| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.10.2024 | Exciting news from our portfolio company, BoostSpace! | BoostSpace has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the InnovationsUnited pitch competition and being named by the jury as the next big thing in Czech Republic!
We are proud of their success and are looking forward to what comes next!... |
| 16.10.2024 | Partory has secured another investment! | Big news from our portfolio! Partory, founded by brothers Milan Malek and Jakub Malek, has secured another investment! Partory´s B2B platform uses AI and machine learning to streamline the processing of low-cost industrial equipment like be... |
| 16.10.2024 | PatronGo: A top 10 startup in the Global Startup Awards! | Our portfolio company, PatronGo, has been recognized among the top 10 startups in the world by the Global Startup Awards competition! It is the largest startup competition with 28 000 nominations and over 200 000 votes. In the past years, e... |
| 16.10.2024 | Announcing our new investment, FaceUp! | We are excited to announce another investment! What started as a non-profit project for schools has transformed into a thriving business. FaceUp Technology just secured a 70 million CZK investment to expand its open company culture worldwid... |
| 18.09.2024 | PatronGo: A finalist in the Global Startup Awards! | Our portfolio company, PatronGo, has been selected as a finalist in the Global Startup Awards! It is the largest startup competition with 28 000 nominations and over 200 000 votes. In the past years, even 14 unicorns like UiPath and Grab ha... |
| 13.09.2024 | 4Trans Factoring, backed by Lighthouse Ventures, is now Malcom Finance | 4Trans Factoring, backed by Lighthouse Ventures, is now Malcom Finance. This logistics-focused company, founded by Jaroslav Ton, has already processed invoices worth 4 billion CZK! Now, in addition to factoring, Malcom Finance will expand i... |
| 04.09.2024 | 4Trans listed among top 30 fastest-growing startups in CEE! | Congratulations to Lighthouse Ventures portfolio company 4Trans for being listed in Sifted´s 30 fastest-growing startups from CEE in 2024! This prestigious list highlights the fastest-growing startups across Central Europe, ranking companie... |
| 04.09.2024 | Okredo has secured €1.2M in funding to revolutionize SME credit scoring! | We’re proud to announce that Okredo, a Lighthouse Ventures portfolio company, has secured €1.2M in funding to revolutionize SME credit scoring!
This significant financial boost from European funds will accelerate the development of Okredo’s... |
| 04.09.2024 | Investown: 3500 % Return on Investment in four years! | How much can be made on an investment into a startup? Thanks to an investment in Investown, Lighthouse Ventures managed to obtain a 3500 % return on investment in four years.
This should serve as a reminder about the value of investing into... |
| 04.09.2024 | Event: How to attract VC investors and earn millions to jumpstart your startup! | Lighthouse Ventures would like to invite you to an interesting event being held on 24th of April 2024. Organized by Klub investorů ČVUT, you will learn tips and gain knowledge about how to attract VC investors and earn millions to help jump... |
| 04.09.2024 | ProductFruits: Second Funding Round Closed! | We’re thrilled to announce that our portfolio company, Product Fruits, a customer onboarding platform, has successfully closed a second funding round of $1.6 million in just under a year! This brings our total funding to an incredible $3.5 ... |
| 26.02.2024 | Congratulations to Wereldo: Winner of Startup of the Year in the South Moravian Region – Award for Sustainability! | Congratulations to Wereldo for winning the Startup of the Year of the South Moravian Region – Award for Sustainability! The winners were selected by a jury nominated by the Partnership Foundation from a total of 19 nominated companies. Were... |
| 26.02.2024 | Exciting Milestone: SCAUT, Our Portfolio Company, Secures 25 Million CZK in Funding for Innovative Employee Risk Assessment Platform | Our portfolio company SCAUT has just received 25 million czk from investors! The Czech startup checks public information and people’s social networks, showing their riskiness as a potential employee. On average, the software evaluates over ... |
| 26.02.2024 | Investown Expands Operations to Slovakia and Eyes Further Growth Across CEE and Beyond | Investown has received over 1.7 billion crowns from investors and now plans to expand abroad.
