Poland’s startup ecosystem recorded a strong first half of 2026, led by two of the country’s most prominent tech success stories. Polish co-founded ICEYE raised €450 million and reached decacorn status, while ElevenLabs secured more than €500 million across two rounds, also becoming a decacorn.

Beyond these mega-rounds, funding flowed into robotics, SpaceTech, AI, telecommunications, DefenseTech and enterprise software. The ten companies listed below raised approximately €1 billion combined in H1 2026.

Below, you'll find the top funding rounds tracked in H1 2026 for companies that are founded in, based in, or have a Polish founder at the helm. You can explore the rest of the Central and Eastern Europe H1 2026 mappings here.

This article is part of the CEE funding mapping series, done with the support of the Dealigence platform. Please feel free to contact us if we missed something: newsroom@therecursive.com.

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