Poland

7 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jun 11, 2015 by Doug Scott · said 30 times in 20 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jun 11, 2015 negative
Disclosure
Scott killed offshore development teams to increase startup speed
“We've also, internally, we had a big team in the Ukraine and Poland, and we've almost killed most of our external dev, mainly because the speed of development.”
Doug Scott Jun 11, 2015 ▶ 5:54 20 VC 044: Dominating AngelList Syndicates with Doug Scott
Jun 21, 2024
Assertion Supported
Revolut grew fastest in Ireland, Romania, and Poland, not the UK
“So if you think about Revolut against Monzo, right, like the markets we grew the fastest wasn't the UK. It was Ireland, it was Romania, Poland.”
Val Scholz Jun 21, 2024 ▶ 0:04 Val Scholz: How Revolut Acquired Their First 10M Users: Tips, Tactics & Strategies | E1168 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 13, 2024
Assertion Supported
Bolt defined ride-hailing category in Poland, Czechia, and Baltics
“In Poland or in Czech or in the Baltics, we were the ones who defined the category and the regulators were then coming to us and were asking us for input.”
Markus Villig Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 39:00 Markus Villig, Founder @Bolt: The Most Insane Story in Startups & The Future of Self-Driving| E1225 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 27, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Hommels: Most European nations historically spent 3.5% of GDP on defense
“I commissioned a study, so which, in which I analyzed all this kind of stuff, yeah, and so I clearly came out that in terms of threat, historically, most of the European countries have spent in the vicinity of three and a half percent. Poland is at six or seve…”
Klaus Hommels Nov 27, 2024 ▶ 35:56 Klaus Hommels: Why "Portfolios are Merely a Construct to Make LPs Happy"? | E1231 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 11, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Torsten Reil: Poland increased defense spending from 2.1% to 4.7% of GDP
“Look at Poland, Poland has gone from, I think, 2.1% or so to 4.7 within just a few years.”
Torsten Reil Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 20:41 Torsten Reil, Helsing Founder: Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | E1237 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 12, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Delivery Hero became market leader in Spain, Italy, Poland, and Norway
“We entered as a number two and number three, number four player in those markets. And we are now the largest.”
Niklas Östberg Mar 12, 2025 ▶ 15:35 Niklas Östberg, Founder @ Delivery Hero: Competing with Uber and Doordash in a Capital Arms Race · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 28, 2025 positive
Opinion
Hinrikus: European countries must raise defense spending to 3–5% of GDP
“Defense contributions, you know, we were not at two percent in Europe before Estonia was ahead, but in, and Poland was ahead, but, you know, we need to get to three, four, five percent everywhere. And same in other critical industries.”
Taavet Hinrikus Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 49:40 Plural Partner, Taavet Hinrikus: Why Founders Will Realise Multi-Stage Funds Damage Seed Rounds · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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