The first expansion to Slovakia should take place this year, and Investown plans to expand further into countries such as Austria, Romania, Croati... |
| 22.02.2024 | NutritionPro is growing above and beyond! | NutritionPro is growing above and beyond! The company took in over 160 million crowns last year, when it grew by more than eighty percent year-on-year. This corresponds to approximately 150,000 portions of food per month, which are eaten by... |
| 10.01.2024 | Exit no. 3 – Persoo | Persoo has been bought by Luigi’s box! |
| 22.11.2023 | Investown has a license from the Czech National Bank | Congratulations Investown for being the first in the industry to receive a license from the Czech National Bank! Until now, crowdfunding investment platforms in the Czech Republic could operate without a license, but from November 10, 2023,... |
| 22.11.2023 | Wereldo got the award for Sustainability | Congratulations to Wereldo for winning the Startup of the Year of the South Moravian Region – Award for Sustainability! The winners were selected by a jury nominated by the Partnership Foundation from a total of 19 nominated companies. Were... |
| 27.10.2023 | SCAUT has just received 25 million CZK | Our portfolio company SCAUT has just received 25 million czk from investors! The Czech startup checks public information and people’s social networks, showing their riskiness as a potential employee. On average, the software evaluates over ... |
| 27.10.2023 | Investown is in Slovakia | Investown has expanded to Slovakia and plans more expansions across CEE and beyond soon! The overall amount of investments in the startup reached CZK 1.7B and Investown is one of the fintechs that shows compelling growth in the future! |
| 09.08.2023 | Investown expands to Slovakia | Investown has received over 1.7 billion crowns from investors and now plans to expand abroad.
The first expansion to Slovakia should take place this year, and Investown plans to expand further into countries such as Austria, Romania, Croati... |
| 27.07.2023 | Exit no. 2 has name Foxdeli. | We have made an exit with Foxdeli in a 25 million crown transaction! This is our second exit after selling Pekat, highlighting our qualitative portfolio startup selection. Foxdeli’s sales so far are in the order of millions of crowns, more ... |
| 21.07.2023 | NutritionPro has expanded from Prague to 8 other cities in the Czech Republic! | The startup, which received over seventy million from investors last year, delivered more than two million meals to clients during its four years on the market. They have even begun to expand to Poland and their goal is to deliver more than... |
| 19.07.2023 | Localazy receives follow-on funding of 0.5M EUR | Lighthouse Ventures, along with other investors Jiri Hlavenka and Karel Obluk, has invested almost half a million euros for Localazy. Localazy serves customers and users from one hundred and thirteen countries around the world, and the inve... |
| 14.06.2023 | 4Trans received investment from Zero Gravity Capital | Our portfolio company 4Trans Factoring has just received another investment, furthering their expansion of the business that is worth 1.8 billion crowns. 4Trans has already financed 90,000 invoices and last year alone, factoring should have... |
| 17.05.2023 | Patron GO expanding to new EU markets and reaching 150 000 users | Patron GO is expanding their product to new EU markets. The startup reports over 150 000 users, with has checked over 30 million transactions.
Patron GO will enter the Poland market with the support of new investors and Lighthouse Ventures.... |
| 17.05.2023 | Our portfolio company, Product Fruits raised a funding of €1.6M from Venture to Future Fund and Leverage | Our portfolio company, Product Fruits raised a funding of €1.6M to develop its high-growth Digital Adoption Platform, providing a no-code interface and easy integrations to create seamless onboarding processes. |
| 05.04.2023 | Invento invests in Jobsider to expand in Poland | We are excited to announce that Invento VC has successfully completed its investment in Jobsider, a startup from our portfolio.
