# Miroslav Trnka

> Miroslav Trnka is a seed investor at ESET (San Diego) backing Robotics and Logistics. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ESET](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eset)
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miroslav.trnka4242

Miroslav Trnka is a seed investor at ESET in San Diego focused on Robotics and Logistics. Miroslav Trnka is the Co-Founder of ESET. Miroslav Trnka attended Slovak Technical University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 2 | 25% |
| Logistics | 2 | 25% |
| 3D Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Industrial Automation | 2 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Slovakia (Slovak Republic) | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Photoneo Brightpick Group | Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world’s highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast machine learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligentrobots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process. | $12M |  | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Brightpick | Brightpick offers AI robots for warehouses to easily automate every step of their order fulfillment. The innovative Brightpick robots enable warehouses of any size to fully automate order picking, consolidation and dispatch, as well as stock replenishment. Brightpick Autopicker, the company’s award-winning flagship robot, is the only mobile robotin the world that robotically picks and consolidates orders directly in warehouse aisles. The Brightpick solution takes just weeks to deploy and allows companies to reduce their fulfillment labor to a minimum. Headquartered near Cincinnati, OH, Brightpick has more than 200 employees and hundreds of AI robots deployed across the US and Europe. | $12M |  | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Photoneo Brightpick Group | Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world’s highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast machine learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligentrobots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process. | $9.9M | Series A | Dec 01, 2018 |  |
| Photoneo Brightpick Group | Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world’s highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast machine learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligentrobots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process. | $2.2M | Seed | Sep 15, 2015 |  |
| Photoneo Brightpick Group | Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world’s highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast machine learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligentrobots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process. | $2.3M | Seed | Sep 15, 2015 |  |
| Brightpick | Brightpick offers AI robots for warehouses to easily automate every step of their order fulfillment. The innovative Brightpick robots enable warehouses of any size to fully automate order picking, consolidation and dispatch, as well as stock replenishment. Brightpick Autopicker, the company’s award-winning flagship robot, is the only mobile robotin the world that robotically picks and consolidates orders directly in warehouse aisles. The Brightpick solution takes just weeks to deploy and allows companies to reduce their fulfillment labor to a minimum. Headquartered near Cincinnati, OH, Brightpick has more than 200 employees and hundreds of AI robots deployed across the US and Europe. |  | Series A |  |  |
| Photoneo |  |  | Seed |  |  |
| Brightpick | Brightpick offers AI robots for warehouses to easily automate every step of their order fulfillment. The innovative Brightpick robots enable warehouses of any size to fully automate order picking, consolidation and dispatch, as well as stock replenishment. Brightpick Autopicker, the company’s award-winning flagship robot, is the only mobile robotin the world that robotically picks and consolidates orders directly in warehouse aisles. The Brightpick solution takes just weeks to deploy and allows companies to reduce their fulfillment labor to a minimum. Headquartered near Cincinnati, OH, Brightpick has more than 200 employees and hundreds of AI robots deployed across the US and Europe. |  | Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Credo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credo-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [RSJ Investments SICAV a.s.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rsj-private-equity) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EBRD Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ebrd-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bek Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bek-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ESET

VC Fund · Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

ESET is an information technology security company that develops security software solutions which deliver protection against computer security threats for home users and corporate customers worldwide.The company provides ESET Smart Security, an integrated anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and personal firewall solution; ESET NOD32Antivirus, an integrated security solution that detects and disables viruses, Trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits, and other internet threats; ESET Cybersecurity for MAC; and ESET Endpoint Security, a security solution for company endpoints combining a two-way firewall, web control, and remote administration tool.ESET also offers ESET Endpoint Antivirus, an anti-virus and anti-spyware protection utilizing cloud-powered scanning, device control, and remote management of clients; ESET Mobile Security for Android that provides Android smartphone and tablet users with safer mobile technology adventures; and ESET Rootkit Detector, a security tool for Mac OSX that scans for malicious kernel extensions attempting to change operating system behavior by hooking inside the operating system.ESET was founded in 1992 and is based in Bratislava, Slovakia with regional distribution centers in San Diego, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Singapore. It has additional offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Prague, Czech Republic as well as malware research centers in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia; San Diego, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Singapore; Prague, Czech Republic; Krakow, Poland; Montreal, Canada; and Moscow, Russian Federation.

5 contacts available at ESET.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Miroslav Trnka | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miroslav-trnka-2 |
| Andrew J. Lee | Chief Executive Officer, North America | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-j-lee |
| Juraj Malcho | Chief Research Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juraj-malcho |
| Miroslav Bekaa | Test Automation Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miroslav-bekaa |
| Palo Luka | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavol-luka |

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## FAQ

### What does Miroslav Trnka invest in?

Miroslav Trnka invests primarily in Robotics, Logistics and 3D Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Miroslav Trnka's check size?

Miroslav Trnka typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$2.3M 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 Miroslav Trnka participates in.

### When did Miroslav Trnka last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Miroslav Trnka closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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