Gerald Pollak's path is unusual for a European VC: he started at 3VC, left to co-found Blocktorch, a crypto infrastructure tooling company that was later sold to thirdweb, and then returned to 3VC as Principal, giving him direct hands-on experience building in Web3 before going back to investing. He also focuses on a specific niche within crypto, discussing which parts of the stablecoin stack are truly defensible, and outside of work he's known as a former national team rower.
About their Fund
Sectors
AI, SaaS, Fintech, Health, Ecommerce
Rounds
Series A - Series B+
Avg Check Size
Up to €10M
Notable Investments
3VC was built to give strong startups in Austria, CEE, and the DACH region the Series A funding and international investor access they need to grow instead of exiting too early, backing only about 3-4 companies a year and pairing them with top co-investors and an operator-heavy team of former startup founders. It stays closely involved through hard times, drawing on a venture-partner bench that includes people like ex-UiPath leaders and ICQ cofounder Yair Goldfinger, and by 2022 its concentrated portfolio included three unicorn-level outcomes and a $150M fund that was the largest Series A-focused fund in Austria at the time.
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