Petr Štěpánek became the new CFO of Venture Club Invest
Prague, 19 October 2022 – The new CFO of Venture Club Invest, a service organization of Venture Club, is ing. Petr Štěpánek. In addition to his position as CFO, the experienced economist and analyst will also serve on the supervisory boards of some of the companies in which Venture Club has invested in the past. […]
American Trupanion buys PetExpert insurance company Another successful investment by Venture Club Invest
Prague, 9 November 2022 – Czech startup PetExpert, which deals with commercial insurance for dogs and cats, has been acquired by US company Trupanion. The company will include the project in its global plans to provide these services. For the Venture Club investors, united through Venture Club Invest s.r.o., who invested in PetExpert in its […]
VCZS news
Financial Market Commentary – October 2022 Highlights: Changes in selected stock indices and commodities: Commentary:The S&P 500 gained 8% in October as more than half of U.S. companies reported Q3 results. Of those, 72% beat expectations, with the long-term average being 66%. In Western Europe (+6.3%), 58% of results surprised positively, but here only 53% […]
ZEBRA GROUP innovates and grows
If you follow the ZEBRA GROUP, you might have seen it more than once recently. It has been written about and its participation at the IFTA fair in Munich (the first Czech manufacturer at the municipal technology fair among the 8 finalists for innovation of the year with the ELZEBRA car), mentioned by the METRO […]
VCZS news
Commentary on financial market developments – June 2022 Highlights: Fears of a financial recession Continued rise in inflation Rising key central bank interest rates Commentary: Global financial markets continued to be largely negative in June. Smaller increases were forecast for the world economy, and by almost a third than originally expected. While the world economy […]
Venture Club Invest and Greenbuddies Charging collaboration brings 20M CZK to renewable energy project
Prague, 14 June 2022 – Investing in renewable energy is an investment in the future. The Venture Club z.s. investment club, which last year established cooperation with the company Greenbuddies Charging s.r.o., confirms this by its actions. This brought Greenbuddies Charging Ltd. funding of 16 million crowns. The success of the investment project and the […]
Venture Club investors put funding into robotics and industrial automation
Prague, June 6, 2022 – Members of Venture Club z.s. through Venture Club Invest s.r.o. are expanding their investment activities into the field of robotics and the development of industrial automation. The Venture Club has established cooperation with CCOE s.r.o., which is planning a robotics centre project. As part of this activity, the companies agreed […]
Investor visit to MES/HE3DA Horní Suchá
Investing is connected with Venture Club not only with investing money, but also with the effort to help the invested projects not only with money. That is why investors regularly meet with owners and management in Horní Suchá. This time we met 16 of us, myself, Hanuš Brychta – a big investor, supporter and mentor […]
Czech automotive company ZEBRA GROUP opens new markets with Caterpillar engines
Prague / Pardubice, May 19, 2022 – ZEBRA GROUP, the youngest Czech automotive company producing commercial vehicles, has introduced a significant business and technical step. In cooperation with Zeppelin CZ, the company will install engines from the American manufacturer Caterpillar in its vehicles. This opens up not only new foreign markets, but also completely new […]
Venture Club Invest has raised over one hundred percent of its investor stake in cryptocurrencies
Less than a year after putting money into the Rockaway Blockchain Fund (RBF), Venture Club Invest and its investors have received their funds back. Venture Club Invest arranged the conversion of the last received dollars into Czech crowns through Exchange s.r.o. and distributed the amount of CZK 6.9 million among its investors. A year ago, […]