Tomasz Karwatka

Entrepreneur and investor whose mission is to support Polish founders in building globally successful organizations. His areas of interest include enterprise software and healthtech.

He has co-founded companies such as Divante (exit at a valuation of PLN 260 million), Vue Storefront (Y Combinator alumnus, the largest Series A funding round in Poland at USD 40 million), Callstack (exit at a valuation of PLN 500 million), and Open Loyalty (a global leader in its category).

He is also the founder of the NGOs Tech To The Rescue, MD Fellowship, and Las Na Zawsze (Forever Forest).

Currently, he leads Open Mercato, an AI-powered open-source ERP/CRM platform, and Catch The Tornado, a boutique investment firm. The Catch The Tornado portfolio includes companies such as ElevenLabs and cyber_Folks.

He is the author of the book The5, which explores how to survive the first five years of building a company: https://www.the5.live