This investment will allow Jobsider, an HR platform, that responds to the call of the market for an easier, fast... |
| 05.04.2023 | 4Trans Factoring has won at the Mastercard Fintech Engage | 4Trans Factoring has won the fintech award at the Mastercard Fintech Engage event in Prague! |
| 05.04.2023 | Our managing partner, Michal Zálešák, discussed the Czech startup scene with the Financial Times | Lighthouse Ventures has been mentioned in the FINANCIAL TIMES! |
| 16.03.2023 | Braight Technologies listed among the TOP 10 Polish insurtech! | According to My Company Polska magazine, Braight Technologies is one of the TOP 10 Polish insurtech companies for their consistent development!
Braight technologies focus on customer behavior analysis software to deepen businesses’ understa... |
| 03.03.2023 | Pekat Vision was named one of the top 60 AI startups by The Recursive | PEKAT VISION was mentioned in The Recursive‘s article of 60 AI startups.
After our investment, Pekat Vision was acquired by Italian Datalogic for €16M in 2022. This exit pushed the company forward and allowed the company to grow even furthe... |
| 22.02.2023 | Patron GO named as one of the top 10 most promising Czech startups in 2023 | Patron GO has received the honor of being chosen as one of the top 10 most promising Czech startups in 2023! |
| 06.02.2023 | Lighthouse portfolio founders listed in Forbes30under30 | Our portfolio startups have great founders. Two of them have been listed in the 2023 edition of Forbes30under30. |
| 22.12.2022 | 4Trans Factoring ranks in the Top 10 Largest Funding Rounds in the Czech Republic for 2022 | We are proud to see 4Trans Factoring listed as one of the Top 10 Largest Funding Rounds in the Czech Republic for 2022 by The Recursive after raising 18M EUR in this year’s round!
4Trans Factoring, a leader in inclusive SME finance in CEE, ... |
| 22.12.2022 | GetApp lists Localazy as 2nd in Category Leaders in Translation Management | Localazy has been ranked 2nd place at Category Leaders in Translation Management by GetApp for 2022! |
| 22.12.2022 | Lighthouse Ventures Founders Christmas Meet-Up | Yesterday was a very special day!
We enjoyed a nice brunch with founders from our portfolio companies, followed by a great discussion about real life challenges they face on a daily basis.
It was great seeing everyone yesterday, and we’re l... |
| 30.11.2022 | Factoree receives 22 million CZK for their further growth | Produce mechanical engineering parts without any machines? With Factoree.online you can do it! |
| 29.11.2022 | NutritionPro, a company delivering 100k meals monthly, raises 74 million CZK | Congratulations to NutritionPro on raising another 74 million CZK! |
| 28.11.2022 | Pekat Vision automatically detects imperfections in physical products | Pekat Vision was acquired by the Italian company Datalogic for 400 million CZK. Pekat Vision is a provider of solutions for automated visual inspection in manufacturing by identifying imperfections in physical products.
Their solutions help... |
| 24.11.2022 | ResQuant, the Polish deeptech startup, made the top 14 list | What are the 14 most promising Polish deeptech startups?
ResQuant, backed by Lighthouse Ventures and Invento VC, is one of them! |
| 13.10.2022 | Aper Ventures ranks ResQuant as one of only two quantum computing startups | Congratulations to our portfolio company ResQuant. |
| 12.10.2022 | 4Trans Factoring, one of the top 7 Czech startups to watch, referred by Sifted | Proud to share that our portfolio company, 4Trans Factoring, has been selected by Sifted as one of the top 7 startups to watch in Czechia. The vertically focused FinTech, which provides financial products to underserved SMEs in logistics, h... |
| 07.10.2022 | Braight wins the How To Web Conference and is named the most innovative startup in CEE | Congratulations to Braight Technologies on winning the Spotlight 2022 at How To Web Conference and becoming the most innovative startup in the CEE region! 👏
Braight Technologies is one of our portfolio companies at Lighthouse Ventures, a de... |
| 07.10.2022 | Scaut detects employee fraud and saves companies millions | Identity theft and concealment of information are the most common frauds that employment recruiters can encounter. SCAUT specializes in detecting these frauds. |
| 28.09.2022 | 4Trans Factoring has reinvoiced over 1 billion CZK so far, and aims to go even higher | The startup 4Trans Factoring, which offers digitalization AI and automation techniques to truck drivers, has raised 450 million Czech crowns from investors! In a year and a half, the number of their customers increased by almost 700%.
