Investors & partners
PRE-SEED ROUND · 2026

Helping every European household through the first 72 hours.

SurvivalZone.EU is a crisis readiness app that turns one sentence about a crisis into a clear, personal plan. We are raising €670,000 to launch across Europe on 1 September 2027.

AT A GLANCE
STAGEPre-seed
RAISING€670,000
RUNWAY18 months
LAUNCH1 Sep 2027
MARKETEU-27
BASED INSilesia, PL
OPPORTUNITY

Europe now asks every household to cope alone for 72 hours

The demand is being created by governments. SurvivalZone.EU turns a policy goal into something a family can act on in seconds.

72h

EU self-sufficiency goal

The EU Preparedness Union Strategy (March 2025) sets a goal of minimum 72-hour population self-sufficiency.

2026

National 72-hour guides

Member states such as Latvia and Denmark publish 72-hour guides for citizens.

20

Citizens' recommendations

The European Citizens' Panel on preparedness calls for wider communication of household 72-hour guidance.

Sources: European Commission; EU Civil Protection Knowledge Network.

A large market, activated by policy

203.1M

EU households

Every one is asked to prepare for 72 hours. (Eurostat, 2025)

47.5M

Households with children

23.4% of EU households, our core segment. (Eurostat, 2025)

$536M

European survival kits

Growing to $671M by 2031, 8.25% a year. (Growth Market Reports; BlueWeave)

92,000

EU municipalities

Potential customers for readiness licences. (Eurostat NUTS/LAU)

Our 2029 goal of 400,000 users equals about 0.2% of EU households.

PRODUCT & TRACTION

Built by the founder and live today

Describe the situation in plain words, get prioritised steps, a personal 72-hour checklist and, next, a safe way out.

See the product

Building in public

FOUNDING MEMBERS…

Goal: the first 1,000 email subscribers.

MODEL & FUNDING

Free to start, three ways to earn

Premium

Offline app, family profiles and alerts. Assumption: 3% of users at €39 a year.

Gear kits

Scenario-based equipment. Assumption: 2% of users buy an €80 kit a year, 35% margin.

Licences

White-label readiness for municipalities and employers. Assumption: €4,000 a year on average.

SCENARIOUSERSREVENUEGROSS PROFIT
202720,000€48k€25k
2028120,000€334k€195k
2029400,000€1.18M€714k

A scenario built from the stated assumptions, not a forecast or a guarantee.

€670,000 over 18 months

Committed at signing and paid in two tranches: €300,000 at signing, securing the first 12 months, and €370,000 after milestone M6 (5,000 subscribers and app beta).

Team€246,000 · 36.7%
Growth in 6 European markets€200,000 · 29.9%
Product and app€84,000 · 12.5%
Pilots with organisations€40,000 · 6.0%
Legal and administration€30,000 · 4.5%
Reserve€70,000 · 10.4%
JOURNEY & ROADMAP

From idea to platform in ten months

Every step so far was built by the founder, without outside funding.

10months of work
81k+views across social media
5social channels
€0outside funding

Last updated: 5 October 2026. Views: TikTok 52.8k and YouTube 14k (last 12 months), Instagram 10.5k (last 90 days), Facebook 3.9k (last 28 days), X estimated. A minimum: older Instagram and Facebook views are not included.

  1. EARLY 2026
    The idea
    Rooted in family: my late father traded survival and outdoor gear offline. I wanted to take that idea into the digital age.
  2. 11 JANUARY 2026
    Domain and server registered
    survivalzone.eu, a name built for all of Europe from day one.
  3. SPRING 2026
    Brand and first shop attempts
    Logo and identity created; first attempts to launch a classic online shop.
  4. 31 MARCH 2026
    Social media launched
    Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube, with the first posts published the same day.
  5. SUMMER 2026
    The pivot
    From another web shop to something new: an app that turns a crisis into a calm, step-by-step plan.
  6. SEPTEMBER 2026
    Platform live
    New website, crisis assistant beta, free 72h Starter Pack and the founding members list.
  7. OCTOBER 2026
    Ready for partners
    Investor deck and whitepaper, Polish version, brand film, welcome emails and legal pages in two languages.

From beta to a pan-European launch

  1. NOW
    First 1,000 founding members
    Content engine and communities across Europe.
  2. M1 TO M2
    Round closes, founder full time, full platform live
    Senior developer and growth marketer hired.
  3. M6
    5,000 subscribers and offline app beta
    Trigger for the second tranche.
  4. 1 SEPTEMBER 2027
    Full platform launch
    Premium plans, gear kits, 6 languages (9 by April 2028).
  5. M18
    50,000 users, 1,500 paying, first pilots
    Municipality pilots in Poland, Germany and the Nordics. Seed round.
TEAM

A founder who lives the topic and knows how to deliver

"Crisis readiness is a logistics problem: supplies, stock, routes and timing. That is what I have done for ten years."

Dawid Marcinkowski

Dawid MarcinkowskiFounder · SurvivalZone.EU

A builder driven by helping people get ready for a crisis.

  • Survival and bushcraft enthusiast, building for a community he belongs to.
  • E-commerce founder: 6 years running his own online stores, from budgets and suppliers to web, marketing and fulfilment teams.
  • Operations leader: 10 years in logistics and warehouse management for major European retail and logistics groups.
  • Built SurvivalZone.EU end to end and goes full time as soon as the round closes.

Hiring next: senior developer, growth marketer for European markets, advisors in civil protection and public-sector sales.

GET THE DECK

Available to qualified investors

Request the investor deck

Tell us a little about you. The founder replies personally, usually within two working days.

Prefer email? dawid@survivalzone.eu

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FAQ

Questions investors ask

What stage is SurvivalZone.EU at?

Pre-seed. The website, the free 72h Starter Pack and the crisis assistant beta are live, built without outside funding. The round finances the team, the offline app and the pan-European launch on 1 September 2027.

How much are you raising, and on what terms?

€670,000, committed at signing and paid in two tranches. Terms are discussed individually with qualified investors.

Who can invest?

We are speaking with business angels, pre-seed funds and accelerators. We also welcome partnerships with municipalities, civil protection bodies and corporate partners.

What is the legal structure?

SurvivalZone.EU is currently run by Ecommersy Dawid Marcinkowski, Poland. A limited company will be set up for the investment before closing.

How will you reach users across Europe?

Short videos, communities, referrals and creators, all driven by the free Starter Pack, with paid campaigns in six markets once the app beta can convert visitors. Organisations are reached through pilots with municipalities.