INVESTOR / DATA TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
Hard2beat
7 venture rounds in the first 9 months of 2026, at 7 companies in 1 country.
Hard2beat is an investor headquartered in Poland.
The scope is Central and Eastern Europe: every venture round since January 2024 at startups from the ten CEE countries our funding reports cover, in which public sources name Hard2beat as an investor. Rounds we have seen outside CEE are listed separately, under the table. It is built from the same record as our quarterly funding reports, and updated with them.
At a glance
SHOW DATA
| Row | Pre-seed | Seed | Series A | Growth | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9M 2026 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
9M 2026 runs to 30 September 2026.
| Investor | Rounds together |
|---|---|
| 24Ventures | 2 |
| Aniołowie Biznesu | 2 |
| Sunfish Partners | 2 |
Investors in two or more of the same rounds.
Countries and sectors
A company counts where it is headquartered, or where it started if it later moved abroad.
| Country | Rounds | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 11 | 100% |
SHOW DATA
| Row | 2024 | 2025 | 9M 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Health and bio | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Defence and security | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Enterprise software | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hardware and robotics | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Energy and climate | 0 | 0 | 1 |
A company can sit in several sectors, so sector counts overlap. Other: no sector on record.
Every round on record
Newest first. Hard2beat led 5 of them. Each company links to the announcement of the round.
| Company | Country | Month | Stage | Round size | Led | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science 4 Beauty | Poland | Sep 2026 | Seed | €1.6m | 4growth VC | |
| semiQa | Poland | Sep 2026 | Seed | Undisclosed | Yes | Invento, 24Ventures, S20 Fund |
| DefendEye | Poland | Aug 2026 | Seed | Undisclosed | ff Venture Capital, In-Q-Tel, Sunfish Partners, Novacapital | |
| WIDMO Spectral Technologies | Poland | Jun 2026 | Seed | Undisclosed | - | |
| Graftcode | Poland | Apr 2026 | Seed | €2.0m | Yes | Heartfelt Technologies, Digital Ocean Ventures |
| Melanoscare | Poland | Feb 2026 | Seed | €1.2m | - | |
| Ludus AI | Poland | Jan 2026 | Seed | €1.2m | Hartmann Capital, 24Ventures | |
| Pikralida | Poland | Nov 2025 | Seed | €3.0m | Altamira, Stanisław Pikul, iif.vc | |
| DefendEye | Poland | May 2025 | Seed | €1.1m | Yes | Sunfish Partners, Aniołowie Biznesu |
| Defguard | Poland | May 2025 | Seed | €1.1m | Yes | Smok Ventures, Aniołowie Biznesu, Catch The Tornado |
| Neuromedical | Poland | May 2025 | Pre-seed | €0.7m | Yes | - |
Exits
Companies Hard2beat backed that were sold or listed, or where a new investor bought out the earlier ones. Each links to its announcement.
No exits on record.
How this list is made
- A round is listed when a company, investor or press announcement, or a startup database, names Hard2beat among its investors. Each listed round links to its announcement where one is on record.
- Amounts are the size of the whole round, not the part Hard2beat invested. Amounts are in euros, converted at about 1.10 US dollars to the euro.
- Stages follow the funding reports: the label the company announced, placed by size where the label clearly does not fit.
- Rounds that were never announced, or that do not name their investors, are not here, so the list is a floor.
The whole market: CEE startup funding report. Next update: January 2027.
Raising pre-seed or seed in CEE
SEND THE DECK →