Held over three days from 29 to 31 May 2026, the conference brought together listed companies, brokers, asset managers and private investors from across the Polish capital markets.

Kiril Panov, Jerzy Bednarek, and Damian Andrzejewski, PhD represented Think First Capital One on the ground. Across the three days, the team took part in panel discussions, company presentations, and the informal conversations that tend to matter just as much as the scheduled agenda.

More than the usual networking promise

Conferences of this size often promise “great networking” without quite delivering on it. This one was different. The team came away with a strong, consistent impression: high energy throughout the venue, a genuinely large and engaged crowd, and a steady stream of productive conversations with people from across the industry — founders, fund managers, brokers and fellow investors alike.

A lot of conferences promise great networking. This one actually delivers.

For a firm built around a Poland–Western Balkans growth lens and operating through a regulated Polish ASI structure, being present at Poland’s flagship investor conference is a natural extension of where Think First Capital One already does business. Warsaw sits alongside Skopje as one of the platform’s two operating hubs, and events like Konferencja WallStreet are where a large part of the Polish capital markets community — the investors, advisers and companies the firm works alongside — shows up in one place.

Why it matters

Beyond the panels and presentations, conferences like this one are where relationships get built and ideas get tested in real time. For a platform focused on regional growth capital, staying close to the Polish investor community is part of staying close to the broader CEE opportunity set.

As Kiril Panov put it while on the ground in Karpacz: it’s always good to be in the right room.