The a... |
| 16.09.2022 | Reduced bills in seconds with Patron GO | Would you like to know if all your costs are optimized or where you can save money better?
Patron GO helps you get rid of overpriced loans, electricity, internet or shopping. It’s all automatic and free!
Check it now in the article. |
| 16.09.2022 | 4Trans Factoring plays a crucial role in saving Europe’s SMEs | With inflation on the rise, many SMEs are in a precarious situation, which has only been exacerbated by the supply chain crisis.
The startup 4Trans Factoring, which offers digitalization AI and automation techniques to supply chain SMEs, ha... |
| 14.07.2022 | Cybersecurity startup Resquant, one of a kind in Europe | Resquant, which provides post-quantum encryption and secure architecture for electronic devices, is one of a kind in Europe.
Read more about their work and how post-quantum cryptography works in the ITKeyMedia article. |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures invests in Spaceti, solution for workplace space and time efficiency | Another investment from Lighthouse Ventures is going to Spaceti! |
| - | DOING BUSINESS IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN | |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures is one of the top 10 most active investment funds in the CEE | We are pleased to share that Lighthouse Ventures was listed as one of the top 10 most active investment funds in the CEE region in Q3 of Vestbee‘s VC Funding In CEE Report.
Additionally, AhoyConnect & Kernolab rank among the top 50 clos... |
| - | Czech Pitch Night 2020 | |
| - | Founders Dinner for our portfolio companies | It is great to have on board people who are like minded as us. Lighthouse Ventures recently organized a Founders Dinner for our portfolio companies. Thank you all for participation and we look forward to more events like this in the future! |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures’ most active years in 2020 and 2021 shared in Forbes | The Czech venture capital market is on fire and Lighthouse Ventures is one of the most active funds as highlighted in a recent Forbes article.
With 34 projects, doubling in valuation to 28 million euros in less than 3 years, Lighthouse Vent... |
| - | AhoyConnect secures $3million seed funding | Big congratulations to our portfolio company AhoyConnect, on successfully closing the latest investment round and receiving new funding from Lighthouse Ventures joined by KAYA and Inovo Venture Partners! |
| - | Start investing with Investown | Micro investing in real estate is rising in popularity. Since Investown launched four months ago they have acquired many new users and have paid them more than 300k CZK so far! You can download their app and start investing with as little a... |
| - | Strafos, a next-generation cloud software for charter sales and aviation management, takes off | Strafos private jet operators can handle inquiries, calculate flight offers, and optimize prices. |
| - | WEBINAR: SaaS advertising from A to Z | |
| - | Tomas Jasovsky, founder and CEO of AhoyConnect, has been selected to Forbes Slovensko 30 under 30! | We’re proud to announce that Tomas Jasovsky, founder and CEO of AhoyConnect, one of our portfolio companies, has been selected to Forbes Slovensko 30 under 30! |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures was a partner of GREEN LIGHT Startup Show Ostrava 2020 | João Duarte, Venture Partner at Lighthouse Ventures met with potential investments coming from the Green Light Ostrava on event named GREEN LIGHT Startup Show Ostrava 2020. |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures hosted a brunch for its portfolio companies founders | What better way to start the day than with food and networking with like-minded people!
Our last brunch for founders of our portfolio companies was about exchange of experiences and learning from other founders.
