ZAKA VC is a pre-seed and seed venture capital fund investing in technology startups mainly in the US, UK, Baltic region, and Central Europe.

ZAKA VC

ZAKA VC is a pre-seed and seed venture capital fund investing in tech startups, primarily located in the US, UK, Baltic region, and Central Europe. The firm is founded by two serial entrepreneurs.

ZAKA VC | 2,926 followers on LinkedIn. Pre-seed &amp; seed VC fund, investing in tech start-ups mainly in the US, UK, Baltic region and Central Europe. | Pre-seed &amp; seed VC fund with over 50 investments, investing in tech start-ups mainly in the US, UK, Baltic region and Central Europe. Operating from Prague, London and Bratislava.

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Tomas Vysny

Early-stage Investor @ ZAKA VC

Ján Búza

ZAKA.VC | SORIA REALITY | CHATEAU HERÁLEC | PENATI GOLF RESORT | PENATI CLUB

Karolina Kasper

Associate @ ZAKA VC | Founder @ Zenergy

Samo Zálešák

🚨 A FEW SPOTS LEFT The special edition of legendary TRUESDAYS meetups is coming to Bratislava already next week on 5.11. so don’t miss out! Register now at: https://lu.ma/a9mw6uds Organised by Startup Kitchen and powered by Accace Slovakia and ZAKA VC , the packed program will be focused on the dynamics of co-founders and what it takes to build the ideal founding team. Program 17:30 | DOOR OPENING 18:00 | KEYNOTE SPEECH – Jozo Kovac , CEO of Ayanza , Co-founder of exponea (acquired by bloomreach) 18:15 | PANEL DISCUSSION – How many co-founders is too many? Speakers: Pašek Peter ( Accace Slovakia ), Ján Búza ( ZAKA VC ), Jozo Kovac (Ayanza, Exponea) Host: Bohumil Pokstefl , CEO of SaaSGarden 18:55 | OPEN MIC 19:00 | SPEED-DATING – Meet top investors one-on-one Investors: Adam Bočev ( Czech Founders VC ), Adam Ďurica ( Zero One Hundred ), Stefano Gentili ( Samira Advisors ), Ján Búza ( ZAKA VC ), Petra Konarikova ( Accace Slovakia ), Majo Porvažník ( Sparring ), Michal Kuba ( 3TS Capital Partners ) Register for Speed-Dating: https://lnkd.in/expG3wYG 19:45 | ROUNDTABLE – Led by Pašek Peter on how the number of founders affects financial health 19:00–22:00 | NETWORKING 📅 When: November 5, 2024 📍 Location: UNICORNER powered by Accace, BRATISLAVA 🇸🇰 🎟️ Reserve your spot here: 👉 https://lu.ma/a9mw6uds 👈 Come for insights, connections, and to meet the people driving the Slovak startup scene! hashtag #truesdays #startupcommunity #meetup #startups #business #vc #networking #bratislava #founders

NEW INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🥳 We are super excited about our most recent investment - ExoMatter led by Barbara Bachus and Josua Vieten . The platform leverages AI and quantum chemical modeling to revolutionize materials R&D, enabling companies to discover completely new materials optimized for performance, cost, and sustainability. ExoMatter accelerates the material development process by up to 90%, massively reducing costs and greenhouse gas emissions, also making the process not only faster and more efficient but also significantly more environmentally friendly. Congrats on the newest EUR 1.7m pre-seed round alongside fellow investors Vanagon.vc , Bloomhaus Ventures AG , 212 NexT , Bayern Kapital and female angels from encourageventures e.V. #investment #announcement #deeptech #industry #vc #startup #munich

We have partnered up with Startup Kitchen and Accace Slovakia and are happy to bring the legendary TRUESDAYS event to 🇸🇰 Bratislava on 5.11. again, for its second international edition. We are cooking up a great program for you (details and names coming soon) so be smart and secure your spot via the registration link in the comments 🤓 as the capacity is limited. #truesdays #event #networking #meetup #startup #community #investors

Just a kind reminder to all the founders out there raising in the next 6 months – you have less than 24 hours to apply for Focal 's W24 demo day ⏰ Any founder, from idea stage to Series A can apply in 7 minutes (link in the comments) and even those who don’t make it to demo day can get introductions to over 250 leading VC fund partners, including ZAKA VC #focal #startup #fundraising #vc #demoday

We are happy to share that we have partner up with Slovak PRO - Slovak Professionals and kicked off the partnership with an awesome Bier & Schnitzel invitation for the Czech & Slovak startup community in San Francisco 🍻 Huge thanks Milo Poplar and Michal Simkovic for organising and we are already looking forward to future 🇨🇿 & 🇸🇰 gatherings in SF and SV! Our colleagues Ján Kasper, Andrej Petrus and Ján Búza are spending one more week in the area so ping them a message in case you don't want to miss them! 👋

Ján Kasper, PhD., MBA, PhD. and Andrej Petrus are spending the next few weeks in 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley to gather some fresh insights and inspiration, but most of all, to meet some of our founders and network with local VCs and ecosystem players. 🤝 So make sure to ping them if you want to grab a coffee and chat! #siliconvalley #trip #VC #investor #network #business #usa

Big thanks to Kostiantyn Tupikov for this awesome article for ITKeyMedia 🙌 We were happy to shed some more light on our future plans connected with ZAKA VC Fund I as well as our beginnings and the path that got us here 🚀 Ján Kasper, PhD., MBA, PhD. | Peter Zálešák | Andrej Petrus | Shardule Shah, PhD, MBA | Martins Lasmanis

We understand that ✅ IDEA VALIDATION is one of the most critical phases in the very early stage of a startup. This is why we co-founded AceON Accelerator – ready to guide emerging founders all around Europe through this tough process and provide them with necessary knowledge and mentorship. Additionally, two startups of the upcoming Autumn batch will be awarded with 40k to accelerate their traction 💸 Make sure to submit your application by Sep 15th and get the much needed boost for your idea! ⏰ #accelerator #AceOn #idea #validation #investment #earlystage

Is the European out-of-office-summer a real phenomenon or just an urban legend?🏖️Several Czech VCs confirm the seasonality of VC activity in Europe as opposed to their US colleagues. At ZAKA VC, we keep the full tempo and have some exciting plans for the next couple of weeks 🇺🇸😎 Stay tuned for some action! Article [in Czech] featuring Andrej Petrus , ZAKA VC | Petr Sima , DEPO Ventures | Vojta Rocek , Presto Ventures | Karel Zheng, KAYA VC | Jan Davídek , Purple Ventures #summer #outofoffice #vacation #vc #investor #investment #startup

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