Poland has already produced a number of global tech startup successes, social learning network Brainly being one of them. The company reports more than 40 million unique users every month across more than 35 countries. Filmaster, recently acquired by Samba TV for €1 million ($1.09 million), is another.
Last year online healthcare appointment booking platform DocPlanner
closed a $10 million Series B round, bringing total funding secured to $14 million. It is now operational in 25 markets in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Growth in fintech activity has seen the emergence of startups like VoicePin, a voice recognition-based identity verification system, Atsora and Audio Trip.
A recent report from StartUp Poland shed further light on the country’s digital economy. Its poll of just over 2,400 startups revealed that 39% were software development enterprises, mainly selling their products as SaaS. Of the startups that were growing at more than 50% annually, most were doing so through the sale of mobile and big data services to large corporations. Over half (54%) of Polish startups are exporting, abroad, mainly to the US and UK.
Polish startup momentum is growing, trailing European powerhouses like Berlin, London, and Lisbon, and yet to rank in the top 20 best start-up ecosystems in the world, according to the Compass Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2015 report, but based on its current trajectory, rapidly become Europe’s new growth engine.
Source: http://www.dotacjeeksportowe.pl/projekty-wsparcia-eksportu-polskich-produktoacutew-na-rynkach-zagranicznych.html