It was great seeing you all;... |
| - | Our portfolio companies enjoyed the first of a series of private educational seminars | On Friday, our portfolio companies enjoyed the first of a series of private educational seminars, led by David Cacik, an online B2B marketing expert and CMO of CloudTalk. The first seminar focused on SaaS pricing, additional SaaS related to... |
| - | Michal Zálešák, our Managing Partner, gave an interview to MF DNES | Michal Zálešák, our Managing Partner, gave an interview to Mladá fronta DNES. Read the full interview here. |
| - | How to successfully raise € million from Czech VC investors? | |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures and Spaceti recognized as strong players in V4 Landscape | We are pleased and thankful to X-Europe for recognizing Lighthouse Ventures and Spaceti as strong players within the Visegrad tech ecosystem.
X-Europe Visegrad Landscape is a one-stop guide covering startups, investors, co-working spaces, a... |
| - | We have newly invested in Kernolab | We are thrilled to announce that Kernolab, our newest portfolio company, has gained 22 million CZK investment from Startup Wise Guys and Lighthouse Ventures.
Kernolab helps companies embed financial features into their products: accounts, p... |
| - | WEBINAR: How to deal with SaaS pricing? (page, motivators, relative pricing, pricing tiers) | |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures invests in DaySwaps, a Saas-based workforce scheduling platform. | We are proud to announce another Lighthouse Ventures investment in startup DaySwaps. Dayswaps provides smart SaaS solutions for automated shift planning and workforce scheduling, at any scale, to save businesses planning time, implement eff... |
| - | Michal Zálešák, our Managing Partner, gave an interview to CzechCrunch | Michal Zálešák, our Managing Partner, gave an interview to CzechCrunch, read the full interview here. |
| - | Ravit Avidor, Partner at Lighthouse Ventures for Vogue Leaders | |
| - | Sell & Buy Property in One Place with Reado | A new real estate portal has been launched by Reado that allows you to buy and sell property in one place!
Learn how City Performer became Reado, how it differs from the competition, and what benefits you can gain from it in the CzechCrunch... |
| - | City Performer reforms into PropTech Group | Congratulations to City Performer for successfully raising a new investment round and acquiring considerable funding from a new investor – Zero Gravity Capital. |
| - | Our investment PEKAT VISION named Start-up of the Year by AiAwards | It is a great pleasure to see PEKAT VISION (https://www.pekatvision.com/) named “Start-up of the Year” by AiAwards (https://www.aiawards.cz/). Petr Šmíd and team – well deserved! ? |
| - | How to scale and exit your FinTech startup? | |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures invests in Kooperace.cz | We are proud to announce another investment from Lighthouse Ventures! Kooperace.cz is an ecosystem that enables manufacturers to offer and rent unused capacity of production machinery. |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures is looking for a Principal | Lighthouse Ventures is looking for a Principal, who will help us with:
– Active market research and screening for investment opportunities
– Business model review and validation
– Presenting Lighthouse Ventures (in English) and sourcing for... |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures invests to startup AhoyTeam developing a workflow automation SaaS platform | We are excited to announce our investment to AhoyTeam. |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures invests to Supersoused,a peer-to-peer marketplace for small tasks such as household maintenance. | We are proud to announce another investment from Lighthouse Ventures to startup Supersoused. Supersoused is a peer-to-peer marketplace for small tasks such as household maintenance, assembly and fixture of furniture and appliances or instal... |
| - | StreamBee is our new portfolio investment | We are pleased to announce that StreamBee is our new portfolio company! |
| - | We have launched our Newsletter | After a long time, we have decided to launch our own newsletter in which we will be regularly sharing the most interesting news, tips, events and insights not only from the VC world but also Lighthouse Ventures! |
| - | PRIVATE WEBINAR: B2B SaaS Marketing Funnels A-Z | Following the successful webinar last month, Lighthouse Ventures has prepared yet another private webinar (in Czech) for our portfolio companies, this time on “SaaS B2B Marketing Funnel A-Z“. The webinar will be held on 13.5.2021 from 14:00... |
| - | Our portfolio companies are hiring | Our three portfolio are currently expanding and hiring. See the opportunities if you like working in an exciting startup environment and seeking new challenges. |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures is looking for a Junior Associate | Lighthouse Ventures is looking for an energized and enthusiastic Junior Associate, who is interested in learning new skills from the Lighthouse Ventures senior team. |
| - | Grovy’s 10 minute delivery service hits Prague! | Check out one of our exciting, new investments – Grovy! Through the Grovy app, you’ll be able to order thousands of grocery products at supermarket prices and have them delivered to you within 10 minutes! Grovy uses all electric vehicles an... |
| - | Ravit Avidor, speaker at the 2nd Vogue Conference | Great news from our team! Ravit Avidor, Founding Partner at Lighthouse Ventures will be a speaker at the 2nd Vogue Conference on December 2nd.
