Lukasz Gadowski
CEO, Team Europe Ventures Ltd.

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Short Bio Lukasz Gadowski: Lukasz (born 1977 in Prudnik, Poland) studied computer science and business in Paderborn, the University of Mannheim, the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL)and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. He received his degree in business management from the HHL in 2003. Lukasz started launching companies 1999 in his second semester (OPM Consulting GmbH, bCode GbR), without particular success. Following these early ventures, he started gaining more experience through internships (Mundwerk AG, Procter & Gamble, Infineon) and work as an independent consultant (Cosmic Art, Siemens Business Service, and more). Lukasz founded Spreadshirt in 2002 while still in school. Started without external financing, the company currently has about 300 employees, with main offices in Leipzig and offices throughout Europe and the USA. Lukasz is a passionate entrepreneur and a well known private investor and business angel, focusing on investments in seed and early-stage Internet companies. His portfolio includes amiando.de, autoki.com, imedo.de, dawanda,com, StudiVZ (sold to Holtzbrinck), Hitflip.de, Rapleaf.com, brands4friends.de, epulse.pl, Smava.de. He blogs at lakattack.com as well as at gruenderszene.de (German).