Venture Club, an investment and social club for investors, closed the year 2024 with significant growth in investment activity. The club’s total investments since its inception reached 781 million CZK, with over 161 million CZK invested in 2024 over the span of 12 months. This volume is more than double the investments from 2023 – which amounted to 80 million CZK.
The year 2024 brought the club record success – thanks to investments amounting to 161 million CZK, the total volume of funds invested since its inception climbed to more than three-quarters of a billion CZK. The portfolio was further enriched by a range of attractive projects with various focuses. Investments were directed both into projects promising high growth potential and into projects with ongoing payouts or bond interest.
“The year 2024 was a breakthrough for Venture Club. We launched our own mobile application, achieved historically highest investments, and clearly demonstrated that careful project selection can provide our smaller and larger investors with attractive additions to investment portfolios, where everyone benefits from collective investing,” said Petr Šedivý, CEO Venture Club Invest s.r.o. and chairman of the committee Venture Club z.s. and adds: “We believe that 2025 can bring even much more. The appetite for investing among people exists, and we continue to discover new growing companies. Czech business continues to offer plenty of development opportunities.”
The largest exposure was gained by technology projects, among which the deep-tech company SANEZOO stands out, which received a cumulative exposure of 75 million CZK from Venture Club. This company, focusing on advanced machine vision and demanding quality controls, especially of milled and painted surfaces, confirms the high growth potential and contribution of artificial intelligence in industrial practice.
The club is also developing significant collaboration with the Luxembourg investment fund Tensor Ventures, whose co-investments target deep-tech companies with global potential. TV fund 1 received 1.4 million euros from Venture Club. It is already fully invested and in the payout phase. Another club investment is now being prepared for the first quarter.
An interesting investment opportunity was the financing of the production of utility vehicles ZEBRA – factoring of individual orders. ZEBRA Group received over 50 million CZK for the production of 30 vehicles. Financing will continue in 2025. The need arises also because the car manufacturer is starting deliveries of electric vehicles and increasing diesel production.
Among the most significant projects of 2024 was the entry into the franchising networks of Twistcafe Group with investments amounting to 40 million CZK, with various branches in Prague, London, and Los Angeles. The end of the year was complemented by an investment in energy – specifically in the biogas plant Velké Meziříčí, which received 12.6 million CZK from Venture Club investors. The club also supported the Prague Galen Clinic with 5.5 million CZK.
The investment offer of the year was further complemented by, for example, the electronic diary Stavario 2 (9.46 million CZK), which this year ranked 37th in the prestigious Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking of the fastest-growing companies. Stavario 3 is already being prepared for the first quarter of 2025 with an investment amount of just under 10 million CZK. Bonds of SANEZOO (5 million CZK) were sold, the battery manufacturer HE3DA MES (6.55 million CZK) was further invested in, and investments also went to the cryptocurrency fund Sigil Fund (3 million CZK).
The club also recorded returns from selected projects, distributing over 40 million CZK. Investment in the Rockaway Blockchain Fund 1 showed an appreciation of over 400% even after disbursing proceeds amounting to 20 million CZK, corresponding to another 205% of the club’s contribution, while the fund continues to expect significant profits. Factoring projects paid investors approximately 15 million CZK. Other payouts included a convertible loan ERC, from which Venture Club members received half a million CZK, and the community portal Ženy s.r.o., which brought in 6.6 million CZK. The club’s operations during 2024 further solidified the club’s position among the leaders in the investment market.
The article was published, for instance, by Hrot24, on 13.1.2025, as well as by CzechCrunch and Euro