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 12 June 2023.

We congratulate the winners of Nagrody PSIK 2023.

Winners

Private equity / venture capital

• House of the Year – Innova Capital
• Person of the Year – Krzysztof Krwaczyk (CVC Capital Partners)
• Deal of the Year – Inelo z portfela Innova Capital
• Fund of the Year – venture capital – Inovo VC
• Portfolio Company of the Year – venture capital – Applica.ai z portfela Cogito Capital Partners
• ESG Initiative of the Year – Velvet Care

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 – Monika Morali-Majkut

Advisors and banks

• Legal Advisor of the Year – private equity – Rymarz Zdort Maruta
• 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 – BNP Paribas Bank Polska

Finalists

Private equity / venture capital

• House of the Year – Avallon MBO, CVI, Value4Capital
• Person of the Year – Krzysztof Kulig, Innova Capital, Piotr Misztal, Value4Capital, Agnieszka Pakulska, Avallon MBO, Tomasz Swieboda, Inovo VC
• Deal of the Year – private equity – Kom-Eko z portfela Value4Capital, Stangl Technik Holding z portfela Avallon MBO
• Fund of the Year – venture capital – Black Pearls VC, Cogito Capital Partners, Montis Capital
• Portfolio Company of the Year – venture capital – Autenti - 3TS Capital Partners, Innovation Nest, Black Pearls VC, Nethone z portfela Innovation Nest
• ESG Initiative of the Year – 7Anna Group, BNP Paribas Bank Polska, PFR Green Hub

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 – Leszek Muzyczyszyn, Arkadiusz Podziewski, Paweł Sikorski

Advisors and banks

• Legal Advisor of the Year – private equity –  CMS, DLA Piper, Greenberg Traurig
• Legal Advisor of the Year – venture capital – DLA Piper, Kancelaria Gessel, Kochański & Partners
• Financial and Tax Advisor of the Year – Deloitte, JP Weber, PwC
• M&A Advisor of the Year – Deloitte, Rothschild and Co, VCP Polska
• Strategic and Commercial Advisor of the Year – Boston Consulting Group, OC&C Strategy Consultants
• Financing Bank of the Year –  Bank Pekao, mBank