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Marcin Borowiecki

Managing Partner at Navivo Capital

United States

Overview 

Marcin Borowiecki is a serial entrepreneur turned VC based in the United States, currently supporting the expansion of emerging European tech champions by investing 1-7m EUR. With a background in founding and managing various successful ventures, he brings expertise in business strategy, product management, and entrepreneurship to his role as Founder and Managing Partner at Navivo Capital. Highlights of Marcin's career include founding and serving as CEO of wonga.pl at Wonga.com, and his leadership roles at Booksy where he held positions as Chief Growth Officer, General Manager, US, and Chief Operating Officer.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

  • Investor

    2023

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2023

    We support emerging European tech champions in global expansion

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Marketplaces Strategy Manager

    2006 - 2007

    Manager at Marketplaces Strategy team Business Development of Mobile business unit of eBay Inc (handset manufacturers, MNOs)

EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.

  • MBA Intern

    2005 - 2005

    Strategic rationale and business strategy due dlligence for the acquisition of Skype Technologies

EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.

  • Business Analyst

    2001 - 2004

    Projects in business building, strategy, and sales and marketing for clients from financial and telecom industries

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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