16 Feb 2026
Investing in deep tech in the CEE region: Insights from OTB Ventures (podcast interview)
We caught up with Adam Niewinski, a partner at OTB Ventures, a Poland-based investment firm that backs deep tech startups and scale-ups from across Europe, particularly in the CEE region.
The VC firm is investing primarily in four sectors, namely AI and automation, space tech, fintech infrastructure and cybersecurity.
Check out our interview to learn more about OTB's investments thesis, the state of the CEE (and broader European) deep tech ecosystems from Adam's point from view, and much more.
OTB Ventures is an early member of the EIC Scaling Club, and will join the curated community to connect with leading deep tech entrepreneurs, fellow investors and other industry stakeholders to grow the ecosystem(s) together.
Want to join as well? Express your interest now!
PS: in case you're wondering, 'OTB' stands for 'outside the box' ;-)
About the EIC Scaling Club
The EIC Scaling Club is a curated community where 100 European deep tech scale-ups with the potential to build world-class businesses and solve major global challenges come together with investors, corporate innovators and other industry stakeholders to spur growth.
The top 100 European deep tech companies will be carefully selected from a pool of high-growth scale-ups that have benefitted from EIC financial schemes, other European and national innovation programmes, and beyond.
The EIC Scaling Club is an EIC-funded initiative run in partnership by Tech Tour, Bpifrance (EuroQuity), Hello Tomorrow, Tech.eu (Webrazzi), EurA and IESE Business School.
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