# Josef Prusa

> Josef Prusa is a seed investor at Prusa Research (Prague) backing Travel and Tourism. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prusa Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prusa-research)
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josefprusa/

Josef Prusa is a seed investor at Prusa Research in Prague focused on Travel and Tourism. Josef Prusa is the CEO and founder of Prusa Research. He is also a 3D printer operator at RepRap.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Tourism | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Worldee | Worldee provides an online platform where users can present pictures of their travels in albums. Tomáš Zapletal founded it in 2019, with its headquarters in Olomouc in the Czech Republic. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Worldee | Worldee provides an online platform where users can present pictures of their travels in albums. Tomáš Zapletal founded it in 2019, with its headquarters in Olomouc in the Czech Republic. | $472.1K | Seed | Jul 29, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Prusa Research

VC Fund · Prague, Czech Republic

Prusa Research s.r.o. is a Czech 3D printing company founded by Josef Průša in 2009 as a one-man startup. Within few years and without any external investments it has evolved into one of the most innovative and growing companies in the 3D industry. Prusa Research grew 3 times during the period of the last 5 months since the release of the OriginalPrusa i3 MK2 kit (May 2016). Producing over 1,000 printers a month with a team of 60 people as of September 2016.

2 contacts available at Prusa Research.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Josef Prusa | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josef-prusa |
| Ondřej Průša | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ond%C5%99ej-pr%C5%AF%C5%A1a |

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## FAQ

### What does Josef Prusa invest in?

Josef Prusa invests primarily in Travel, Tourism and Internet startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Czech Republic. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Josef Prusa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Josef Prusa closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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