# TopMonks Startup Studio

> TopMonks Startup Studio is a VC fund in Prague backing Marketing and Advertising. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- Website: https://studio.topmonks.com

TopMonks Startup Studio is a VC fund in Prague focused on Marketing and Advertising. Startup investment arm of TopMonks

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 2 | 67% |
| Advertising | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Leisure | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lafluence | Lafluence is an advertising company. They offer a platform that makes influencer marketing easy and mutually beneficial to sophisticated algorithms and audience data. | $44.2K | Pre-Seed | Nov 07, 2018 |  |
| BouncePilot | BouncePilot is noCRM eCommerce email retargeting and marketing automation. We work with Fortune 1000 companies in the US across the eCommerce, media, travel, retail, and B2B spaces.It's easiest to think about it like this: combine the principles of email remarketing and ad retargeting. You target visitors who bounce from your site. Insteadof showing them an ad, you use the highest converting marketing medium available: email. Retargeted emails convert 16x better than retargeted ads.Your problem: Today, you have great email remarketing programs. Your abandoned cart and product campaigns convert into great revenue. You email every visitor you recognize, which is about 10% of them. Unfortunately, many of your visitors are first-time visitors, anonymous, or people who have cleared their cookies.BouncePilot extends your email retargeting audience to the other 90% – your unidentified visitors. Get a free trial on www.bouncepilot.com.BouncePilot is 100% opt-in, CAN-SPAM compliant, and DAA and NAI compliant. We take privacy seriously and follow the best practices of industry standards organizations. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2017 |  |
| Go Real Travel | Go Real Travel collaborates with clients to plan, book, and schedule their entire trip to Europe and Southeast Asia. Go Real Travel began in 2008, when David Manley, a New Orleans native, moved to the Czech Republic with his Czech wife. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nextech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does TopMonks Startup Studio invest in?

TopMonks Startup Studio invests primarily in Marketing, Advertising and B2B startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed 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 TopMonks Startup Studio last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for TopMonks Startup Studio closed in Nov 2018. 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?

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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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