# Michal Smida

> Michal Smida is a seed investor at Twisto (Prague) backing FinTech and Mobile Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Twisto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twisto-payments)
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-smida-05ba5117/

Michal Smida is a seed investor at Twisto in Prague focused on FinTech and Mobile Apps. Michal Smida - Founder & CEO @ Twisto

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Payments | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $768K |  | Nov 10, 2014 |  |
| 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. |  |  | May 14, 2014 |  |
| 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. |  | Seed | Jul 30, 2013 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KAYA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaya-8ed9) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [MITON](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miton-cz-s-r-o) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Slevomat](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slevomat) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Twisto

VC Fund · Prague, Czech Republic

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.

5 contacts available at Twisto.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michal Smida | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michal-smida |
| Igor Tomych | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/igor-tomych |
| Jakub Růžička | Head of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jakub-r%C5%AF%C5%BEi%C4%8Dka |
| Jan Salvet | Lead Backend Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-salvet |
| Lukas Hurych | Chief Portfolio Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lukas-hurych |

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## FAQ

### What does Michal Smida invest in?

Michal Smida invests primarily in FinTech, Mobile Apps and Mobile Payments startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 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 Michal Smida last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michal Smida closed in Nov 2014. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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