# J&T Banka

> J&T Banka is a VC fund in Prague backing FinTech, E-Commerce and Financial Services. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.jtbank.cz

J&T Banka is a private bank that assists clients in protecting their assets, increasing their worth, and passing assets.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $279k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Alumni | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JK Education | JK Education was founded in 2013 (then as J&K Consulting) as an agency sending Czech high school students to foreign private boarding schools (especially in the United States, Canada and Western Europe). Two years later, the agency started to organize foreign high school fairs in the Czech Republic, which became the only events of its kind.Currently the company operates school fairs in four countries including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, and JK has successfully placed hundreds of students at top-tier foreign schools from these countries.JK Education also operates three private high schools in the Czech Republic: American Academy in Prague, American Academy in Brno and the Prague Humanities Grammar School (“Pražské humanitní gymnázium“). Curricula draw on the best of the American and Finnish education systems, such as selection of courses, project-based and topic-focused lessons, assigning students to classes not by age, but by the level of difficulty of the subject, classes with a small number of students and an individualized approach. | $3.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| Fondee | Fondee (Direct Fondee a.s.) is a Czech online investment platform that makes investing simple, transparent, and low-cost. Founded in 2017 by Eva and Jan Hlavsovi and publicly launched in January 2020, the company lets retail investors put their money into broadly diversified portfolios of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are built and rebalancedfor them — no prior experience required.Clients choose from a range of passively managed portfolios, including seven classic and seven sustainable (ESG) options, and can open several account types tailored to different goals: a standard investment account, a children's account, a student account, the DIP long-term investment product (with annual tax relief), and accounts for companies. Fondee competes on low fees, low minimum investments, and the ability to withdraw funds at any time.Headquartered in Prague, Fondee is regulated by the Czech National Bank (ČNB) as a licensed securities dealer and operates in the Czech Republic, Slovakia (since 2022), and Poland (since 2023). In 2024, the Direct group of entrepreneur Pavel Řehák acquired a 100% stake in the company — a transaction approved by the Czech National Bank in early 2025 — and Fondee continues to operate as part of Direct Group, serving more than 20,000 clients. The company is led by CEO Laureen Höllge. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| Twisto | Twisto is a payment app for the mobile-first era. Connected with a Mastercard and Apple Pay-compatible, the Twisto account enables customers to pay for their online purchases with just one click, deal with bills and invoices by taking a photo of them within the app, and pay just about anywhere else with the card, a special payment bracelet or ApplePay.On top of that, the account comes with the best exchange rate possible for international payments. Twisto aggregates the payments in a neatly designed mobile app, and customers pay them all at once at the end of each month. | $30.5M | Debt Financing | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| Nafirmy.cz | Nafirmy.cz is a platform for P2B lending to companies. Companies and the self-employed will have the opportunity to apply for available loans through them, and investors would value the money more enthusiastically than they would in a bank's savings account. They offer attractive prices loans. They guarantee an open and transparent financingprocess. Sensible scoring, which considers both the company's future perspective and historical performance, is their area of expertise. | $278.6K | Seed | Apr 19, 2021 |  |
| Rohlik | Rohlik is an innovative grocery delivery startup that offers a 90-minute same-day delivery service. Since its inception, Rohlik has been growing and is on track to EUR 300 mil. revenues in 2020. Rohlík was founded in 2014 by Marek Sacha and Tomas Cupr and is headquartered in Karlín, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic. | $230.7M | Series B | Mar 02, 2021 |  |
| Fondee | Fondee (Direct Fondee a.s.) is a Czech online investment platform that makes investing simple, transparent, and low-cost. Founded in 2017 by Eva and Jan Hlavsovi and publicly launched in January 2020, the company lets retail investors put their money into broadly diversified portfolios of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are built and rebalancedfor them — no prior experience required.Clients choose from a range of passively managed portfolios, including seven classic and seven sustainable (ESG) options, and can open several account types tailored to different goals: a standard investment account, a children's account, a student account, the DIP long-term investment product (with annual tax relief), and accounts for companies. Fondee competes on low fees, low minimum investments, and the ability to withdraw funds at any time.Headquartered in Prague, Fondee is regulated by the Czech National Bank (ČNB) as a licensed securities dealer and operates in the Czech Republic, Slovakia (since 2022), and Poland (since 2023). In 2024, the Direct group of entrepreneur Pavel Řehák acquired a 100% stake in the company — a transaction approved by the Czech National Bank in early 2025 — and Fondee continues to operate as part of Direct Group, serving more than 20,000 clients. The company is led by CEO Laureen Höllge. | $403.5K | Seed | May 01, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Conseq Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conseq-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EBRD (Türkiye)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ebrd-investment-firm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [J&T Finance Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-t-finance-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does J&T Banka invest in?

J&T Banka invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Czech Republic. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is J&T Banka's check size?

J&T Banka typically joins rounds of $279k–$1.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds J&T Banka participates in.

### When did J&T Banka last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for J&T Banka closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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