PSIK, the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, announced the winners of the seventh 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 3 June 2024.

We congratulate the winners of Nagrody PSIK 2024.

Winners

Private equity / venture capital

• House of the Year – Innova Capital
• Person of the Year – Krzysztof Kulig, Innova Capital
• Deal of the Year – Velvet Care z portfela Abris Capital Partners
• Fund of the Year – venture capital – Cogito Capital Partners
• Portfolio Company of the Year – venture capital – Alokai z portfela Movens Capital
• ESG Initiative of the Year – Scanmed

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 – Edgar Koleśnik

Lifetime achievement award

• Barbara Nowakowska has been honoured as the laureate of the Nagrody PSIK Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of the pivotal role she has played for more than two decades in supporting PE/VC market development and building PSIK.

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 –  Crido
• M&A Advisor of the Year – PwC
• Strategic and Commercial Advisor of the Year – Bain & Company
• Financing Bank of the Year – mBank

Finalists

Private equity / venture capital

• House of the Year – Avallon MBO, CVI, Enterprise Investors
• Person of the Year – Przemysław Głębocki, Accession Capital Partners, Monika Nachyła, Abris Capital Partners, Dariusz Prończuk, Enterprise Investors
• Deal of the Year – private equity – Transsystem – Tar Heel Capital, Unilink – Enterprise Investors, Wosana – Avalon MBO
• Fund of the Year – venture capital – Black Pearls VC, Montis Capital, Movens Capital
• Portfolio Company of the Year – venture capital – Contec - Warsaw Equity Group, Piwik Pro – Warsaw Equity Group, Telemedi – Black Pearls VC
• ESG Initiative of the Year – BNP Paribas Bank Polska, PFR Green Hub, Prime Label

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 – Katarzyna Pac-Malesa, Dominik Smykla, Michał Zasępa

Advisors and banks

• Legal Advisor of the Year – private equity – Baker McKenzie, Gessel, Gide, Greenberg Traurig
  Legal Advisor of the Year – venture capital – Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, MFW Fiałek
  Financial and Tax Advisor of the Year – Deloitte, EY, PwC
  M&A Advisor of the Year – Deloitte, Rothschild and Co, Trigon
  Strategic and Commercial Advisor of the Year – Arthur D Little, EY Parthenon, OC&C Strategy Consultants
  Financing Bank of the Year – Bank Pekao, BNP Paribas, ING Bank Śląski, PKO Bank Polski