Our mentors

He holds an international CFA qualification and has been ranked in the prestigious Forbes “30 under 30” list.

Roman is an analyst and partner at Presto Ventures and is often referred to by his colleagues as the brains of the fund. He is responsible for valuations, investment analysis, development of start-ups in the portfolio and Presto’s operations in the Baltic countries. His portfolio includes, for instance, the Lithuanian GoRamp, Estonian Ready Player Me and Czech Oddin. In his spare time, Roman is involved in non-profits, is an avid trader on crypto markets and is also a poker player.

Areas: financial analysis, valuation, trading, crypto

He teaches at universities, mentors in many different programs and helps talented young people develop their talents.

Přemysl studied mathematics at the FJFI CTU in Prague and at the prestigious French Grande Ecole ENSTA – Paris Institute of Technology (ParisTech). He worked, for instance, in revenue management at Air France and at the Amadeus technology giant. After returning to the Czech Republic, he went through the Rockaway investment group. In 2016, he helped FJFI mathematicians launch Yieldigo, a start-up that makes it easier for retail chains to optimize pricing, which also became the first portfolio company of the Presto Ventures fund.

In his spare time, he lectures at STEM universities and helps with science commercialization. He plays the double bass and, in addition to mentoring budding entrepreneurs, he also helps young artists.

The Presto Ventures venture capital fund has been investing in B2B technology start-ups in Central and Eastern Europe since 2016. He has almost 50 companies in his portfolio, including several globally successful ones such as CloudTalk, IP Fabric, Sharry, Oddin and Ready Player Me.

Areas: VC investments, start-ups, talent management and development

Experienced leading a team working on KYC and AML including systems management in this area. For 7 years, he has been dedicated to coaching as an ideal tool for the development and support of achieving goals. It uses creative tools as well as hard data from psychodiagnostics. Based on the screening of the individual and the team, it is possible to evaluate the appropriate inclusion in the team and make better use of the strengths to achieve the joint fulfillment of the vision.

Areas: Events, Identification, authentication, KYC, AML, Software, Other, coaching and individual development

David works as a Mentor specializing in strategic business and financial management. David has built several mobile application and systems integration companies over the past 6 years. He passes on these experiences in their rawest form and without packaging. Since 2014, his clients have achieved investments in the amount of tens of millions of crowns in venture capital. According to David, every decision and every outcome works in favor of achieving a set goal if properly grasped. He prefers the team’s strengths and minimal energy to be used rather than companies struggling with the opposite approach.

Areas: Analytics, business intelligence, data, E-commerce, Edutech, Fintech, insurtech, Hardware, HR, IoT, Market places, Process optimization, Sales, Social entrepreneurship, Software, Transport

then he went through X start-ups and Slevomat (sale of Secret Escapes) when he thought he was going to be a great boss and wanted his own company, which he’d been thinking about for five years.
How to make something out of nothing – Niche market and how to succeed – How to be calm even when things don’t go your way.
Areas: HR, Process optimisation, Sales, SMB productivity, Software, Funding, setting up processes from sales/support until development.

He started his career in consulting and M&A. In addition to Europe, he has also worked in Asia, Africa and is currently CFO of a start-up in California.

Areas: SaaS, gaming, retail, expansion abroad, scaling.

She is currently CEO&Founder of M.arter: an educational and networking platform for women and men on parental leave (B2C/B2B). She is also a co-founder of informative and networking platform ‘‘Jaké chceš Česko?’’ (What kind of Czechia do you want?) /7,700 + subscribers on YouTube). Freedompreneur of the Year 2019 – Central European Startup Awards, Alumni Social Impact Awards & Leadership Academy (under the auspices of individuals and non-profit organisations, which she helps in further growth. She has a passion for innovation, community building, marketing and leadership.

Areas: Advertising, marketing, media, Content creation, Edutech, Events, HR, Lifestyle, Sales, Social entrepreneurship.

He himself started and got 2 different companies off the ground and participated in launching two other businesses. He has experience with business entities and non-profits. He specialises in creating the right strategy, organisational design and the system of company internal operation, creating or improving a product/service in relation to the marketplace, increasing the effectiveness of marketing, sales and the company as a whole. His approach to customers can be summed up as follows: ‘‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’’

Areas: Sales, advertising, marketing, process optimisation

He obtained investments from Airbus. He would like to offer his experience not only from Asia but also from Silicon Valley to other founders in the Czech Republic and help them from idea to first sales.

Fields: from idea to 1st sales, process optimisation, sales, software, transport, travel

He conducts business in information technologies. He established and leads an organisation called OSS Alliance to promote the use of open-source solutions. His current focus is on innovation in new areas of digital business. As a founder of Good Sailors, for more than 15 years he has supported finding meaningful work for people with disabilities. He has won numerous awards in the field of social entrepreneurship and innovation. In his spare time, he is a volunteer ranger of ‘‘České Švýcarsko’’ National Park (the Bohemian Switzerland National Park) and a photographer.

Fields: advertising, marketing, media, energy, mobility, sales, social entrepreneurship, SW.

Co-founded portal Atlas.cz (exit), MobilJam, Cinetik, US startup Vizrea/Webfives (sold to Microsoft), Feedbando, etc. Sets and enforces the concept of ‘‘Digitální Česko’’. Obtained the Otakar Motejl Fund prize on the best Opendata application for 2016 and 2017.

Fields: analytics, business intelligence, data, e-commerce, edutech, energy, events, fintech, insurtech, govtech, HW, horeca, identification, authentication, KYDS, AML, IoT, mobility, process optimisation, SW.

Prior to his current role Martin led a team of Cognitive Threat analytics in Cisco, which detected threats by analysing network traffic for more than 25 million users worldwide.

Prior to that role Martin was CEO and founder of Cognitive Security, which Cisco bought in 2013. Martin holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale Paris and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from ČVUT in Prague.

Fields: analytics, business intelligence, data, fintech, insurtech, identification, authentication, KYC, AML, SW.