PSIK, the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, announced the winners of the fifth edition of Nagrody PSIK. The winners were chosen through popular vote by PSIK community. The awards were presented in 13 categories.

The aim of Nagrody PSIK is to recognize private equity/venture capital funds managers for their business and social activities, as well as  advisors and banks for their achievements on the Polish PE/VC market.

The winners were announced during the PSIK Awards Gala on 19 September 2022.

We congratulate the winners of Nagrody PSIK 2022.

Winners

Private equity / venture capital

• House of the Year – Resource Partners
• Person of the Year – Piotr Noceń (Resource Partners)
• Deal of the Year – Shoper and Value4Capital
• Fund of the Year – venture capital – Inovo Venture Partners
• Portfolio Company of the Year – venture capital – Packhelp and Inovo Venture Partners
• ESG Initiative of the Year – Żabka Polska / CVC Capital Partners

Social activities of PSIK Members under the Social Business Accelerator Program, a pro bono initiative of the private equity / venture capital industry in Poland

• Social Business Accelerator Mentor – Paweł Padusiński (MidEuropa)

Advisors and banks

• Legal Advisor of the Year – private equity – Kancelaria GESSEL
• Legal Advisor of the Year – venture capital – Kondracki Celej
• Financial and Tax Advisor of the Year – EY
• M&A Advisor of the Year – Trigon
• Strategic and Commercial Advisor of the Year – Bain & Company
• Financing Bank of the Year – mBank

Finalists

Private equity / venture capital

• House of the Year – CVC Capital Partners, Enterprise Investors, Value4Capital
• Person of the Year – Krzysztof Krawczyk, CVC Capital Partners, Piotr Misztal, Value 4 Capital, Jacek Siwicki, Enterprise Investors
• Deal of the Year – Maczfit and Resource Partners, Rockfin and Tar Heel Capital, Wento and Enterprise Investors
• Fund of the Year – venture capital – Black Pearls VC, ff Venture Capital, Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder
• Portfolio Company of the Year – venture capital – Proteon Pharmaceuticals and Montis Capital, Spacelift and Inovo Venture Partners, Zowie and Inovo Venture Partners
• ESG Initiative of the Year – Bielenda / Innova Capital, Climate manifesto / Abris Capital Partners , Polski Komitet Level 20 / Level 20 Polish Committee

Social activities of PSIK Members under the Social Business Accelerator Program, a pro bono initiative of the private equity / venture capital industry in Poland

• Social Business Accelerator Mentor – Maciej Górski, Wojciech Jezierski, Monika Nachyła

Advisors and banks

• Legal Advisor of the Year – private equity –  CMS, DLA Piper, Greenberg Traurig, MFW Fiałek
• Legal Advisor of the Year – venture capital – Dentons, DLA Piper, Kancelaria Gessel
• Financial and Tax Advisor of the Year – Deloitte, PwC
• M&A Advisor of the Year – Deloitte, PwC, VCP Polska
• Strategic and Commercial Advisor of the Year – Boston Consulting Group, OC&C Strategy Consultants
• Financing Bank of the Year –  Bank Pekao, BNP Paribas Bank Polska, ING Bank Śląski