Karel Obluk
General Partner @ Evolution Equity Partners
Zurich, Switzerland
Karel Obluk is a seed investor at Evolution Equity Partners in Zurich focused on Security and Cyber Security. Karel Obluk is based out of Brno, Jihomoravsky kraj and is the president of Czech Business Angel Association. Karel previously worked at AVG as a chief scientist. Karel Obluk attended the Brno University of Technology.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
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Industries Karel Obluk invests in
Stages Karel Obluk invests in
Countries Karel Obluk invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$5M
- Series A
- $1.4M–$13M
- Series B
- $7M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Security 7 (41%)
- Cyber Security 6 (35%)
- Software 5 (29%)
- Network Security 3 (18%)
- Information Technology 3 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (29%)
- Series A 4 (24%)
- Series B 4 (24%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
- Series D 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 3 (18%)
- Germany 2 (12%)
- Czech Republic 2 (12%)
- Spain 1 (6%)
- Denmark 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Translation as a service delivered to your digital product. | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Panaseer is the first Continuous Controls Monitoring platform for enterprise cybersecurity. Our platform shows you every asset, application, user and data set across your IT estate in real-time. This identifies gaps in controls coverage, aligns security with framework standards and substantiates regulatory compliance. Our automated reportssignificantly reduce reporting time and tailor insights to stakeholders at every level, enhancing decision-making from the boardroom to the analyst. These reports can also be mapped to the organisation’s structure, so you can prioritise risk based on impact to the business.Enterprise security leaders around the world trust our platform to help them make better security decisions. | $26.5M / Series B / May 11, 2021 | ||
| Logpoint is the creator of a reliable, innovative cybersecurity operations platform — empowering organizations worldwide to thrive in a world of evolving threats. By combining sophisticated technology and a profound understanding of customer challenges, LogPoint bolsters security teams’ capabilities while helping them combat current and futurethreats. Logpoint offers SIEM, UEBA, SOAR and SAP security technologies converged into a complete platform that efficiently detects threats, minimizes false positives, autonomously prioritizes risks, responds to incidents, and much more. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices around the world, Logpoint is a multinational, multicultural, and inclusive company. For more information, visit http://www.logpoint.com | $30M / Series B / Sep 30, 2020 | ||
| Advanced adversaries and targeted attacks threaten large organisations on a daily basis. CounterCraft is a pioneering provider of full-spectrum cyber deception, ground-breaking threat hunting and cyber counterintelligence to detect, investigate and control targeted attacks. The award-winning solution combines powerful campaign automation withcontrolled synthetic environments to allow attackers to penetrate organizations without doing real damage. CounterCraft’s Threat Deception platform builds and deploys buffer zones that fool threat actors into engaging with false information and fake digital assets instead of real operational systems and data. The solution uses groundbreaking security engineering for Threat Detection, Threat Intelligence and Threat Response. Key stakeholders get more time to respond to advanced and rapidly evolving threats. The platform continuously generates highly relevant threat intelligence elicited from threat actors. Defenders benefit as CounterCraft integrates with incident response workflows and proactively reconfigures defensive systems in real time to mitigate risks from ongoing attacks.CounterCraft operates in Fortune500 companies globally, including major financial institutions, critical infrastructures, governments and Law Enforcement Agencies. Founded in 2015, the company is present in London, Madrid and Washington DC, with R&D in San Sebastian. | $5M / Seed / Jun 17, 2020 | ||
| SecurityScorecard is a global leader in cybersecurity ratings and the only service with over a million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 1,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management,board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their externally facing digital footprint. SecurityScorecard is the only provider of instant risk ratings that automatically map to vendor cybersecurity questionnaire responses - providing a true 360-degree view of risk. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve, and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees, and vendors. | $50M / Series D / Jun 13, 2019 | ||
| Panaseer is the first Continuous Controls Monitoring platform for enterprise cybersecurity. Our platform shows you every asset, application, user and data set across your IT estate in real-time. This identifies gaps in controls coverage, aligns security with framework standards and substantiates regulatory compliance. Our automated reportssignificantly reduce reporting time and tailor insights to stakeholders at every level, enhancing decision-making from the boardroom to the analyst. These reports can also be mapped to the organisation’s structure, so you can prioritise risk based on impact to the business.Enterprise security leaders around the world trust our platform to help them make better security decisions. | $10M / Series A / Jun 18, 2018 | ||
