nano Games, Krakow developer of computer games, obtained new financial partners. Investment Accelerator Technology Gliwice and Auger Business Angels Network will enable the rapid development of the company using previously produced technology. The purpose of the total amount of 2.2 million zł is to become the technological leader in simulation technology market.
The Company plans to continue and expand cooperation with international publishers in the production of the next simulation games based on licenses globally recognized brands.
Investments assets of Accelerator Technology Gliwice, that the participation of the National Center for Research and Development supports innovative research projects, will allow the use of the potential of technology through the development of a prototype simulator for professional public services with potential use in the field of defense and public safety.
Years of experience team Nano Games (projects Reef Shot, Zamba !, Cityconomy) resulted in the form of innovative technology for the production of computer games and other simulation projects.
The company's products are available in foreign markets through major portals, digital distribution (Steam, Amazon) and traditional (GameStop, Media Saturn Holding). The latest studio’s design, the game 'Cityconomy', is a realistic simulator of urban, realized in co-production with German partner publishing company Astragon Entertainment GmbH.
The project was obtained license truck manufacturer MAN.
Subsequent productions developer will emerge in cooperation with major global brands the technological industry.
The most important technology partners of the company are: NVIDIA Inc. (program Gameworks ™), IDV Inc. (owner of the award-winning technology, quick rendering plants SpeedTree ©), and Sundog Software LLC (among others: owner Silverlining ™ technology).
The studio is also accredited developer Sony (PS4), and Microsoft (XBOX ONE).
Obtained funding allows for the expansion of the production team, the further development of simulation technologies, parallel implementation of several games, and a research project, which will contribute to the dynamic development of the company and a significant increase in revenues in the following years.
Internet and Social Media Monitoring Date of establishment: 15 October 2010
SentiOne is first on the Polish market system dedicated to protect image of the companies in the Internet. The product is addressed to PR, marketing, interactive agencies and companies which are interested in monitoring its own image in the web. The way of SentiOne activity is easy. 24 hours per day, 7 days per week all polish internet is monitored and actual data base of net surfers statements about branches, products, services and people is created. Later on, using intuitive client's panel, every company can begin to monitor and analyse opinions which are shown about this company in the Internet. The results of analysis are presented in approachable way and it is easy to export them to other programs. SentiOne safeguards good name of company in the Internet, immediately catching negative opinions about the company. Additionally, SentiOne allows to take part in important discussions about the company. Thanks to it, the company can quickly gain new clients and react to problems of actual clients which are shown in the Internet.
kontakt@sentione.pl | http://setnione.pl/

Novel-iD Sp. z o.o. Date of establishment: 29 Decembe11
Novel-iD activity involves usage of unique solutions from pharmaceutical nanotechnology. The Company, on the basis of a dedicated liposome platform of supplying active ingredients, offers a range of services which guarantee the quality improvement of all range of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. The process is done while increasing solubility of active ingredient, effective distribution of API for therapeutic reasons and limiting potential side effects related to therapy. The first products of the Company will be used for conduction anesthesia of skin in injection, or waxing procedures, as well as for soothing insect bite
Novel-iD Sp. z o.o. Date of establishment: 29 December 2011
Novel-iD activity involves usage of unique solutions from pharmaceutical nanotechnology. The Company, on the basis of a dedicated liposome platform of supplying active ingredients, offers a range of services which guarantee the quality improvement of all range of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. The process is done while increasing solubility of active ingredient, effective distribution of API for therapeutic reasons and limiting potential side effects related to therapy. The first products of the Company will be used for conduction anesthesia of skin in injection, or waxing procedures, as well as for soothing insect bites symptoms.
Vanta OilField Sp. z o.o. Date of establishment: 13 November 2013
The Company was established in order to develop, and later promote on the CEE markets, the latest technologies in improving the process of extraction of petroleum and natural gas, including shale gas, and their usage in processes of production intensification. Creating a specialist laboratory in LifeScience Park, which is considered key element of the project, will enable further research and will ensure the project’s competitiveness.

Contact

CRACOW - WARSAW - MUNICH

Augere Sp. z o.o. Venture ASI SK

Headquarters: 30-062 Kraków, ul. 3 maja 9

	Phone: 519 338 824
	E-mail: biuro@augereventure.pl

Tomasz Kaniowski
Contact for investors and designers
Phone.: 694 487 513
E-mail: tomasz.kaniowski@augereventure.pl

Magdalena Buczek-Martyka
Office Management
Phone: 519 338 824
E-mail:biuro@augereventure.pl

Media

MAY 2017, PortalSpozywczy.pl SEE

MARCH 2017, Puls Biznesu SEE

FEBRUARY 2014, Forbes - SEE

JANUARY 2013, StartUp Magazine - SEE

SEPTEMBER 2012, Proseed - SEE

News

Partners

Mariusz Borowiec

Tomasz Głowacki

Rolf Christof Dienst

Tomasz KaniowskiInvestment director in the material engineering and IT sectors