Pale Fire Capital
VC Fund
Prague, Czech Republic
Pale Fire Capital is a private equity investment firm focusing on technological innovation across various sectors and industries.
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 70%
Last updated:
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Industries Pale Fire Capital invests in
Stages Pale Fire Capital invests in
Countries Pale Fire Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $46k–$1.4M
- Post-IPO Secondary
- $11M–$64M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $341k–$5.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (11%)
- Software 3 (11%)
- E-Commerce 3 (11%)
- Manufacturing 2 (7%)
- SaaS 1 (4%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (30%)
- Seed 5 (19%)
- Post-IPO Secondary 2 (7%)
- Series A 1 (4%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
Country
- Czech Republic 9 (33%)
- United States 2 (7%)
- Japan 1 (4%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
- Poland 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Holý
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Jan Barta
partner
|
partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s best universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personalenrichment goals throughout their lives.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $11.4M / Post-IPO Secondary / Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Lightspeed believes that commerce belongs to everyone. It belongs to the entrepreneurs who realize their dreams of starting a business, the storefronts and restaurants that project new perspectives onto city streets, and the communities that are shaped by those businesses.Providing restaurateurs and retailers with the simplest way to run theirbusinesses at full potential, Lightspeed helps entrepreneurs offer their customers positive and memorable experiences by taking care of the day-to-day management aspect of their business. More than 36,000 businesses processing over $13 billion in annual transactions use Lightspeed’s restaurant POS software and omnichannel retail solution to manage inventory, customer preferences, sales, and reporting — all from one centralized platform. Believing that with the right technology, restaurateurs can better serve their customers and keep them coming back for seconds, Lightspeed has created an all-in-one point of sale, table management, and analytics platform for restaurants and bars of all sizes. The company also offers end-to-end commerce solutions that help retailers build, manage and grow their businesses. Successful retailers around the world have chosen Lightspeed’s retail POS software, Lightspeed Retail, for its intuitive product and inventory management systems, built-in CRM, and advanced reporting. Lightspeed eCom, the company’s eCommerce platform, is what bridges the gap between the in-store and online shopping experience. The platform was founded on the principle that marketing should be the primary concern of online merchants, rather than the technical maintenance of their website. Those who use Lightspeed eCom benefit from a platform that is flexible, scalable, ready to use within minutes and that comes with a built-in suite of marketing tools that help drive site traffic and sales. By combining Lightspeed eCom with Lightspeed Retail, retailers can provide their customers with omnichannel: a seamless shopping experience, whether they want to browse or buy in-store or online. | $64.4M / Post-IPO Secondary / Sep 24, 2026 | ||
| 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 various products 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 is a family-owned Czech manufacturer of heat pumps. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 12, 2022 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Daytrip is a platform for traveling with local drivers. It allows independent travelers to get the most out of their vacation by connecting them to local drivers, who drive them from one city to another with their own cars, discovering local sights and culture on the way.It gives travelers an opportunity to see otherwise unreachable countrysidesights, meet real locals and get to know local history, culture and current affairs first-hand. Daytrip is an entirely new approach to traveling, combining the comfort of package holidays with the flexibility of independent planning and authenticity of backpacking. | $6.9M / Series A / Feb 21, 2022 | ||
| Mubi.pl offers motor insurance, travel insurance, and sports insurance solutions. | Seed / Sep 29, 2021 | ||
| Roivenue is an award-winning suite for marketing strategy decision-making. It is the most precise way to manage your entire marketing investment.Using data-driven attribution models and CLV, it allows marketers to identify under-performing campaigns, address over-invested channels, and make decisions that maximize ROI. Unlike tools designed fordata analysts, like Google Analytics, Roivenue lets you see the big picture, and make informed overall budget decisions tuned to your specific goals. | $46.3K / Seed / Aug 06, 2021 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sportlito allows every fan to experience the most thrilling events of their favorite players and organizations through visual stories. Sportlito was founded by Antonin Parma. | $3.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 12, 2021 | ||
| See all 27 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Pale Fire Capital invest in?
Pale Fire Capital invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Czech Republic. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Pale Fire Capital invest in?
Pale Fire Capital typically joins rounds of $46k–$1.4M at Seed, $11M–$64M at Post-IPO Secondary and $341k–$5.9M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Pale Fire Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Pale Fire Capital took part in.
How do I contact Pale Fire Capital?
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Who are the partners at Pale Fire Capital?
The team at Pale Fire Capital includes David Holý (Partner) and Jan Barta (partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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