Team

Jacek Musiał

Managing partner of Accelero Ventures / Founder

Jacek Musiał graduated from the Faculty of Management at the University of Economics in Poznań.

He has many years of professional experience in managing and supervising investments in the renewable energy and ICT sectors. He has extensive consulting experience in the field of investments, business dvelopment, M&A. Throughout his 25 years of his professional career, he has gained experience in the field of HR management, product development, getting to know many industries and the specifics of their operation. He is an energy auditor. He dealt with strategic management, process optimization, restructuring processes and investments. He managed large teams of people.

In the years 1995 – 2006 he worked for DGA SA, a company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He started his career as a consultant, then he was a project manager, director of the strategy department, director of the energy department and vice-president of the Management Board (including during the IPO period).

In 2007 he became a co-founder of CREO Consulting Sp. z o.o. – President of the Management Board, then managing partner. The CREO company dealt with consulting projects in the field of M&A, capital investments and specialized in the renewable energy, energy and pharmacy industries.

In 2012, he was the founder of a fund entity: BioEn Ventures BMV Sp. z o.o. SK specializing in the development of investments in the field of renewable energy. In the following years, he was the founder and developed further SPVs in the renewable energy sector. In the years (2016-2019) he was a Member of the Management Board and Managing Director in the IT industry of XTRF Management Systems SA belonging to the Experior Venture Fund (VC) investment portfolio.

Krzysztof Berdzik

Partner of Accelero Ventures / Founder

Krzysztof Berdzik is a graduate of the University of Economics in Poznań with a specialization in Capital Investments and Corporate Financial Strategies and Hochschule Für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin. He graduated from the PhD studies at the University of Economics in Poznań, and for his scientific achievements in the field of research on capital markets, he received the Dean’s Award of the University of Economics in Poznań.

Founder and Managing Partner of the Accelero Ventures investment fund established with the Polish Development Fund (PFR) and private investors.

Previously, as a manager and president of the management board of a consulting company (DGA and Creo Consulting), for several years he supported the development of both international corporations and the largest Polish enterprises as well as start-ups. In consulting, he specialized in the area of strategic consulting and business optimization.

As a member of the management board of investment companies BioEn Ventures and Volt.On he specialises in tangible and capital investments in the field of renewable energy sources, he managed a portfolio of “green” projects for several years. He also developed the activities of companies in this industry as a board member and director of innovation (EneCrops, Acceler.On, iTen, Involta, Amper.On)

For almost three years, he also served as a supervisory board member of the venture capital fund Tredecim Innovation Fund.

An expert in the field of investment activities, “green” business, increasing the value of the organization, strategic management, process optimization and restructuring activities.