Meet Our Team

Here you can meet our team and the Huge mentor's family.

Here you can meet our team and Huge mentor's family. We are a team of innovation ecosystem creators with years of experience under our belts.

Are you interested in joining us? Read our story and if you feel that your personal and professional profile match the Huge Thing team, send us your application to JoinTheTeam@hugething.vc

Monika
Synoradzka

CEO and Managing Partner at SpeedUp group

Natalia
Sadownik

Delivery Lead, Senior Program Manager

Maryla
Wojcieszek

Interim Head of Knowledge, Innovation Shaper

Agnieszka
Cichocka

Head of
Acceleration

Damian
Wielechowski

Senior Marketing and Communication Manager

Magda
Stachowiak

Project Manager

Zuza
Kowala

Innovation Manager, Project Manager

Kaja
Kulas

Program
Manager

Mateusz
Szymański

Junior Program Manager

Nala

Community Builder

Who we are?

We are a team of enthusiasts who support organizations at every stage of the process of working with innovations.

So, if you like people, love startups, and if you are interested in the startup's ecosystem – Huge Thing is a good place for you 🙂

Are you interested
in joining us?

Read our story and if you feel that you match to our team, send the application on JoinTheTeam@hugething.vc

Meet Our Mentors
and Experts

‘Huge Thing is about mentoring’ – this motto describes us the best.
Our main focus is on high-quality mentoring and professional workshops. We work with many experts from all around the world to support our partners and startups.

Kuba
Dudek

Partner at SpeedUp Venture Capital Group

Bartek
Gola

General Partner at SpeedUp Energy Innovation

Tomasz
Czapliński

Partner at SpeedUp Venture Capital Group

Marta
Czartoryska-Żak

Grupa PEP - Polskie ePłatności S.A.

Armin
Konjalic

ITEZ

Szymon
Szymczyk

Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Max
Moldenhauer

Sunfish Partners

Marcus
Erken

Sunfish Partners

Chris Radoszewski

uPacjenta

Bartosz
Majewski

Casbeg.com

Karol
Wątrobiński

WN Legal Wątrobiński Nartowski

Paweł
Markiewicz

Ekol Logistics

Artur
Brzyski

R&D Consultant

Olga
Zelent

Codecool

Maciej
Cielecki

10Clouds

Filip
Miłoszewski

Listonic

Joanna
Drabent

Prowly

Damien
Organ

Cleeng

Jakob
Jakubov

GetYourSports

Luca
Ferraro

Cisco

Przemysław Gerschmann

Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW)

