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Piotr Bukanski

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Piotr Bukanski is a venture capital investor and Principal at Acurio Ventures, with a track record spanning investment banking, growth equity, and board-level value creation. He has backed and advised high-growth technology companies across energy, data, fintech, and consumer — including board roles at Gorilla, Iceberg Data Lab, and AccessPay. Prior to Acurio, Piotr spent three years at Beringea (transatlantic VC, $800M+ AuM) leading Series A/B investments and founded a CEE diaspora network connecting 200+ VCs and founders across London. Earlier, he helped build the Private Capital Markets team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, supporting growth-stage fundraises, and began his career in BofA's EMEA Consumer & Retail IB group, advising on M&A, equity, and debt transactions totalling over $25bn. He holds an MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics and has lived and worked across the UK, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, and Poland.

Work Experience

Principal at Acurio Ventures

Jun 2025 – Present

Board Director and Investor at Gorilla - Energy data applications

Nov 2022 – Apr 2025

Investment Manager at Beringea

Mar 2022 – Apr 2025

Beringea is a transatlantic venture capital investor with over $800m AuM, leading Series A or Series B rounds, with further funding available for follow-on investments.

Board Director at ICEBERG DATA LAB

2024 – 2025

Board Director at AccessPay

2024 – 2025

Board Observer at ASTERRA

2023 – 2025

Board Observer at Archdesk

2022 – 2025

Board Observer at Plum Guide

2022 – 2025

Private Capital Markets Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch

May 2021 – Mar 2022

Helping high growth companies access capital through private capital markets ($50m+ rounds)

Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jul 2019 – May 2021

EMEA Consumer & Retail

Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jul 2017 – Jul 2019

Education

Master's degree, Finance, Corporate Finance at Stockholm School of Economics

2015 – 2017

Thesis: "The Impact of M&A on Innovation: A European Perspective" Master students awarded for thesis on innovation

MSc Finance at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

2016 – 2016

Finance for Start-up's at Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

2015 – 2016

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance at Krakow University of Economics

2011 – 2014

Investments

Gorilla

Led Series A. Participated in Series B. Board Member.

Chattermill

Supported investment.

DASH Water

Supported investment.

Plum Guide

Angel; supported work with the company.

ASTERRA

Board observer role.

Archdesk

Board observer role.

Iceberg Data Lab

Investor and board member.

Teton.ai

Nov 2025

Series A investor.