We nurture Slovak and CEE entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing and supporting high-potential teams, while using proceeds from these investments to support a not-for-profit causes. Both of these provide an intense meaning to what we do and help us sharpen our focus and persevere where others would give up.
Founder(s) Attributes
Investment Criteria
Moral Character
Impeccable reputation, strong moral character and high integrity are a MUST.
Sizeable Market
We invest primarily into companies, with world-market leadership potential, ideally with product verified by first customers.
Investment
Our investment range is from EUR 100k to over 2m, with optimum at EUR 0.5m.
We do not review companies without a reference. If you want to contact us, please get a member from our networks to make an enthusiastic introduction. Investments are executed via our fund GROWWS SICAV.
Portfolio
Team
Michal Pastier
Partner (Deal Sourcing)
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Michal Pastier
Partner (Deal Sourcing)
Michal is a Burning Man enthusiast, co-founder and creative director of ZARAGUZA and BigName. With over 100 awards for creativity and efficiency of campaigns he worked on, he is one of the most awarded ad creators in the region. Michal studied Marketing at Comenius University.
Filip Fischer
Partner (Deal Sourcing)
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Filip Fischer
Partner (Deal Sourcing)
Filip is the CEO of gaming studio Charged Monkey and the head of co-working space GameDevHub in Prague. Prior to that, he co-founded Pixel Federation, the largest gaming firm in Slovakia.
Stefan Surina
Partner (Legal)
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Stefan Surina
Partner (Legal)
Stefan worked as a manager at Deloitte’s Prague office, where he was responsible for IT- and IP-related advisory. Stefan holds degrees in Law and Computer Science from Charles University.
Peter Irikovsky
Partner (Supervisory Board)
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Peter Irikovsky
Partner (Supervisory Board)
Peter turned Slevomat Group into one of the fastest growing internet firms in CEE with over €100M revenues, and a #1 in 6 countries. Before, he worked as a regional director at Groupon UK and a consultant with McKinsey and Company. Peter has a degree in Computer Science from Charles University.
Jan Buza
Associate
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Jan Buza
Associate
Jan helps screening portfolio companies. He leads Business Development at HubHub and previously worked a consultant at A.T. Kearney with a focus on product strategy and operations. Jan holds a CEMS master’s degree in International Management.