Maiko
Schaffrath

Impact Hustlers

Jakub
Musiałek

UnitDoseOne

Miłosz
Wójcik

Center.ai

Agnieszka Maciejowska

Plan Be Eco

Miguel
Quintas

Parcela Já

Amalia
Agathou

Innovation Consultant

Piotr
Serwin

Fintech Trends Poland

Radosław
Kos

SAP

Matt
Kurleto

Neoteric

Ammar
Akhtar

Finalrentals.com

David
Normington

Designer, Teacher and Storyteller

Łukasz
Abramowicz

Amazon

Przemysław
Barszcz

Booksy

Giselle
Frederick

Outlier Ventures

Grzegorz
Maciaszek

SolHotAir

Hubert
Lewiński

Netrix Ventures

Oksana
Lymańska

Investment advisor and Consultant

Yaroslav
Yaroslavskiy

Alphico Capital

Hubert
Tworkowski

Marketing and Business Development

Paweł
Wrzeszcz

Vosbor

Krzysztof
Pulkiewicz

Unifiedpost Group

Michał
Górecki

Doniec Górecki & Partnerzy

Tomasz
Palak

Radca prawny

Filip
Dębowski

Dobry Przodek

Robert
Łukomski

Hevelius Advisory

Michał
Dubisz

Uber

Przemysław
Koralewski

Nasdaq

Magdalena
Smolak

Polish Investment and Trade Agency

Elena
Zhukova

Lufthansa Systems

Filip
Duszczak

InStream Group

Georgi
Gruev

Lawyer

Agnieszka
Płoska

agaploska.com

Krzysztof
Herdzik

herdzik.pro

Mateusz
Paprocki

Neoteric

Mateusz
Kapica

Widelab

Ewa Stelmasiak

The Welness Institiute of Poland

Tomasz
Maciejewski

Content Way

Anita
Kijanka

Pointer.Capital

Agnieszka
Kranz

Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Joanna Grandzicka

TEAL Action Learning Global

Jarek
Dudko

International Business Development

Sara
Koślińska

Limitless

Natalia
Florek

Natalia Florek Personal Branding

Jerzy
Potocki

Efinity

Tomasz
Białas

Google Cloud

Marcin
Kalkhoff

Brand Doctor

Krzysztof
Zalasa

Google Cloud

Maciej
Kraus

Movens Capital

Małgorzata
Kusyk

AgilePMO

Marta
Klimowicz

Monterail

Łukasz
Nowacki

Neoteric

Stanisław
Sarnecki

CIC

Katarzyna
Nowakowska

CIC

Zuzanna
Śleszyńska

Lettly

Zuzanna
Mazurek

Packhelp

Damian
Szalewicz

SellWise

Anna
Kowalska

Business Consultant,
OKR coach

Agnieszka
Węglarz

Business practitioner
and strategist

Piotr
Bucki

Business and value proposition consultant

Patrick L. Young

Valereum PLC

Soso
Sazeh

43

Jerzy
Kurgan

INNOVATIKA

Darius
Moeini

BIA

Dominik
Coryell

Shopify

Daniel
Bartel

Wir bauen Zukunft eG

Piotr
Mroziński

Ommi

Kamila
Sidor

Cosmic

Matt
Tarczyński

Woodpecker

Greg
Pietruszyński

Growbots

Michał
Pajdak

ePsycholodzy.pl

Janusz
Berta

Jobcall.ai

Adam
Czajkowski

JCD

Justyna
Wojtczak

Proxi.cloud

Konrad
Latkowski

Aula Polska

Tomasz
Snażyk

Startup Poland

Dominik
Golenia

Fitatu

Łukasz
Turczyński

Packhelp

Dirk
Lehmann

Dirk Lehmann & Partners

Artur
Jabłoński

digitalk

Anthony
Hsiao

Matterway

Jakub
Szczepanik

Agile Consultant, Coach & Trainer

Borys
Musielak

SMOK Ventures

Zofia
Górska

Pathfinder 23

Jonas
Kwashik

Invisible Foods

Łukasz
Anwajler

Ramp Network

Syed Asad
Hussein

Hubstaff

Robert
Marczak

Takaoto.pro

Andrea
Barrica

Mahway

Jacek
Kotarbiński

Wyższa Szkoła Administracji i Biznesu im. E. Kwiatkowskiego w Gdyni

Frauke
Mispagel

Ärzte ohne Grenzen Deutschland

Jan
Zając

Sotrender

Kamil
Barbarski

Walkaboutyou

Klaudia
Błach-Morysińska

ZM Legal

Marc
Wesselink

venturerock

Tomasz
Wątorowski

3D Bistro

Tee
Dobinson

Aspire Leadership

Erik
Anderson

SIQ Basketball

Krzysztof
Klimczak

Authologic

Dominik
Jęchorek

FIBARO

Michał
Kordaczuk

Dentons

Tomasz Piotr
Sidewicz

Professional negotiator & Social influence and lie expert

Szymon
Kubicki

VersaBox

Andrzej
Pyra

Santander Bank Polska

Aleksander
Libera

Bolt

Dev
Singh

Design, Agility & Leadership Coach

Jędrzej
Iwaszkiewicz

The Heart

Mateusz
Puszczyński

Skład Prosty

Jacek
Wieczorek

202 procent

Piotr
Sekulski

Booksy

Konrad
Synoradzki

Allegro

Dariusz
Knopiński

Allegro

Łukasz
Młodyszewski

Affirm

Chris
Kwacz

Meet Hydrogen

Maria
Połońska

Google

Jasiek
Kowalski

MEDmeetsTECH

