Financial group Pale Fire Capital SE (“PFC”) invests a total of CZK 150 million in Saunia, s.r.o. (“Saunia”). In exchange for its investment, PFC will acquire a 20% stake, which values the entire company at three-quarters of a billion crowns.
Saunia currently operates seven sauna worlds throughout the Czech Republic and another seven are currently under construction. All branches are … Read more
For more than 100 million CZK, we have acquired a majority stake in the domestic auction portal Aukro. Aukro has more than four million registered users. Seven years ago it had a turnover of six billion CZK a year, last year it was only 1.5 billion.
The full article can be found, for example, on Hospodářské noviny.… Read more
Adgata originally started as a simple application for creating legal records, but in less than three years it has evolved into a comprehensive agricultural business management system with both web and mobile applications. It uses GPS units, weather sensors and soil probes or chips to collect important data from which the user can then read, for example, which areas are … Read more
In addition to the Miton investment group, Martin Rozhoň and Pale Fire Capital are newly involved in the further development of the community internet marketplace Scuk.cz, acquiring a combined 25% stake in Scuk.
Scuk.cz, which was previously a gastronomic guide, has had its first 8 months of operation as a community farmers’ marketplace. An eightfold increase in sales compared … Read more
Zuri is a startup with the goal of changing passenger flight transportation. It was founded in 2017 by Michal Illich. The startup is developing an unmanned aircraft for passenger transportation with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology. The startup now employs 7 people and several freelancers.
“At Pale Fire Capital, we enjoy supporting radical projects that are not afraid of … Read more
Roivenue is creating an analytics tool for more effective marketing and claims that its clients will increase their return on investment (ROI) by 15% and turnover by 30% year-on-year. The startup Roivenue has created a learning algorithm that evaluates all marketing channels in one place, even though each of them uses its own measurement. It can compare them against each … Read more
We have invested in Ondřej Švrček’s Neogenie, acquiring a 10% stake. Neogenia is already in its fourth year of developing and operating, for example, the Czech platform Mobile Radio, which is used for communication between municipalities and citizens and for reporting civic initiatives.
“Mobile Radio is a strong established product in a very promising industry, we are happy … Read more
We’ve made some great investments, but we keep looking for interesting projects. This year we plan to invest 100 million to 150 million CZK on the Internet. Investing in online projects is our first priority, but we are also looking at other opportunities – mainly commercial real estate and projects.
You can read a longer article on CzechCrunch.… Read more
Valuo is a Mladá Boleslav-based startup that aims to speed up and simplify the process of finding market price estimates for houses and apartments across the Czech Republic. However, this was only the first step.
The real estate website’s main mission is to combat ever-rising property prices or to make things easier for buyers. Thanks to a special algorithm, they … Read more
Hung Le is the head of Bahn-mi-ba bistros chain, he is currently opening his fourth location in Prague. Internet millionaire Jan Barta is investing in the chain through his investment fund Pale Fire Capital. Hung Le´s parents met in Czechoslovakia, he himself moved to Czech Republic when he was 18 years old. You can find more on Hospodářské noviny.… Read more
