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Agata Leliwa Nowicka

Investor · Venture Capital • Serial Entrepreneur • INSEAD MBA

United Kingdom

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Web3/Blockchain

Locations:

Min Investment:
$100,000.00
Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00
Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00

Skills

Venture capital Investing

Mentoring

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA
The Wharton School
(2019 - 2019)
Master of Business Administration - MBA
INSEAD
(2018 - 2019)
(BA) Architecture
University of Westminster
(2008 - 2011)

Work Experience

2021

Managing Partner - Visionaries in partnership with Google Cloud
2024
Founder
2021
The future of venture is here.

Village Capital

2023

Advisory Board
2023

Founders at the University of Cambridge

2024

Startup Mentor - Start 1.0 Accelerator
2024
Founders at the University of Cambridge is a new strategic initiative building on university expertise and unparalleled advantages to bring technical and social innovation to life through new business creation.

2022

Startup Mentor
2022

Lowndes Partners

2022 - 2023

Investor
2022 - 2023

2022 - 2022

Investor
2022 - 2022

2019 - 2022

Co-Founder
2019 - 2022
pixeled.market Capital markets securitisation platform

InReach Ventures

2021 - 2022

Investor
2021 - 2022

2013 - 2016

Founder, Investor
2013 - 2016
Cushicush (Exited in 2015 through acquisition) B2B2C Marketplace subscription platform. Investments: Dobale, PeaShot, HaiDang, Sonsol

2011 - 2013

Alternative Investments Team
2011 - 2013
Family office investing across marketable securities, venture capital, private equity and real estate.

Latest Articles

Substack•Sep. 2024

Starting live now! Female Foundry Live Sessions: Maximise Value of Your Data.

Female Foundry Live Sessions

data integration

data management

Substack•Sep. 2024

Female Foundry Week 126: From the ground up. Measure your mistakes. A few notes on SAFEs. Part of the story. CogX Summit x Female Foundry.

investors and female founders

Substack•Sep. 2024

You are invited! Female Foundry Live Sessions: Maximise Value of Your Data.

Female Foundry Live Session

Maximise Value of Your Data

AI and data integration

data management best practices

Substack•Sep. 2024

Dont miss it! Starting in 2 hours! Female Foundry AMA Session: Visionaries AI Incubator in partnership with Google Cloud.

Female Foundry Visionaries AI Incubator

Google Cloud partnership

female-founded startups

mentorship program

Substack•Sep. 2024

Female Foundry Week 125: Radiant Future. Keep the pace. On vacation. LIVE Sessions: Maximise Value of Your Data.

female founders

venture capital

European startups

Substack•Sep. 2024

Female Foundry Week 124: Again and again. The gift. Consolidation under way. Ask Me Anything about Visionaries!

female founders

Substack•Sep. 2024

Female Foundry Week 123: Holding a grip. How to see your unearned revenue. What you get wrong about your runway. Back to school. Female Foundry x TechBBQ.

venture funding

AI and regulations

SaaS revenue recognition

Substack•Aug. 2024

Female Foundry Week 122: Big Cash-Out. Net Revenue Retention. Don’t think like your investor. Mind the gap. Female Foundry x Cambridge Tech Week.

Investments in female-founded startups

Revolut valuation and IPO

Crowdfunding in fintech

Net Revenue Retention

Substack•Aug. 2024

Female Foundry Week 121: AI M&A heats up. Join Female Foundry this autumn! Staying flat. Meet Visionaries.

female founders

venture capital

Substack•Jul. 2024

Female Foundry Week 120: The Blackout. The Superpowers. Climate stays hot. Female Foundry Visionaries Launch Event.

AI-powered fashion search

microbiome-balancing body care

training software for frontline workers

fashion sizing solution

Substack•Jul. 2024

Female Foundry Week 119: In the game. Titles et cetera. Down and down again. Community Fundraising Roundup: June

female founders

Swedish startup Arkion

energy infrastructure inspection

Substack•Jul. 2024

Female Foundry Week 118: Reversing the tide & making waves. What you don't know. Corporate venture capital favours Series A. Nurturing Visionaries of Tomorrow.

female entrepreneurs

venture capital

corporate venture capital

Substack•Jul. 2024

📣 Announcement: Female Foundry launches Visionaries AI Incubator in partnership with Google Cloud.