Bianca
Praetorius

CHERRISH.one

Max
Salamonowicz

ACR Systems SA

Dawid
Piaskowski

Productz MIB GmbH

Kamil
Dziadkiewicz

Fitatu

Aga
Szóstek

Strategic Experience Designer, speaker

Bartosz
Mozyrko

GoDaddy

Adam
Szyszka

Warsaw School of Economics

Kamila
Wincenciak

Alior Bank

Michał
Babicz

Strategic Experience Designer, speaker

Sebastian
Wawrzyniak

SWLEX

Marek
Przystas

Olini

Arek
Skuza

Future Processing

Mateusz
Szajdak

PwC

Tomek
Sienicki

Prown

Igor
Zaharjasz

Visa

Agnieszka
Simon-Adamczewska

korrelat grupa doradcza

Michalina
Bienioszek

aion

Joanna
Pluta

WealthArc

Solomiya
Zahray

Intellias

Monika
Wójcik-Morawska

korrelat grupa doradcza

Mariusz
Ożga

Santander Consumer Bank

Przemysław
Pustelny

Unravel

Kamil
Kozieł

PrezART

Paweł
Przerwa

Freelance UX Design Consultant & Mentor

Jonathan
Chester

Bitwage

Wojtek
Smajda

Zendesk

Marcin
Zaremba

uPacjenta.pl

Péter
Kovács

xo.company

Anna
Hergarten

adesso SE

Tilo
Hergarten

Emons

Adam
Hosciło

Arabella Labs

Sabrina
Staniewska

Roche

Agnieszka
Lewandowska

Innovation Consultant

Michał
Brański

Grupa Wirtualna Polska

Michal
Rozynek

Independent Consultant

Matic
Bitent

Toshl

Piotr
Dąbek

Paypo

Kamil
Rejent

Survicate

Mikołaj
Małaczyński

Legimi

Julian
Sametinger

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Jamo
Siódmiak

313C

Alan
Arent

Evojam

Mikołaj
Małaczyński

Legimi

Questions?

We are more than happy to answer!

Monika Synoradzka

CEO of Huge Thing and managing partner at Speedup group

Monika together with the HT team is responsible for the company’s development in startup acceleration and activities aimed at supporting organizations from the private and public sectors in their work with innovations.

She specializes in implementing innovations in organizations and building a culture of innovation in companies from various sectors. For years, she has supported the development of Poland’s startup environment.

Monika is also a Managing Partner at SpeedUp Venture Capital Group.
Thanks to her knowledge and experience, she helps portfolio companies to understand the operation of large organizations and corporations and prepare to work with them. She also supports them in building business relationships.

Natalia Sadownik

Delivery Lead, Senior Program Manager

Natalia joined Huge Thing in 2019. As a Senior Program Manager, she implements acceleration and educational programs (Poland Prize, PlusJeden do Rozwoju) in line with Huge Thing’s standards.

As a Delivery Lead, she focuses on the operation of Huge Thing as an organization, financial issues, team planning, and quality of activities carried out by the company. Natalia loves to sail around Masuria and Croatia, and on gray days eats sushi and watches tennis.

Maryla Wojcieszek

Interim Head of Knowledge, Innovation Shaper

As Innovation Shaper at Huge Thing, Maryla supports large organizations in processes related to innovation. That includes, among others:  ‘as is’ diagnosis, analysis and (re-)design of processes, innovation framework design, structuring the work of innovation teams, and facilitating cooperation with startups. As the Interim Head of Knowledge, Maryla is responsible for the materialization and transfer of knowledge as well as talent management within the Huge Thing team. She designs and creates new products/services based on internal knowledge resources as well as new models of delivery and dissemination. She’s also a workshop designer and facilitator.

Experienced designer of (public) programs supporting the startup ecosystem in Poland. In her professional experience, as an Expert in the Startup Development Department at PARP, Maryla co-created, among others, the Scale UP program – the first public acceleration program connecting startups and corporations.

A gardener and a LEGO fan.