| Advanced adversaries and targeted attacks threaten large organisations on a daily basis. CounterCraft is a pioneering provider of full-spectrum cyber deception, ground-breaking threat hunting and cyber counterintelligence to detect, investigate and control targeted attacks. The award-winning solution combines powerful campaign automation withcontrolled synthetic environments to allow attackers to penetrate organizations without doing real damage. CounterCraft’s Threat Deception platform builds and deploys buffer zones that fool threat actors into engaging with false information and fake digital assets instead of real operational systems and data. The solution uses groundbreaking security engineering for Threat Detection, Threat Intelligence and Threat Response. Key stakeholders get more time to respond to advanced and rapidly evolving threats. The platform continuously generates highly relevant threat intelligence elicited from threat actors. Defenders benefit as CounterCraft integrates with incident response workflows and proactively reconfigures defensive systems in real time to mitigate risks from ongoing attacks.CounterCraft operates in Fortune500 companies globally, including major financial institutions, critical infrastructures, governments and Law Enforcement Agencies. Founded in 2015, the company is present in London, Madrid and Washington DC, with R&D in San Sebastian. | $2.5M / Seed / Mar 21, 2018 | ||
| SecurityScorecard is a global leader in cybersecurity ratings and the only service with over a million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 1,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management,board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their externally facing digital footprint. SecurityScorecard is the only provider of instant risk ratings that automatically map to vendor cybersecurity questionnaire responses - providing a true 360-degree view of risk. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve, and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees, and vendors. | $27.5M / Series C / Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Panaseer is the first Continuous Controls Monitoring platform for enterprise cybersecurity. Our platform shows you every asset, application, user and data set across your IT estate in real-time. This identifies gaps in controls coverage, aligns security with framework standards and substantiates regulatory compliance. Our automated reportssignificantly reduce reporting time and tailor insights to stakeholders at every level, enhancing decision-making from the boardroom to the analyst. These reports can also be mapped to the organisation’s structure, so you can prioritise risk based on impact to the business.Enterprise security leaders around the world trust our platform to help them make better security decisions. | $3.3M / Seed / May 30, 2017 | ||
| Logpoint is the creator of a reliable, innovative cybersecurity operations platform — empowering organizations worldwide to thrive in a world of evolving threats. By combining sophisticated technology and a profound understanding of customer challenges, LogPoint bolsters security teams’ capabilities while helping them combat current and futurethreats. Logpoint offers SIEM, UEBA, SOAR and SAP security technologies converged into a complete platform that efficiently detects threats, minimizes false positives, autonomously prioritizes risks, responds to incidents, and much more. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices around the world, Logpoint is a multinational, multicultural, and inclusive company. For more information, visit http://www.logpoint.com | $10M / Series A / Apr 04, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital investor leveraging deep sector expertise to help exceptional entrepreneurs develop market-leading companies. The firm has a focus on cyber-security, enterprise software and consumer related opportunities and brings significant resources to portfolio companies seeking to expand in international markets. Evolution Equity Partners has invested in well-known companies including AVG Technologies, OpenDNS, Carbon Black, Onapsis, Security Scorecard, Cognitive Security, DF Labs, 60K Group and others. The firm purchases both primary and secondary shares investing in high growth businesses across multiple stages, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. Visit us at www.evolutionequity.com or follow us on Twitter at @EvolutionEquity
Evolution Equity Partners Contacts
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Aron Khurana
Associate & Head of Investor Relations
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Bernhard Vogeli
Partner, Chief Operating Officer & Head of Operations
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J.R. Smith
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Karthik Subramanian
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Richard Seewald
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FAQ
What does Karel Obluk invest in?
Karel Obluk invests primarily in Security, Cyber Security and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Karel Obluk invest in?
Karel Obluk typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5M at Seed, $1.4M–$13M at Series A and $7M–$30M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Karel Obluk's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Karel Obluk took part in.
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When did Karel Obluk last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Karel Obluk closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 17 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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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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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