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SMOK Ventures

Venture capital · Warsaw, Poland · Europe

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SMOK Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in early stage startups in Central & Eastern Europe and the diaspora. It focuses on tech companies, primarily software development tools and AI, and works with serial entrepreneurs with a global vision.

Invests inCybersecurityE-commerce & MarketplacesFintech

In its own wordssoftware development toolsaigamedevedtechearly stage

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6portfolio companies
8funding rounds on record3 led
3rounds, last 12 months
$1M to $5Mtypical round it comes in at
Seedmost frequent entry

SMOK Ventures lists 6 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Cybersecurity (17%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (17%) and Fintech (17%). 50% of its companies are based in Poland. It invests most often alongside 1991 Ventures, Angel Invest and Arāya Ventures.

Counts come from funding rounds that name SMOK Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
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Pre-seed0%
Seed100%
Series A0%
Series B0%
Growth0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 6 companiesRecent activity: 3 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 100% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 17% in its largest sectorReach: 3 countriesPortfolio size8th pctRecent activity76th pctEarly stage100th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus6th pctReach58th pct
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SMOK Ventures compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size8th6 companies
Recent activity76th3 rounds in 12 months
Early stage100th100% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus6th17% in its largest sector
Reach58th3 countries

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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Investment themes
This firmAll checked companies
Cybersecurity17%4%
E-commerce & Marketplaces17%6%
Fintech17%12%
AI & Machine Learning17%18%
Healthcare & Biotech17%15%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Food & Agriculture8%3%

Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers6100%
  • No longer answers00%
  • Points to another company00%
  • Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
1991 Ventures1
Angel Invest1
Arāya Ventures1
BADideas.fund1
Bitspiration VC1
BlackWood1
BrightCap Ventures1
Hard2beat1

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Compare SMOK Ventures head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with SMOK Ventures
DateCompanyStage
3 Jun 2026Paypercutpaypercut.coSeed
30 Jan 2026Mos Healthmoshealth.comSeed Led
25 Nov 2025juo.appjuo.appSeed
2 Jul 2025Proteine Resourcesproteineresources.comSeries A
2 Jul 2025Proteine Resourcesproteineresources.comRound
20 May 2025defguard.netdefguard.netSeed
15 Jan 2025LETSDATAletsdata.netSeed Led

Round details for SMOK Ventures

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in SMOK Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

6 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
defguard.netdefguard.net · PolandThe company provides a self-hosted enterprise WireGuard VPN platform with integrated security features.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
May 2025SeedFunding round
juo.appjuo.app · PolandJuo provides a subscription toolkit for e-commerce businesses to launch and manage subscription models for physical products.
E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech
Nov 2025SeedFunding round
LETSDATAletsdata.net · United StatesThe company detects fake-account networks, impersonation, synthetic media, and synchronized amplification behind emerging narratives on social media platforms.
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Jan 2025SeedFunding round
Mos Healthmoshealth.com · United StatesMos Health provides a personal AI health partner that helps users achieve their health goals by integrating with their wearables and calendar to suggest personalized actions.
Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
Jan 2026SeedFunding round
Paypercutpaypercut.co · BulgariaPaypercut provides online payment solutions for businesses across Europe.
FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces
Jun 2026SeedFunding round
Proteine Resourcesproteineresources.com · PolandThe company produces and sells insect-based protein ingredients for pet food and has its own premium wet food brand.
Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech
Jul 2025Round · 2 roundsFunding round

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026
The homepage of SMOK Ventures, as last read
smok.vc as VCinfo last read it
Site
smok.vc
Last read
5 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
8 Jan 2025
Companies checked
6

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