Welcome to another episode of StartUP with Poland – the show where we deep dive into Poland’s startup ecosystem.
This time Tessa McIver talks to Mateusz Maj, CEO of VivaDrive.
Mateusz (Matt) has a double pHd in mathematics and economics and before founding VivaDrive, collected a plethora of experience at leading financial institutions and also lived in Belgium for a number of years.
Let’s find out more about VivaDrive and about what motivates Matt.
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