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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. 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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Sharry
CodeNow
BornDigital
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.
Neuron Soundware
Pygmalios Analytics
720 Degrees
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Locco
David is a Principal at J&T Ventures who has lived, worked and studied in 4 different countries. Prior to joining J&T Ventures in 2020, he gained his experience mainly in the consulting group Ernst & Young in Zurich with a focus on the financial sector. David is looking for hidden gems with outstanding founders in the SEE/CEE region to help them reach their full potential and to build investor relationships mainly in the DACH region. He holds two master degrees from Tilburg University and the University of Economics in Prague. In his spare time he likes to climb mountains.
Born Digital, Robotiq.ai, Talkbase
Zuzka is currently the Principal at J&T Ventures. Prior joining the team, she gained her professional experience working at various positions in Finance. She was CFO of Financial services company Chytrý Honza, worked for Czech Private Equity fund focused on renewable energy, performed audits at EY, and was Financial Controller for Czech Real Estate developer. She holds a master degree from University of Economics in Prague.
Tadeáš joined the J&T Ventures team after almost three years of experience in financial controlling in the finance industry sector. He worked as a controlling specialist in the finance department of BNP Paribas Cardif Services and as a controller in the fintech company Chytrý Honza. Prior to that, Tadeáš was a member of a capital markets team at Deloitte, specializing on regulatory compliance consulting services for banks and other financial institutions. He holds a master’s degree in International economic relations from the University of Economics in Prague. He is passionate about scuba diving and boardgames.
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.
Neuron Soundware
Ice Gateway
DayTrip
FetView
Pygmalios Analytics
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
DayTrip
Sharry
CodeNow
BornDigital
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.
Neuron Soundware
Pygmalios Analytics
720 Degrees
FetView
Locco
