Martyna Walkiewicz
Legal Manager and Polish Adviser
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- Full Name
- Martyna Walkiewicz (also listed as Martyna Walkiewicz-Killard)
- Title
- Legal Manager and Polish Adviser
- Firm
- Finch Capital
- Firm Type
- Venture capital / growth-equity firm (Business & Financial technology). *Note: the "Angel Investors" label in the source stub appears to be an aggregator mis-classification — Finch is an institutional VC/growth fund, and Martyna's role is legal/advisory rather than that of an angel check-writer.*
- Investment Stage
- Finch Capital invests at Seed (historically), Series A and Series B; its more recent flagship strategy (Europe III / follow-on funds) centers on Series A/B and minority growth stakes
- Check Size (firm)
- ~€2–10M initial tickets, up to ~€50M per company including follow-ons (seed rounds historically ~€1–1.5M average)
- Target Company Profile (firm)
- European-HQ software/fintech companies with roughly €2–20M ARR growing >30% p.a., with proven unit economics and a path to market leadership
- Sector Focus (firm)
- Financial technology and business technology — payments, banking & wealth, insurance, lending, RegTech/legal-regulatory-compliance, accounting & tax, HR & payroll, and business-process software
- Geographic Focus
- Europe (with a historical Southeast Asia presence); Martyna's remit covers Poland/CEE
- Location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Finch Capital HQ), with a Polish-market advisory focus
Background
Martyna Walkiewicz (Walkiewicz-Killard) works at Finch Capital as Legal Manager and Polish Adviser, a role combining in-house legal/transaction work with market-specific advisory support for the firm's Polish and Central-European activities. Her title ("Polish Adviser") and her presence in Finch's deal records indicate she supports the firm's legal, compliance and structuring functions rather than acting as an independent investment decision-maker. Business databases (e.g. MarketScreener) have also historically recorded her in a Private Equity Analyst capacity at Finch Capital Partners BV, consistent with a career spanning both legal and investment-support functions.
Finch Capital is the firm behind her role. Founded in 2013 and headquartered at Concertgebouwplein in Amsterdam (with a London office at 27–29 Whitfield Street), Finch is a thematic growth investor in Business & Financial technology, managing over €450M in AUM. It is led by Managing Partner Radboud Vlaar alongside partners including Aman Ghei and Mike Brennan. The firm launched its third fund (~€150M) in February 2021 to back European fintech at Series A and B, and publishes the widely-cited annual "State of European Fintech" report.
Beyond her title, firm affiliation, and CEE/Polish focus, detailed public biographical information (education, prior employers, exact dates) for Martyna is not available from primary sources — she does not currently appear on Finch Capital's public team roster, suggesting she may have moved into or out of the role. I have deliberately not invented these details.
Investment Thesis & Focus
*Martyna is a legal/advisory team member rather than a thesis-setting partner; the points below reflect Finch Capital's stated investment approach, which frames the deals she supports.*
- Sectors: "Partners with ambitious teams in Business & Financial technology" — including payments, banking & wealth, insurance, lending, legal/regulatory/compliance (RegTech), accounting & tax, HR & payroll, and business-process software.
- Stage & ticket: Historically active across Seed, Series A and Series B; the current flagship strategy targets Series A/B and minority growth stakes, with initial checks around €2–10M and up to ~€50M per company including follow-ons.
- What makes them say yes: European-HQ software/fintech companies with roughly €2–20M ARR, >30% annual growth, "proven business economics and a clear path to market leadership."
- Geographic angle: Pan-European focus with a historical Southeast Asia presence; Martyna's "Polish Adviser" remit signals particular attention to Poland and the CEE region.
Notable Investments
- Fourthline — Amsterdam-based digital identity-verification / KYC platform; a flagship Finch holding that later combined with Veridas to form a global bank-grade identity platform.
- Goodlord — UK property-rental / lettings software platform.
- AccountsIQ — cloud accounting and financial-management software (Ireland/UK).
- NomuPay — cross-border payments infrastructure business.
- Zopa — UK digital bank / lending pioneer (early-stage Finch exposure).
- Twisto / Twinco / In3 — European fintech (BNPL, trade-finance and installment-payments) portfolio companies.
- Grab — Southeast Asian super-app, reflecting Finch's earlier regional strategy.
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