Female Foundry Visionaries AI Incubator

female entrepreneurs

Google Cloud partnership

European venture ecosystem

Substack•Jun. 2024

Female Foundry Week 117: A B C D E F G. Power law and all. Where to look for AI talent. Female Foundry x TechBBQ.

startup funding

venture capital

AI talent in Europe

Substack•Jun. 2024

You are invited! Female Foundry Live Sessions: Demystifying Boards.

Demystifying Boards

Substack•Jun. 2024

Female Foundry Week 116: Big love. Big bucks. First Impressions. Grasp your churn. France leads generative AI funding in Europe. Live Sessions: Demystifying Boards.

female founders

investment funding

environmental data reporting

digital therapeutics

Substack•Jun. 2024

Female Foundry Week 115: All eyes on corporates. Know your investor, better. Performance vs. Brand Marketing. Number of active European VCs halves. Live Sessions: Demystifying Boards.

Raspberry Pi IPO

Psyomics funding

corporate venture capital

climatetech investments

Substack•Jun. 2024

Female Foundry Week 114: The Big Handover. Hedge your go-to-market bets. The Lingering Light. Sessions: Breakfast with Ashurst.

female entrepreneurship

investment rounds

AI and technology startups

generational succession in family businesses

Substack•Jun. 2024

Female Foundry Week 113: SaaS still in vogue? From Beta to Better. Trophies. Accolades. Rewards. Family Offices eye AI. Monthly Fundraising Roundup: May.

Female founders

Startup funding

SaaS market trends

Substack•May 2024

Female Foundry Week 112: What's up, fintech? Unfinished. Short wins, long incentives. Female Foundry x SuperVenture.

Female founders

Investment trends

Substack•May 2024

Female Foundry Week 111: And back again. Minimum and Valuable. Think: CTO - think twice. AI and the rest. Community Fundraising Roundup: April.

female founders

startup funding

MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

Substack•May 2024

Female Foundry Week 110: The signals. The biggest fear of all. On timing. Cleantech comes on top. Female Foundry x Tech.eu Summit

Female founders

Cleantech investment

Substack•Apr. 2024

Female Foundry Week 109: Jumping the pond. Managing technical teams. Founders turned VCs - but how many? Meet us at the Tech.eu Summit.

Female entrepreneurs

Venture capital funding

Carbon management software

Film and TV payment automation

Bio surfactants

Substack•Apr. 2024

Female Foundry Week 108: Lights and shadows. You are not alone. Rapid fall of global equity supply. Female Foundry x SuperVenture.

semiconductor industry

Chip 4 Alliance

startup investment

Substack•Apr. 2024

Female Foundry Week 107: Think big, fund small. On vesting schedules. Join Female Foundry. The silver lining. Female Foundry x Dublin Tech Summit.

venture capital

Substack•Mar. 2024

Female Foundry Week 106: House of cards. Customers vs users. European banks eye AI startups. Female Foundry x Paris Blockchain Week.

startup funding

European startup ecosystem

convertible debt

investor-founder dynamics

Substack•Mar. 2024

Female Foundry Week 105: Great expectations. On market appeal. On profitability. Big techs are scooping top AI talent. Community Fundraising Roundup: March.

female founders

London-based startups

Substack•Mar. 2024

Female Foundry Week 104: In the name of. Step forward. Secondaries come on top. In conversation with: Videesha Boeckle.

female founders

legal-tech startup Legitify

child healthcare startup Vini Mini

Substack•Mar. 2024

Female Foundry Week 103: All eyes on family offices. Value vs price. The sweet spot. Female Foundry x TechChill Riga.

female founders

investment in biotech startups

family offices as investors

alternative investments

Substack•Mar. 2024

Female Foundry Week 102: Europe: getting in front or falling behind. Nonlinear. Second-time lucky. Female Foundry x START Summit

investment in female-founded startups

Series A and Seed funding

women healthcare platform

clinical operations automation

Substack•Feb. 2024

Female Foundry Week 101: Money on the table. Pricing for good margins. European valuations defy market conditions. In conversation with: Ayuna Nechaeva.

female entrepreneurs

venture capital

regulatory scrutiny

Substack•Feb. 2024

Female Foundry Week 100: Who rules the world? When to be perfect. Down to zero. Celebrating 100.

