# Ales Duchac

> Ales Duchac is a seed investor at Credo Ventures backing Data Visualization. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Credo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credo-ventures)
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/alesduchac
- Website: https://x.com/alesduchac

Ales Duchac is a seed investor at Credo Ventures in Prague focused on Data Visualization and Business Intelligence. Having gained experience in the financial audit department at PwC, Ales initially joined Credo Ventures in 2013 for an internship. Afterwards, for a year, he worked as industry analyst at Google Czech Republic. In 2015, Ales returned to Credo as analyst on a full time basis. Among other things, he is responsible for the fund's financialmatters and helping portfolio companies with budgeting. Ales graduated from Charles University in Prague where he studied international relations, focusing mainly on global energy security and ethnic tensions in Africa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Data Visualization | 1 | 33% |
| Business Intelligence | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manta | Manta is the world-class automated approach to visualize, optimize, and modernize how data moves through your organization through code-level lineage. By automatically scanning your data environment with the power of 50+ out-of-the-box scanners, Manta builds a powerful map of all data pipelines to drive efficiency and productivity. | $35M | Series B | May 26, 2022 |  |
| Manta | Manta is the world-class automated approach to visualize, optimize, and modernize how data moves through your organization through code-level lineage. By automatically scanning your data environment with the power of 50+ out-of-the-box scanners, Manta builds a powerful map of all data pipelines to drive efficiency and productivity. | $13M | Series A | Oct 06, 2020 |  |
| Manta | Manta is the world-class automated approach to visualize, optimize, and modernize how data moves through your organization through code-level lineage. By automatically scanning your data environment with the power of 50+ out-of-the-box scanners, Manta builds a powerful map of all data pipelines to drive efficiency and productivity. |  | Seed | Sep 18, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SAP.iO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sap-io) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Senovo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/senovo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EBRD Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ebrd-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Bank for Reconstruction and Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-bank-for-reconstruction-and-development-ebrd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Credo Ventures

VC Fund · Prague, Czech Republic

Credo Ventures is a venture capital company focused on early stage investments in Central and Eastern Europe.It is on a mission to identify and back the most interesting early stage companies in the region, support them in their growth plans (including expansion to the U.S. / global market), and help to achieve their objectives.The companyis looking for opportunities to invest in high-growth potential companies with international ambitions and competence to execute and deliver. Credo's industry focus is IT, Internet, and health.

5 contacts available at Credo Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alena Kandakova | Finance Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alena-kandakova |
| Ales Duchac | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ales-duchac |
| Andrej Kiska | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrej-kiska |
| Guillaume Fournier | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-fournier |
| Jan Habermann | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-habermann |

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## FAQ

### What does Ales Duchac invest in?

Ales Duchac invests primarily in Data Visualization, Business Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ales Duchac last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ales Duchac closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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