Borys Musielak

Borys is a founding partner at SMOK Ventures, a VC fund bridging Silicon Valley to Poland and CEE. Previously he co-founded Filmaster, a personalization service acquired in 2015 by Samba TV where he is currently building the European branch. He also runs ReaktorWarsaw, a hub for startups to work, collaborate and network, and co-founded Startup Poland, a foundation that became a voice of Polish startups. Prior to founding his own projects, Borys worked as a consultant, programmer and team lead for both for startups and large corporations in Poland (empolis, eo Networks), Germany (CoCoNet) and United Kingdom (Rule Financial, Deutsche Bank). He graduated with distinction at Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology with a degree in software engineering. Listed as one of 50 most creative Polish entrepreneurs by BRIEF. Mentor at Founder Institute Warsaw. Film buff. Thibodeau-era Bulls fanboy.