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Adam has more than 20 years of professional experience within the investment industry (PPF, Morgan Stanley, Brookdale Group) from the US as well as the UK with 13 years of direct focus on the venture capital investments. He is searching for and investing in start-ups with innovative technology located in the CEE and SEE regions with high potential to expand and succeed globally. His particular focus is on fintech, healthcare, education, smart city, Big Data, and IoT/IoE sectors. He holds MBA from the London Business School in Entrepreneurship and Private Equity and MA from the John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies in International Relations and International Finance.
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Martin has more than 15 years of professional experience in various management roles (CzechInvest, Jazykový Institut, IDE, VŠE), as well as 12 years of entrepreneurial experience. In 2007, he founded the oldest start-up competition - Vodafone Idea of the Year, which has become one of the key events for start-ups in the Czech Republic. In 2008, he cofounded the Institute for Development of Entrepreneurship. Martin holds a PhD from the Prague University of Economics and Business with focus on the Angels environment in the Czech Republic. He serves as a Board Member of xPORT VŠE Business Accelerator and is passionate about developing and supporting an entrepreneurship environment within the Czech Republic, especially among young people.
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Klára has more than 20 years of the audit experience, she held various positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Switzerland as well as at Deloitte in the Czech Republic where she left as a Senior Manager to the industry. Her clients were mainly active within the financial services industry as well as within the real estate industry. Afterwards, she served as the CFO of multiple Czech e-commerce companies - CZC.cz, Chytrý Honza, bezrealitky.cz. She graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business with Master´s degree in International Relations and Banking, she holds the internationally recognized ACCA certification and is a registered member of the Chamber of Auditors of the Czech Republic.
David lived, worked and studied in four different countries. He gained his experience mainly within the consulting group Ernst & Young in Switzerland, where he was part of the EMEIA International Tax and Transaction team with the main focus on the Financial Services industry. His specialization is in valuations, pricing of various transactions, achieving operating model effectiveness as well as in the value chain analysis. He holds MSc in International Business Tax Economics from Tilburg University, Master´s degree in International Business from the Prague University of Economics and Business as well as the certification of Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst. He loves conquering mountains as well as helping the innovative companies to live up their full potential.
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Martin joined J&T Ventures as a fresh graduate. During his studies he was applying a holistic approach by gaining the working experiences from economic think tank (INESS), tech startup (Pygmalios) and the multinational corporation (AT&T). He did his master’s in Business studies at the University of Bologna (Italy) with a semester at Ghent University (Belgium) and the bachelor’s degree in International Business at the University of Economics in Bratislava (Slovakia). He is passionate about tackling the commercialization conundrum.
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Jakub joined J&T Ventures after finishing his internship at Credo Ventures, a CEE top-tier VC fund. He holds Bachelor's degree in Finance and Master's degree in Management from the Prague University of Economics and Business. During his studies, he co-founded an e-commerce project that was the biggest interior design aggregator in Czech republic at the time. Jakub also worked for other small companies and startups where he gained experience in various areas like marketing, sales and consulting. He is a passionate runner, a marathon finisher and ex-member of Slovak national karate team. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, skiing and spending quality time with his friends.
Zuzana has more than 7 years of professional experience from different positions in Finance. Prior to joining J&T Ventures she was CFO of Chytrý Honza, a company operating within the Financial Services industry, where she was managing 5 departments. Previously, she worked as Associate in Green Horizon Renewables, PE fund focused on renewable energy where her main agenda was development of wind portfolio in Finland as well as performing valuations, analyses and facilitating the M&A process. She spent several years working in the Audit department in EY Czech Republic, serving mostly clients in the IT industry and was a Financial Controller for Czech Real Estate developer Discovery group. She holds a master degree in Economic Analysis from University of Economics in Prague with a semester at Stockholm School of Economics. Currently, she is one of the lecturers of the non-profit project Investee focused on investment education of young people. Her passion is sport and learning swedish language.
Michal has more than 8 years of professional experience spanning law, portfolio operations and investment management. Before joining J&T Ventures, he worked as Portfolio Manager for Eos Capital in Namibia where he also acted as Head of Strategy and Operations for one of its portfolio companies. Prior to this he was on the board of Westminster Group, a CEE-focused real estate investor. He started his career at Brož & Sokol & Novák, a top-tier law firm in the Czech Republic. Michal read law and legal science at Masaryk University, holds a JD from Charles University and an MBA from ESADE. Besides his native Czech, he speaks English and Spanish. Michal is a member of the Czech Bar Association and an avid equestrian polo player.
