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Piotr Bukanski

Bio

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
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Principal

Acurio Ventures

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos

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Board Director and Investor

Gorilla

Nov 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

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Investment Manager

Beringea

Mar 2022 – Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

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.

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Board Director

ICEBERG DATA LAB

2024 – 2025 · 1 yr

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Board Director

AccessPay

2024 – 2025 · 1 yr

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Board Observer

ASTERRA

2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs

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Board Observer

Archdesk

2022 – 2025 · 3 yrs

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Board Observer

Plum Guide

2022 – 2025 · 3 yrs

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Bank of America

Private Capital Markets Associate

May 2021 – Mar 2022 · 10 mos

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

Investment Banking Associate

Jul 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

EMEA Consumer & Retail

Investment Banking Analyst

Jul 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs

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.