Agnieszka Cichocka

Head of Acceleration

Agnieszka joined Huge Thing in 2021. She is responsible for our acceleration programs. She is passionate about art, technology, and gendered innovations. Previously, Director of District Hall Warsaw and Startup Development Department Manager at Incubator Starter. 

Co-creator of Techseed.me technological acceleration program and the first coliving space in Poland for digital nomads. 

Damian Wielechowski

Senior Marketing and Communication Manager

Damian manages the external and internal communications of SpeedUp Group, including Huge Thing. He joined the team in 2017 and since then has been working with business representatives, business environment institutions, public administration, media, and the academic community.

In addition to activities related to Speedup Group, Damian supports the fund’s portfolio companies in the area of marketing and PR. He has served on the jury of many competitions, including ImpactCEE, and acted as a mentor at startup events such as hackathons and Startup Weekend.

Damian is also the author of the Poznan Startup Guide and co-author of the Krakow Startup Guide, as well as organizer of many events dedicated to startups and investors.

Magda Stachowiak

Project Manager

Magda joined Huge Thing in 2021. Responsible for our Gov Tech inno_Lab acceleration programs and cooperation with the public administration. She runs projects for smart city. She is also responsible for building bridges between innovators – corporations, startups and the administration.

Previously, since 2015, she cooperated on our projects for Gov Tech and corporations. Connected with the Poznań Startup Community. Experience in organizing events for the MedTech community. She worked in advertising and interactive agencies, creating brand campaigns and loyalty programs. She helped implement technologies into the organization.

Passionate about personal development, psychobiology, and supporting women in creating businesses. The creator of the projects Kobiecy Poznań Przebudzenie and Joy of Life.

Zuza Kowala

Innovation Manager, Program Manager

Zuza joined Huge Thing in 2021. She is responsible for acceleration programs like GovTech Inno_Lab and Żabka Future Lab.

Also as Maryla, Zuza supports large organizations in processes related to innovation. That includes, among others: design of processes, innovation framework design, structuring the work of innovation teams and facilitating cooperation with startups.

Before joining Innovation Monsters, Zuza led projects at Żabka Polska, earlier connected with automotive at Volkswagen Group Polska. In Żabka, she was responsible for project management, coordinating the teamwork according to the best practice – she was looking for the best way to keep the process alive.
Zuza is also a sportaholic, innovation seeker, and book lover.

Kaja Kulas

Program Manager

Kaja joined the Huge Thing team in May 2022. For several years she’s been connected with the startup ecosystem. She helps international startups in growing their businesses in Poland and across Europe.

In Huge Thing, Kaja is responsible for project management which include running educational programs for startups in their development and acceleration phase. She organizes events, workshops and trainings for the program participants. She monitors their growth and connects with partners and technology recipes. Also, Kaja takes care of relations, community building, recruitments and explorations of startups’ needs to bring them the best value of our programmes.

Before Huge Thing, she gained her experience in Poznan Science and Technology Park developing international projects funded by the European Commission. Kaja was a part of the PSTP Capital Fund and Regional Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union. She is passionate about travels, sports, music and dogs. Kaja is a happy “dog mom” of our team member – Nala whom you can pet while visiting us. :)

 

Mateusz Szymański

Junior Program Manager

Tech and innovation enthusiasts, especially those with positive social impact, Greentech, and health tech solutions. In Huge Thing, Mateusz is responsible for co-running acceleration programs. In 2022 he was co-running the 12th edition of the Google for Startups pre-acceleration program. 

Previously he worked in the sales and product departments, where he was responsible for outreach activities and product communication. He’s also gained experience in project coordination and internal communication, working as a Spokesperson for Poznań’s department of NGO organization The Polish Forum of Young Diplomats. He was a co-creator of the social campaign “Paragraphs without blunder” which mission was to educate high school students about their rights.

During his spare time, he likes to read about international politics and the economy. Strategic games enjoyer. He’ll surely like to play chess with you.

Nala

Cummunity Builder

Since 2022 Nala has been working like a dog to build the Huge Thing community.

She’s always happy to welcome you in our office and you can be sure to get a huuuge hug from her!

PS: don’t forget to bring some treats.

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