Female Foundry Newsletter

female founders and investors

venture capital

AI and AI chips

Substack•Feb. 2024

Female Foundry Week 99: The Launch. How not to rely on other people. M&A picks up the pace, early.

investment in female-led startups

gender diversity in venture capital

European venture capital

fundraising strategies

Substack•Jan. 2024

Female Foundry Week 98: Hello 2024. A watershed moment. The invitation to the Launch Event.

gender diversity in venture capital

fundraising for female founders

venture capital in Europe

Series A funding rounds

Substack•Dec. 2023

Female Foundry Week 97: Taming the tide. Ahead. Behind. Dry powder stays dry. The last day of the Survey!

venture capital

Substack•Dec. 2023

Female Foundry Week 96: Blurring the lines. How to spend it. Stakes are getting high. First insights: Female Foundry x HSBC Innovation Banking.

female founders

venture capital

Substack•Nov. 2023

Female Foundry Week 95: Oversight exposed. The uncharted path to exit. The Seed is falling down. First insights: Female Foundry x HSBC Innovation Banking.

female founders

startup funding

microalgae for nutrition

last-mile delivery solution

Substack•Nov. 2023

Female Foundry Week 94: Go big and go home. Clarity and purpose. Floating valuations. The First Glimpse of The Data | Female Foundry x HSBC Innovation Banking.

startup investments

OpenAI leadership change

Substack•Nov. 2023

Female Foundry Week 93: A new class of venture investing. Let’s talk about: Stealth. LPs put performance first. First Prizes Drop. Community Fundraising Roundup.

female founders

venture capital

startup funding

Substack•Nov. 2023

Female Foundry Week 92: American Pie. Unfair advantage. Early-stage deals show resilience. Female Foundry x Carta Dinners.

VC funding in Europe

female founders

Series A funding

Substack•Oct. 2023

Female Foundry Week 90: You. Me. Together. How to scale yourself down. Female Foundry x Slush. Venture capital management fees dip. Is European VC outperforming American?

venture capital funding

early-stage startups

VC mergers and acquisitions

delegation strategies for founders

Substack•Oct. 2023

Female Foundry Week 89: All eyes on VCs. Bad ideas. Good ideas. State of Gender Diversity in European Venture. Priorities of Family Offices change. VC IPO backlog piles up.

female founders

venture capital

investment rounds

Substack•Oct. 2023

Female Foundry Week 88: Where the wind blows. State of Gender Diversity in European Venture. Win investors with your pivot. Funding for GenAI startups slips.

female founders

venture capital

Substack•Oct. 2023

Female Foundry Week 87: New light on down-rounds. A surge in climate-focused funds. Female Foundry x Emerge Conference.

venture capital

climate-focused funds

Substack•Sep. 2023

Female Foundry Week 86: The tale of mega rounds. Unpopular. Operating in a Gen AI era. Specialist vs generalist funds. Female Foundry x European Blockchain Convention.

investment rounds

Substack•Sep. 2023

Female Foundry Week 85: Spark in the darkness. You are the momentum. European venture funding halves. Female Foundry x Sifted Summit.

female founders

venture funding

European startups

Substack•Aug. 2023

Female Foundry Week 84: Summer Edition 2023.

female founders

financing rounds

Substack•Aug. 2023

Female Foundry Week 83: Too much capital, not enough capital. What are your odds? From the unicorn archives. Female Foundry x Bits & Pretzels.

venture capital

female founders

fundraising challenges

AI investment potential

capital demand-supply model

Substack•Aug. 2023

Female Foundry Week 82: Big Bang goes silent. Don’t flop on a no shop clause. Where are new startups? Female Foundry x TechChill Milano.

migraine fighting food

sustainable energy storage