Karol Hop

Managing Parner

Legal counsel specialized in legal services for venture capital investment funds, M&A transactions, as well as legal services for capital investments in innovative business ventures. Participated, including providing legal support, in the formation processes of several investment funds.

He provided legal support for dozens of M&A transactions and venture capital investments. His experience in this field includes legal due diligence of investment projects, legal and business negotiations of the terms and conditions of investment agreements and coordination of activities in all stages of the investment process, both in terms of investment entries of subsequent financing rounds and investment exits, as well as preparation of legal documentation in the areas mentioned above. Provides support to enterprises in the area of creating internal procedures for legal protection of the intellectual property produced and in the area of legal preparation of internal structures and processes of enterprises for investments by capital investors.

Former Chairman of the Board of the KPT Seed Fund, managing partner of the Leonarto Group since 2020. As Chairman of the Board of the KPT Seed Fund, he participated in the investment exit of Synerise S.A. specialising in the creation of an artificial intelligence cloud integrating various sales channels, providing the fund with a twenty-six-fold return on its investment. As a member of the Supervisory Boards of portfolio companies (including Bioceltix S.A., Nestmedic S.A., OK System S.A., Genomtec S.A.), he was and is in charge of controlling and supervising their activities and the rules of spending funds obtained from shareholders and supervising projects implemented by the companies.

Graduated from Jagiellonian University with a degree in law. Completed his legal advisor’s apprenticeship with the highest score in Cracow and one of the highest in Poland.

  • Karol Hop
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