Michal Bas
Investment Principal at VentureFriends
Michal Bas
Investment Principal at VentureFriends
Warsaw, Mazowieckie
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Principal
2021 - Current
We invest in tech-enabled preseed and seed startups with a sweet spot for Marketplaces, Fintech & B2B SaaS. VF typically invests €0.5-2.5M and can follow-on up to a total of €10M Board Observer at (alphabetical order): > Measurlabs 🇫🇮 - B2B marketplace providing testing services and certifications for materials, products & chemicals (https://measurlabs.com) > Mediately 🇸🇮 - diagnostic support tools platform for MDs, also helping pharma companies reach 140k monthly active doctors (https://mediately.co)
Angel
2021
Investment Associate
2020 - 2021
Investment Analyst
2018 - 2019
Investment Analyst
2017 - 2018
CEE's largest fund-of-funds, operating in VC space (€650M AUM)
Business Development
2017 - 2017
Swiss Data Management Platform (DMP) Startup Acquired by TripleLift $150M in 2022
Visiting Associate
2016 - 2016
Strategy Consulting: Financial Services & Retail
Summer Analyst (Giza Polish Ventures)
2015 - 2015
Venture Capital fund focused on Internet, Media and IT industries
Summer Intern
2014 - 2014
Management Consulting - Operational Transformation - Corporates
President
2013 - 2014
- Leading core activities of the society: chairing speaker events, promotion of Polish culture and coordination of language classes and cooperation with other institutions - Established collaboration with the Kings Foundation, a nonprofit guiding prospective students on their academic choices at foreign universities - Involved in organisation of ‘British Polish Investment Alliance’ events in London; aimed at students of leading Polish universities interested in careers in the City - Increased the number of members by 50%
Summer Intern
2013 - 2013
Advisory Core Banking
Education
Master of Science (MSc)
2015 - 2017
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
2012 - 2015