🎉 2024 in Review: A Year of Vision, Hustle, and Milestones 🚀
If you had told me in November 2023 when working outside in the frozen workout park pictured below that a casual conversation about the future of industrial-focused venture capital with Marek Malik at Jet Investment would kickstart this interesting journey of terminating my "early retirement" sipping wine, doing all day sports, and enjoying life, I would not believe it. Yet here we are, closing 2024 with more achievements, lessons, and excitement than I could have imagined.
It all started in December 2023, when I presented my vision for an early-stage industrial-dedicated fund to the Jet Investment partners. From the very beginning, I valued the open and direct communication style within the team and was impressed by the strong reputation Jet Investment has built in the industry. A few days later I received an answer that my concept was selected as the best among competitive proposals. That’s when the real work began:
💡 Shaping a Vision: Crafting the fund’s thesis, setting up a sustainable model, and defining parameters that reflect both innovation and fund positioning and risk management.
👩💼 Building the Team: Finding talented individuals who believe in the mission and bring diverse expertise to the table.
💰 Putting Skin in the Game: We committed our own money to the fund to ensure we’re perfectly aligned with our investors and fully invested—both figuratively and literally—in its success.
📈 Launching the Fund: By September 2024, our hard work culminated in the official fund launch—an exhilarating moment that signaled the start of something transformational. Huge thanks to Milan Gašo 🙏 .
🏗️ Making an Impact:
Our first investment in PARTORY was going in parallel with the fund registration and validated months of planning and gave us momentum.
🎓 A Hectic Finish: Supporting Jan Bravek’s fundraising team, with two additional investments in the due diligence phase, setting a high bar for 2025, it is a whirlwind.
The cherry on top? Our first close in March 2025 is on track, and we’re fully committed to reshaping the European VC landscape with a laser focus on supporting innovative founders from Czech republic, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland in their dreams of building global B2B companies.
Looking back, this journey was about more than launching a fund. It was about:
🌟 Taking risks and stepping into uncertainty.
🌟 Surrounding myself with brilliant minds who challenge and inspire me.
🌟 Proving that Europe has the talent, vision, and ambition to lead on the global stage.
As we wrap up the year, I wish everyone a calm and joyful Christmas. May 2025 be the year you get to do what you truly love—because when you love what you do, you do it best.
Here’s to an even bigger, bolder 2025. Let’s make it count.
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