ZAKA VC states it is a seed and pre-seed venture fund investing mainly in the US and Europe, and that it seeks entrepreneurs with global ambition wherever they are, supporting them by creating a bridge between North America and Europe. Its homepage says it is especially looking for startups in the Health & Biotech and Industrial Tech verticals. It lists Silicon Valley, London, Prague and Bratislava as its locations. Fund I is structured as an alternative investment fund under Sec. 15 of Czech Act No. 240/2013 Coll. on Management Companies and Investment Funds, open to qualified investors only with a minimum LP ticket of EUR 130k. The firm began in 2019 as the family office of two entrepreneurial families and states it has operated in a VC fund structure since 2024.
Not publicly disclosed (no AUM figure is published; Fund I was announced in July 2024 at €15M with a €10.5M first close, and the homepage states a current fund size of 17M without naming a currency) AUM61/100 Power Score™2019 FoundedPrague, Czech Republic
Ján Kasper and Peter Zálešák turn their attention to venture capital and establish ZAKA as a family office.
2022
By November 2022 the firm is seated in Prague, having moved from Bratislava, and CzechCrunch reports a portfolio of 28 companies.
2024
ZAKA VC I, osoba rizikového kapitálu, a.s. is entered in the Czech business register on 25 April 2024 under IČO 21514992.
2024
ZAKA announces Fund I on 19 July 2024, sized EUR 15M with a EUR 10.5M first close, an alternative investment fund under Sec. 15 of Czech Act No. 240/2013 Coll. for qualified investors with a minimum LP ticket of EUR 130k.