It is a hybrid event, so you can attend in person or online. Reserve your tickets today and enjoy... |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures is the most active fund in the Czech Republic and the 3rd most active in Eastern Europe for 2021 | Lighthouse Ventures is delighted to have been named the most active fund in the Czech Republic, for the second year in a row, and 3rd most active fund in Eastern Europe for 2021 according to “European Capital Report 2022”, an independent re... |
| - | Localazy named one of the most interesting SaaS startups in CEE by Vestbee | Our portfolio company Localazy, an app localization tool, was featured on Vestbee‘s list of the most interesting SaaS startups in Central & Eastern Europe. |
| - | Super Soused, a portfolio company of ours, is celebrating a new partnership with AXA and Global Assistance | Super Soused, a portfolio company of ours, is celebrating a new partnership with AXA and Global Assistance! The company keeps on expanding its business and this is yet another important part of the ambitious plan to serve customers across t... |
| - | Investown is raising a new round of investment from Česká spořitelna | We are proud of Investown, Lighthouse Ventures portfolio acceleration startup, that got its funding and very strong business partnership with Ceska sporitelna. Investown develops a real-estate micro-investment platform, allowing individuals... |
| - | We have invested in Team Odeon lead by Ory Weihs | We are pleased to announce our fresh new investment, Team Odeon! |
| - | 4Trans plans to finance over 1 billion czech crowns this year while continuing to expand their platform further | 4Trans Factoring is focusing on expanding their startup to encompass all of Europe and to finance over 1 billion czech crowns this year!
4Trans provides operation finance for smaller businesses in logistics. The startup already has over 11,... |
| - | WEBINAR: How to Manage Distributed Teams | |
| - | Lighthouse Ventures’ mentorship program | |
| - | Spaceti receives new investment to accelerate European and American growth and expand to the Middle East | Congratulations to Spaceti on its new investment to accelerate European and American growth and expand to the Middle East!
The funds will be used to further enhance Spaceti’s product offering and make it more accessible for Small and Medium... |
| - | SourceForge awards Localazy the Top Performer Award for Translation Management in 2021 | Localazy, a platform which simplifies localization and translation management, has just won SourceForge’s 2021 Top Performer Award in Translation Management Category!
SourceForge is the world’s largest software review SourceForge awards Loc... |
| - | Pekat made it to the finals of Wolves Summit Pitch Contest | Our portfolio company Pekat Vision, a provider of AI based visual quality assurance solutions for industrial manufacturing (Industry 4.0), made it to the TOP 9 out of more than 100 pre-selected competing startups in Wolves Summit Great Pitc... |
| - | NutritionPro, a special box diet, receives 35M CZK | We are excited to announce our investment in NutritionPro in cooperation with UP21, Karel Janeček and Michal Dědek. NutritionPro is a data-driven software platform for personal meal production which is striving to change the eating habits o... |
| - | Summer Investment Fund Internship | Lighthouse Ventures is looking for an energized and enthusiastic Summer Intern, who is interested in learning new skills from the LHV senior team. You will help us with finding new startups in the Czech Republic for our growing portfolio an... |
| - | PRIVATE WEBINAR: How to fill the sales pipeline | |
