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Katarzyna Kowalczyk

Managing Partner at 24Ventures

Wroclaw Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Katarzyna Kowalczyk is the Managing Partner at 24Ventures and an Investment Manager at Satus Starter VC, with a background in financial analysis and corporate finance. She has successfully invested in companies like Emplomind and Pethelp, focusing on sectors such as Human Capital/HRTech and MarketingTech, and has won the CFA Institute Research Challenge Global Final as an Equity Research Analyst. Kowalczyk's career highlights include managing partner roles at 24Ventures and Satus Starter VC, where she has made successful investments in companies like Emplomind and Pethelp, while also winning the CFA Institute Research Challenge Global Final as an Equity Research Analyst.

Work Experience 

2

24Ventures

  • Managing partner

    2024 - Current

SS

SATUS Starter VC

  • Investment Manager

    2020

    - 50 m PLN AUM (~11.5 m EUR) - 15 portfolio companies sourced from 3k projects - sourcing and monitoring portfolio companies

BP

Brante Partners

  • Senior Analyst

    2013 - 2019

    - Conducting valuation process of enterprises and intangible assets - Preparing financial models and markets analysis - Participation in commercialisation process: assessment of market potential, selection of commercialisation method, valuation of IP - Conducting valuation trainings

CFA Institute Research Challenge

  • Equity Research Analyst - winner of the Global Final

    2012 - 2013

    1st place in Global Final 1st place in EMEA Final 1st place in Polish Final (as a team member) Preparing and presenting a comprehensive research report on a copper producer KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. regarding valuation of the company, business, industry and risk analysis. Major responsibilities: - copper market analysis, - firm’s growth projects and synergies with acquired Quadra FNX, - corporate social responsibility, - co-writing the report, - co-presenting the analysis to high-profile panels of experts from top financial institutions.

BM

BNY Mellon

  • Middle Office Intern

    2012 - 2012

    - Creating spreadsheets that enable processing of financial data provided by investment companies. - Performing reconciliations of transactions and holdings of hedge funds and their custodians. - Investigating possible discrepancies and suggesting solutions of appearing breaks. - Working in international environment and attending many professional trainings. - Project: 'Information Flow at BNY Mellon'

Kancelaria Finansowa CreditFinance

  • Intern

    2011 - 2011

    - Business plans preparation: financial analysis of companies and market research. - Completing documentation of loan applications for consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises. - Achievements: chosen one of the four team leaders for business plan preparation, winner of the best essay competition (‘Foreign currency, denominated and indexed loans and the problem of an exchange rate risk’).

N. Standard limited partnership

  • Intern

    2010 - 2010

    Purchase and sales invoices accounting.

Education 

Investments 

Emplomind

seed

Total funding: $700

Pethelp

Seed

Total funding: $500

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