Carpathia Capital Alternatywna Spolka Inwestycyjna S.A. is a private equity and venture capital arm of INC Spolka Akcyjna specializing in investments in seed, start-up, and early growth companies. It seeks to invest in financial instruments issued by SMEs operating in Central and Eastern Europe. The firm invests in small and medium sized companies in Poland and Romanian non-public and Central and Eastern Europe public and private companies. It invests between RON 0.2 million ($0.04 million) and RON 1 million ($0.24 million) per company. The firm prefers to invest mainly in listed and to be listed on the AeRO Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, NewConnect Alternative Trading System, the Main Market of Warsaw Stock Exchange and Catalyst Bond Market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. It prefers to take minority stakes in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments between one to three years and exits its investments via an IPO or private placement. It acquires shares and other securities issued by companies and has no trade preferences. Carpathia Capital Alternatywna Spolka Inwestycyjna S.A. was founded in April, 2014 and is based in Poznan, Poland.