# Presto Ventures

> Presto Ventures is a VC fund in Prague backing SaaS and Software. See 108 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 108
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 47%
- Fund size: $159M
- Last fund: Jun 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/b-vc/
- Website: https://www.prestoventures.com/

Presto Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in Deeptech and Defence Pre-seed to Series A startups across NATO & Allied countries. Presto Ventures was founded by Přemysl Rubeš in 2016 and is headquartered in Prague.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $646k–$3M |
| Pre-Seed | $132k–$1.7M |
| Series A | $3.8M–$32M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 18 | 17% |
| Software | 18 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 11% |
| Machine Learning | 8 | 7% |

145 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 47 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 21 | 19% |
| Series A | 6 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 3% |
| Series B | 2 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czech Republic | 26 | 24% |
| United States | 11 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 7% |
| Estonia | 4 | 4% |
| Lithuania | 4 | 4% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dennis Ahrling | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-ahrling-cea3 |
| Eduard Kucera | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eduard-kucera-8782 |
| Jan Černý | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-%C4%8Dern%C3%BD |
| Milan Lupač | partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milan-lupa%C4%8D |
| Přemysl Rubeš | Founder & Managing Partner | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p%C5%99emysl-rube%C5%A1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The New Era® of Shopping | The New Era® of Shopping helps merchants make their catalogues discoverable and shoppable inside AI assistants. Key features of the platform include two-way catalog syncing with PIMs/ERPs, SKU-level intelligence to measure AI visibility and ranking of products inside LLM responses, user prompts analysis for trends and volume insights, andautomated content optimization to improve how products rank in conversational answers. The product is already integrated with all major eCommerce platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, etc, as well as main AI discovery platforms: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| SatVu | Satellite Vu will monitor the temperature of every building on the planet in near real time to determine valuable insights into economic activity, energy efficiency and carbon footprint. ​We are passionate about supporting decision making around the world related to: the Energy industry, investors monitoring economic activity, sustainable finance.Natural Disaster responders, building operators & Plastics Cleanup. | $40.9M |  | Feb 16, 2026 |  |
| Occam Industries | Occam Industries develops advanced battlefield technologies and systems for Western militaries and defense partners. | $3.6M | Pre-Seed | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| DiffuseDrive | DiffuseDrive is a developer tool for high-fidelity synthetic data for computer vision development. It specializes in data generation for autonomous driving development using their advanced GenAI data platform. DiffuseDrive mission is to streamline the data generation process by harnessing natural language interactions, eliminating developmentbottlenecks. | $3.5M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Corn | Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin. | $8.3M | Equity Crowdfunding | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| BlueQubit | BlueQubit is a company that focuses on quantum computing technologies and solutions. They aim to leverage the power of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems that are beyond the capabilities of classical computers. BlueQubit develops software and algorithms that can run on quantum computers, aiming to optimize processes and solve problems invarious industries such as finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and materials science. | $10M | Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Bavovna AI | Bavovna Inc., a Delaware C-corp, is a dual-use tech company primarily focusing on AI-driven alternative navigation for Unmanned Vehicles operating in GPS-denied and Electronic Warfare (EW) threatened environments. Bavovna combines fully NDAA complaint modular hardware and SaaS AI software for aerial, surface, and subsurface UV platforms to addressmalicious and natural challenges to Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems. Bavovna has tested its solutions widely in Ukraine, EMEA, and the US for different types of UAVs, including VTOL, fixed-wing, multi-copters, and surface and underwater vehicles. | $2.7M | Seed | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Vidar Systems | Vidar Systems is a tech company creating AI-powered acoustic systems for advanced sound analysis and solutions. | $450K | Seed | Nov 13, 2024 |  |
| Pibox | Pibox is the all-in-one platform for music producers which includes: • Time-stamped professional audio commenting • Cloud for studio files • Hi-res audio streaming for live collaboration • Internal messaging | $1.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| Tur.ai | Tur.ai offers a platform as a service that allows organizations to design, build, and operate business-friendly AI solutions. Tur.ai is on a mission to span a chasm between AI and businesses, making intelligent automation accessible, effective, and understandable by enterprises.Our product, platform as a service, allows organizations to design,build, and operate business-friendly AI solutions.With Tur.ai, business users and digital consultants are put into the driver’s seat and are in the lead throughout the entire implementation lifecycle.Unlike many others in the field, Tur.ai provides: - solutions accessibility and transparency to non-tech users - calculable implementation risks and suitable piloting experience - ROI coming from low running costs and multi-purpose use - technology vendor flexibility with a vast range of integrated communication platforms, cognitive tools, and pluginsThe Tur.ai platform is actively used by Fortune 500 companies and keeps delivering positive results in cost reduction, process effectiveness, and revenue generation in Customer Experience, HR, and Procurement.Business — reach out to our expert team to discuss consulting & implementation options. Investor — reach out to discuss how you can help us grow. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 108 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Presto Ventures invest in?

Presto Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 108 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Czech Republic. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Presto Ventures's check size?

Presto Ventures typically joins rounds of $646k–$3M at Seed, $132k–$1.7M at Pre-Seed and $3.8M–$32M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Presto Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Presto Ventures?

Public channels for Presto Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Presto Ventures?

The team at Presto Ventures includes Dennis Ahrling (Venture Partner), Eduard Kucera (Partner) and Jan Černý (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 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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