What does the VC way mean – Maja Schaefer, Zowie

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Inovo Podcast

Tomasz Swieboda

19 episodes

8 months ago

This podcast is aimed to help CEE founders in building global tech companies.

INOVO VENTURE PARTNERS is a first-choice VC for ambitious founders from Poland and the CEE region. We back early-stage, post-traction startups with up to €3M of initial investment, and help them build global brands, while driving growth of the local startup ecosystem. We take great pride in being close to top founders who think big. We’re investors in: Booksy, Restaumatic, Sotrender, Infermedica, Spacelift, Tidio, AI Clearing, Zowie, Jutro Medical, Intiaro, Packhelp, Preply, Eyerim, Allset, SunRoof. Our recent fund Inovo II reached a total of €54M.

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What does the VC way mean – Maja Schaefer, Zowie | #13 (PL)

Inovo Podcast

38 minutes

4 years ago

What does the VC way mean – Maja Schaefer, Zowie | #13 (PL)

The guest of the 13th episode of the Inovo Podcast is Maja Schaefer, Co-Founder & CEO of Zowie.

ZOWIE is an AI-powered customer service automation tool for enterprise clients, incl. L'Oreal, InPost, Aviva, Avon, and Brainly. It helps fast-growing companies grow even faster by removing customer service bottlenecks. In 24 hours they automate 30% of customer service inquiries and up to 90% in a few weeks. The company was founded by Maja Schaefer and Matt Ciolek. In September 2020 Zowie raised a $600k+ seed round backed by Inovo Venture Partners and business angels. And it’s just the beginning of the road! You can find Zowie here: https://zowie.ai/

Michal Rokosz, a Partner at Inovo, sat down with Maja to discuss:
✅ how to transition from a service company to building your own product?
✅ how does a VC fund impact the business?
✅ and what are the most difficult aspects of fundraising?

The talk is in Polish, but there are English subtitles on YouTube.

INOVO VENTURE PARTNERS is a first-choice VC for ambitious founders from Poland and the CEE region. We back early-stage, post-traction startups with up to €3M of initial investment, and help them build global brands, while driving growth of the local startup ecosystem. We take great pride in being close to top founders who think big. We’re investors in: Booksy, Restaumatic, Sotrender, Infermedica, Spacelift, Tidio, AI Clearing, Zowie, Jutro Medical, Intiaro, Packhelp, Preply, Eyerim, Allset, SunRoof. Our recent fund Inovo II reached a total of €54M.

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👉 Website: https://inovo.vc/
👉 LinkedIn: https://pl.linkedin.com/company/i18s
👉 Medium – Inside Inovo: https://medium.com/inside-inovo
👉 Newsletter: https://inovovc.substack.com/

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