ABOUT
Still in the arena.
Lech Kaniuk is a Polish-Swedish serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has founded 10+ companies, raised €150M+ in capital, and authored three books on building and funding startups in Europe.
I co-founded PizzaPortal in 2005 — Poland's first online food delivery platform — when "order food online" sounded like a university project, not a business. We built it to 3 million users and a successful exit to Delivery Hero. I didn't plan any of it. I just couldn't stop.
Then SunRoof — Europe's first online solar marketplace, letting homeowners design and order solar panels from their browser. We raised capital, scaled across four markets, and I learned more about hardware, regulation, and the limits of my own stamina than I ever wanted to.
Today I'm building Grasperly (AI knowledge management) and AskMeEvo (no-code AI agent platform), investing through Eleven Ventures across Central and Eastern Europe, and writing books for founders who don't have time for MBA-speak. Three books: The Two Numbers, Siła Pędu, Anioł w Piekle.
The site exists because I kept giving the same advice in the same coffee shops to the same founders with the same problems. It's cheaper to write it down.
Key moments
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2005
Co-founded PizzaPortal in Warsaw. First server was under my desk.
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2007
First €1M in GMV. Hired a proper engineer.
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2010
Expansion to Czech Republic and Slovakia. Learned that every market is different and the same.
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2015
PizzaPortal acquired by Delivery Hero. First real exit.
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2016
Started SunRoof. Decided hardware couldn't be that different from software. Was wrong. Did it anyway.
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2018
SunRoof active in 4 European markets. Raised €8M Series A.
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2021
Joined Eleven Ventures as Venture Partner. Started seeing 200+ deals a year.
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2022
Founded Grasperly. Couldn't find a knowledge tool that actually worked for builders.
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2023
Founded AskMeEvo. Published The Two Numbers.
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2024
Published Siła Pędu and Anioł w Piekle.
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2025
Still building. Still investing. Still writing.