Marcin Borowiecki
Serial entrepreneur turned VC. Supporting expansion of emerging European tech champions. Investing 1-7m EUR
United States
Invests in
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Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$7,500,000.00Target Investment:
$2,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- SU
- SW
- CB
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Work Experience
2024
Investor
2024
2023
Investor
2023
2023
Founder and Managing Partner
2023
We support emerging European tech champions in global expansion
2018 - 2022
Chief Growth Officer
2022 - 2022
Responsible for a global commercial reorg and marketing ROI optimization aimed at setting up the company for the next phase of growth
General Manager, US
2018 - 2022
Responsible for US Business Unit P&L. 16x revenue growth (doubling YoY for 4 years) - From a no-name brand in the US to the number 1 Beauty app in GooglePlay store and top10 Lifestyle app in Appstore - Scale in August 2022: ~300 reports, $2B GMV annual run-rate - Acquisition and integration of 2 US competitors: GoPanache and Genbook - Combined with the responsibility for Global marketing function in 2020-22 (Product Marketing, Performance, Lifecycle, Creative).
Chief Operating Officer
2018 - 2019
In charge of the US business + selected global functions (BI, CS)
2011 - 2018
Founder and CEO of wonga.pl
2011 - 2018
Company exited to WSE: KRU - From a clean sheet of paper to a profitable lender with over 1.5m loans issued, 110 employees - Transition to an instalment loan company with loans up to 20k PLN, up to 5 years, starting at 7% APR - Setting the standard in responsible lending, with less than 3% credit losses (on par with banks), introducing effective financial education as a part of product - +68 Employee Net Promoter Score. 95% of of employees say they like their job
2007 - 2012
Owner
2007 - 2012
Consulting and managerial roles for technology / e-business clients, including: - Early stage VC fund - Category leader in fashion e-commerce - Gaming and entertainment operator - SaaS provider
2007 - 2010
Co-founder
2007 - 2010
Finamo SA is an advice-driven distributor of financial products for retail and SME clients with over 300 products from 30 providers Company exited to Warsaw Stock Exchange listed bank
2006 - 2007
Marketplaces Strategy Manager
2006 - 2007
Manager at Marketplaces Strategy team Business Development of Mobile business unit of eBay Inc (handset manufacturers, MNOs)
2005 - 2005
MBA Intern
2005 - 2005
Strategic rationale and business strategy due dlligence for the acquisition of Skype Technologies
2001 - 2004
Business Analyst
2001 - 2004
Projects in business building, strategy, and sales and marketing for clients from financial and telecom industries