It will focus on pre-seed investments in founders from Central and Eastern Europe and their diaspora.

The new fund is backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) through the REPowerEU programme, PFR, and a group of family offices and private investors from across the CEE region.

The Series A round was led by Industrial Impact® VC momenta, with participation from Look AI Ventures.

Apple has acquired MotionVFX, a Poland-based company known for creating plugins, templates, and visual effects tools widely used with Final Cut Pro.

Marcin P. Kowalik from Balnord told Vestbee about its fund’s strategy and investment approach.

At the end of 2025, Balnord exited Polish deep-tech TerraEye, a startup using satellite-based AI to accelerate the discovery of critical minerals.

The funding round was led by ff Venture Capital, with support from NCBR Investment Fund.

The fresh round was led by Hard2beat, with support from a group of 10 business angels.