Lucanus Polagnoli

Lucanus Polagnoli is an Austrian investor and a founder and managing partner of Calm/Storm Ventures, a super early-stage venture capital fund he helped startfounded in 2020. Calm/Storm puts its focus on people's talents, not specific industries, butand the firm is interested in digital solutions that improve health and the planet.

HePolagnoli has invested in more than fifty super-early-stage ventures and has demonstrated his ability to pick winning cases wherein which entrepreneurs build both outstanding products and big businesses. He believes in the power of community and lifelong learning, joining the Kauffman Fellows venture capital development program in the United States.

Since 2004, Lucanus Polagnoli has worked as a financial consultant and investment professional for startupsstart-ups, venture capital firms, corporations, and small PE funds. He has also served on the boards of Keleya Digital-Health Solutions, Blueheart, and whatchado.

Before founding Calm/Storm in 2020, he was the general partner and CFO at Speedinvest from 2014 to 2019. At Speedinvest, he invested in early-stage technology startupsstart-ups, such as SecondNature, Thinksono, Doctorly, Playbrush, and Diagnosia.

Prior to SpeedInvest, from 2010 to 2013, Polagnoli worked for Erhard F. Grossnigg Private Equity Group (now Austro Holding) helping entrepreneurs turn around their businesses from 2010 to 2013. He began his career at KPMG Australia in the merger and acquisition, advisory, and audit group, working there from 2004 to 2010.

Lucanus Polagnoli lives with his wife and three children in Vienna, Austria. He also enjoys racing sailing boats in his home area of Lake Attersee and Salzkammergut, also in Austria.

Lucanus Polagnoli earned a master of international business administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 2004 and a master of international management from CEMS, the Global Alliance in Management Education, in 2006. He also spent an exchange semester at Kingston Univesity in London in 2002.

Lucanus Polagnoli lives with his wife and three children in Vienna, Austria. He enjoys racing sailing boats in his home area of Lake Attersee and Salzkammergut in Austria.

Lucanus Polagnoli is an Austrian investor and a founder and managing partner of Calm/Storm Ventures, a super early-stage venture capital fund he helped start in 2020. Calm/Storm puts theirits focus on people's talents, not specific industries, however,but theythe dofirm lookis atinterested in digital solutions that improve health and the planet.

He has invested in more than fifty super-early-stage ventures and demonstrated his ability to pick and win thosewinning cases where entrepreneurs build both outstanding products and big businesses. He believes in the power of community and the concept of lifelong learning, therefore has joinedjoining the Kauffman Fellows venture capital development program in the United States.

Lucanus Polagnoli lives with his wife and three children in Vienna, Austria. He also enjoys racing sailing boats in his home area of Lake Attersee and Salzkammergut, also in Austria.

Lucanus Polagnoli earned a master of international business administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 2004 and a master of international management from CEMS, the Global Alliance in Management Education, in 2006. He also spent an exchange semester at Kingston Univesity in London in 2002.

Lucanus Polagnoli is an Austrian investor and a founder and managing partner of Calm/Storm, a super early-stage venture capital fundventure capital fund. Calm/Storm puts their focus on people's talents, not specific industries, however, they do look at digital solutions that improve healthhealth and wellbeing-centered companies. Prior to Calm/Storm, he was the general partner and CFO at Speedinvest, investing in early-stage tech startups such as SecondNature, Thinksono, Doctorly, Playbrush, and Diagnosia. Since 2004, he has worked as a financial consultant and investment professional for startups, venture capital, corporates, and small PE fundsplanet. He has also served on the boards of Keleya Digital-Health Solutions, Blueheart, and whatchado.

https://youtube.com/shorts/QEygU4sBWJA?feature=share

Prior to joining SpeedInvest in 2014, Polagnoli worked for Erhard F. Grossnigg Private Equity Group (now Austro Holding) helping entrepreneurs turn around their businesses from 2010 to 2013. He began his career at KPMG Australia in the M&A, advisory, and audit group, working there from 2004 to 2010.