Jakub has been focusing on startups for over 5 years. He has worked for tech startups in London and New York City, wearing many hats ranging from operations to fundraising. He has also been through his own entrepreneurial endeavors as a co-founder of a platform that helps people to get respondents for their surveys. Jakub graduated from University College London and holds a master's degree in Entrepreneurship with a focus on technology. He loves traveling and once did a trip around the world when he visited 10 countries on 4 continents in 82 days.
Vlastimil gained his experience as a startup analyst at Pioneers in Vienna where he sourced early stage projects for companies such as Cisco, Erste Bank, PwC, Telefonica, Konica Minolta and others. In 2015, he worked as a program coordinator within the World Bank’s Investment Readiness Program for Western Balkan countries. In 2016, he cofounded Leadspicker, a technology start-up that has been recognized by Deloitte as the 16th fastest-growing technology company in the Central European Deloitte Fast 50 2019 programme. He studied International Business Management at Northwestern University in Basel (FHNW Schweiz), Finance, Accounting & Taxation at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna (FHWien) and International Trade in Post-Soviet countries at Saint Petersburg's state university.
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Aneta gained one of her first professional experience as the lead of the Secretariat for the Sales Director of OKD in Prague. Since 2010, she has worked as an Office Manager and Personal Assistant to the CEO of the MTX Group. She joined the expanding J&T Ventures team during the fall of 2019 as the Operations Manager and she is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the J&T Ventures.
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Hussein is a founding partner of Hoxton Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in London. He was an angel investor in several early stage startups. He also helps the UK government with their technology policy. He was formerly with Accel Partners, where he focused on consumer internet, financial technology and software investments. Hussein joined Accel from Microsoft, where he held several strategy and product management roles.
Kurt is Partner of SEEDS of Innovation a Taiwanase based Medical/Bio-Tech focused on Venture Capital. He focuses on investments in the Medical/Bio technology, Green Technology and Innovated Service system. He has extensive experience related to Venture/PE investment and is currently on the boards of Everglory Holdings. Managing Director of EarthGen Materials Corp, and Chief Investment Consultant in Evergreen Marine Group. Prior to Seeds Kurt held key executive possitions at Lehman Brothers/Nomura.
Based in New York. Amit Vemuri is a successful entrepreneuer and investor focused on building large web-enabled businesses. His last start up was bootstrapped and sold to Intuit, financial software company based in Silicon Valley. Prior to that, Amit was part of the management team of a venture backed, travel startup that was sold to Sabre, one of the world´s largest travel technology solutions providers. His skills are focused on either helping young companies reach their product market fit or growing a business.
Roman has been active within the financial and capital markets industry for more than 20 years (CA IB, Benson Oak). During last 14 years, Roman held various positions within the J&T Group. Currently, he holds the position of Managing director of Investment Banking and Capital markets department within the J&T Banka. He graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business with Master´s degree in Finance. During his studies, Roman also studied in the US as well as in Denmark. He holds the title CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and is a founding member of the Czech institute of the CFA Society, which determines the global standard for investments, knowledge, and ethical standards.
Petr studied economics and management at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He worked in sales and management positions in retail, distribution, and telecommunications. On the brink of the millennium, he co-founded one of the most successful online stores within the CEE Region – KASA.cz. Since 2005, Petr served at Nokia as Sales Director, and later as General Manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since 2012, he is the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Pilulka, one of the fastest growing pharmacy retailers in the CEE region. During his tenure, Pilulka went public and is listed on the Prague Stock Exchange (BCPP). Petr is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization, investor, philanthropist, and representative of the city district.
Adam has more than 20 years of professional experience within the investment industry (PPF, Morgan Stanley, Brookdale Group) from the US as well as the UK with 13 years of direct focus on the venture capital investments. He is searching for and investing in start-ups with innovative technology located in the CEE and SEE regions with high potential to expand and succeed globally. His particular focus is on fintech, healthcare, education, smart city, Big Data, and IoT/IoE sectors. He holds MBA from the London Business School in Entrepreneurship and Private Equity and MA from the John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies in International Relations and International Finance.
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Martin has more than 15 years of professional experience in various management roles (CzechInvest, Jazykový Institut, IDE, VŠE), as well as 12 years of entrepreneurial experience. In 2007, he founded the oldest start-up competition - Vodafone Idea of the Year, which has become one of the key events for start-ups in the Czech Republic. In 2008, he cofounded the Institute for Development of Entrepreneurship. Martin holds a PhD from the Prague University of Economics and Business with focus on the Angels environment in the Czech Republic. He serves as a Board Member of xPORT VŠE Business Accelerator and is passionate about developing and supporting an entrepreneurship environment within the Czech Republic, especially among young people.
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