# Jan Barta

> Jan Barta is a seed investor at Pale Fire Capital (Prague) backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pale Fire Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pale-fire-capital)
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-barta-7a3baa1a9

Jan Barta is a Partner at ePojisteni.cz.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $252k–$4.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 20% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 13% |
| Hotel | 1 | 7% |
| EdTech | 1 | 7% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 40% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zuri | Zuri is a company that builds a hybrid-electric VTOL for inter-city travel. | $4.6M | Seed | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| Groupon | Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that offers discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. It is known as an online e-commerce platform that provides its users with the ability to purchase any product. Groupon offers consumers a vast marketplace of deals all over the world. Its users have the ability to discover variousproducts on the web or on mobile with Groupon Local; enjoy vacations with Groupon Getaways; and find a curated selection of electronics, fashion, home furnishings, and more with Groupon Goods.Groupon provides merchants with a collection of products and services, including customizable deal campaigns, credit card payment processing capabilities, and point-of-sale solutions. The platform was launched in 2011 and is based in Chicago Heights, I.L. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 28, 2022 |  |
| Acond | Acond is a family-owned Czech manufacturer of heat pumps. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Valuo Technologies | Valuo Technologies displays images and ads for sold homes. Additionally, data from the cadastre are retrieved. The descriptions and images of the sold properties are available to users. Users who search by location only see offers that are pertinent to them. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 02, 2022 |  |
| Davinci Travel System | DAVINCI travel system is B2B online platform for booking and management of group reservations at hotels. DAVINCI ensure customer satisfaction and provide the highest quality group booking services to clients. Through the automation of online group booking, DAVINCI is able to provide our clients with wholesale rates as well as cater to individualclient needs. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| Fireball | Fireball develops role-playing games on mobile devices, making them more convenient to use. The company's game Dungeon Realms allows players to play tabletop RPG on their mobile phones. The game offers a variety of backgrounds, appearances, and personality traits that players can select from, as well as playable races and classes. | $949.8K | Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| encubate | encubate is an app that helps aspiring entrepreneurs build the foundations of their future business & master their entrepreneurial skills | $328K | Seed | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| LitFin |  |  |  | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| LitFin |  |  | Debt Financing | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| Davinci Travel System | DAVINCI travel system is B2B online platform for booking and management of group reservations at hotels. DAVINCI ensure customer satisfaction and provide the highest quality group booking services to clients. Through the automation of online group booking, DAVINCI is able to provide our clients with wholesale rates as well as cater to individualclient needs. | $473.8K | Convertible Note | Sep 11, 2020 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Grouport Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grouport-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rockaway Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockaway-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pale Fire Capital

VC Fund

The moon’s an arrant thief. And her pale fire she snatches from the sun…

1 contacts available at Pale Fire Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jan Barta | partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-barta |

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## FAQ

### What does Jan Barta invest in?

Jan Barta invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 15 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 Jan Barta's check size?

Jan Barta typically joins rounds of $252k–$4.6M 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 Jan Barta participates in.

### When did Jan Barta last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jan Barta closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 15 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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