He has invested in more than fifty super-early-stage ventures and demonstrated his ability to pick and win those cases where entrepreneurs build both outstanding products and big businesses. He believes in the power of community and the concept of lifelong learning, therefore has joined the Kauffman Fellows venture capital development program in the United States.

Since 2004, Lucanus Polagnoli has worked as a financial consultant and investment professional for startups, venture capital, corporations, and small PE funds. He has also served on the boards of Keleya Digital-Health Solutions, Blueheart, and whatchado.

Before founding Calm/Storm in 2020, he was the general partner and CFO at Speedinvest from 2014 to 2019. At Speedinvest, he invested in early-stage technology startups such as SecondNature, Thinksono, Doctorly, Playbrush, and Diagnosia.

Prior to SpeedInvest, Polagnoli worked for Erhard F. Grossnigg Private Equity Group (now Austro Holding) helping entrepreneurs turn around their businesses from 2010 to 2013. He began his career at KPMG Australia in the merger and acquisition, advisory, and audit group, working there from 2004 to 2010.

Lucanus Polagnoli lives with his wife and three children in Vienna, AustriaVienna, Austria. He also enjoys racing sailing boats in his home area of Lake AtterseeLake Attersee and SalzkammergutSalzkammergut.

https://youtube.com/shorts/QEygU4sBWJA?feature=share

Lucanus Polagnoli lives with his wife and three children in Vienna, Austria. He also enjoys racing sailing boats in his home area of Lake Attersee and Salzkammergut.

Lucanus Polagnoli is a founder and managing partner of Calm/Storm, a super early-stage venture capital fund. Calm/Storm puts their focus on people's talents, not specific industries, however, they do look at digital health and wellbeing-centered companies. Prior to Calm/Storm, he was the general partner and CFO at Speedinvest, investing in early-stage tech startups such as SecondNature, Thinksono, Doctorly, Playbrush, and Diagnosia. Since 2004, he has worked as a financial consultant and investment professional for startups, venture capital, corporates, and small PE funds. He has also served on the boards of Keleya Digital-Health Solutions, Blueheart, and whatchado.

Prior to joining SpeedInvest in 2014, Polagnoli worked for Erhard F. Grossnigg Private Equity Group (now Austro Holding) helping entrepreneurs turn around their businesses from 2010 to 2013. He began his career at KPMG Australia in the M&A, advisory, and audit group, working there from 2004 to 2010.

Lucanus founded Calm/Storm Ventures in 2020 with the aim to build a new platform of successful founders supporting new entrepreneurs: the Calm/Storm Academy. It's build around a unique network of experienced founders who are investing funds and knowledge. The concept of pairing a boutique fund with a unique founder network came whilehe was a fund manager at Speedinvest. Lucanus was a general partner at Speedinvest acting as the CFO and personally led investments focused on digital health companies including Playbrush, Ourpath, Ivary, BloomDiagnostics, Doctorly or ThinkSono. Prior to Speedinvest, Lucanus was managing director in one of the startups supported by Hansi Hansmann, one of the leading Business Angels in Austria. Lucanus holds Master degrees in Marketing (WU Vienna) and International Management (CEMS) and spent years in financial consulting, M&A and restructuring.

Lucanus founded Calm/Storm Ventures in 2020 with the aim to build a new platform of successful founders supporting new entrepreneurs: the Calm/Storm Academy. It's build around a unique network of experienced founders who are investing funds and knowledge. The concept of pairing a boutique fund with a unique founder network came whilehe was a fund manager at Speedinvest. Lucanus was a general partner at Speedinvest acting as the CFO and personally led investments focused on digital health companies including Playbrush, Ourpath, Ivary, BloomDiagnostics, Doctorly or ThinkSono. Prior to Speedinvest, Lucanus was managing director in one of the startups supported by Hansi Hansmann, one of the leading Business Angels in Austria. Lucanus holds Master degrees in Marketing (WU Vienna) and International Management (CEMS) and spent years in financial consulting, M&A and restructuring.