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We are an investor group with pride in Czech inventions, global ambitions and a sense of social responsibility.

We create a neutral port between the startup environment and global companies. We know how to strike a balance between flexibility and robustness. All this helps us implement the most interesting ideas and put them into action for further growth.

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Our Philosophy

All our values have common denominators: fairness and responsibility.

We play fair with our partners, employees, and society as a whole. Before we decide to take on any project, we assess its benefits to the society. Every asset must be based on a mutually beneficial agreement.
We want to actively change established habits and bring about positive changes. We live by a simple motto: "The best-educated society is the most prosperous one." Influencing the shape of Czech education, both for children and senior citizens, is therefore our great ambition. This is the best way to positively influence the development of the Czech Republic for years to come.
We take an interest in things. We never just chase a profit. We always evaluate every project on the basis of what it brings to our country, how it helps and moves the society forward. And we want to lead by example: we are committed to donate a minimum of 5% of our future profits to help deal with social issues and risks, and to support charitable activities.

Our projects and investments

Semantic Visions

www.semantic-visions.com

is a technology company using AI and state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically evaluate data from global media.

It currently processes over 90% of the world's news content, i.e. over 1.3 million articles in 12 languages every day. Based on an extensive catalogue of topics, it can identify potential risks or opportunities for companies, countries, territories, etc.
These data serve as a unique source of information for companies with international operations, especially for AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC (Know Your Customer), third party and supply chain risk management, cyber threat protection (including detection of information attacks and disinformation), and other areas specified and required by the customer.

Our role: We focus mainly on strategic product development, integration of solutions for international customers, business activities aimed at multinational banks and industrial enterprises. We are also responsible for the senior management of the company and accelerating the acquisition of new talent.

How this project positively impacts the society

Thanks to the wide use of cutting-edge technology, the tool is also used to detect disinformation and information operations in hybrid warfare. It is also used in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Flowbox

www.flowbox.com

is a software and technology company offering the most advanced system for managing and optimising the consumption of all types of energy in the following areas:

real estate (complete energy management of office buildings, warehouses, shopping centres, etc.)
industry (large industrial premises, energy infrastructures, etc.),
municipalities and other microgrids – management of shared systems (community energy)

It is a technologically advanced system for the collection, visualization and analysis of consumption data for all types of energy (electricity, gas, heat, cooling, special gases, etc.) and the subsequent optimisation of their use with proactive control of both connected sources (photovoltaics, cogeneration, heating plants, etc.) and distribution points. Thanks to its connection to external data sources, it also provides all the support for detailed ESG reporting.
The system can be connected to the vast majority of devices in use and, in addition to data collection and visualization and in contrast to many competing products, it allows active (even autonomous) management of consumption to achieve optimisation and savings in consumption volume and energy costs.

Our role: We focus on strategic business development, go-to-market strategies and scalability. We also help to sell our solutions to major customers in industry, logistics, office buildings and shopping centres, both in the Czech Republic and throughout Europe.

How this project positively impacts the society

The implementation of the Flowbox solution contributes to significant savings in all areas of energy consumption, thus making a significant contribution to ensuring sustainability and supporting the environment.

Spacefity

is targeted as a Marketplace for landlords and tenants of commercial real estate supported by the use of artificial intelligence. In cooperation with the CTU development teams, we are creating a unique platform for automatic design of workspace layouts (spaceplans) in the field of office space and industrial premises. This technology will allow tenants to visualize potentially suitable spaces for their needs and enter into direct negotiations with landlords, thus saving a significant amount of time and costs.

Our role: We are the main investor and are in charge of the overall product strategy.

How this project positively impacts the society

The implementation of the project significantly contributes to the connection of the scientific world of the university environment with the real economic environment, which also intensively supports the development of science, research and talented young people.

Medyo

www.medyo.cz

is a technology company with its own solution using machine learning for content personalization, the so-called recommendation engine. The solution offers a high degree of accuracy of recommendations and optimization of the efficiency of calculations, significantly reducing demands on computing power. This enables real-time decision-making for a very high number of requests. At the same time, it also has excellent IT security and personal data protection.

Uniquely on the market, the company offers this top solution in the form of providing source code with support for subsequent internal development and passing on complete know-how to customers from e-commerce, banks, insurance companies, media and telco industries who want to internalize their entire solution and have it fully under by your own control.

Our role: We focus on supporting product sales to major customers in Europe, USA and Asia. We also participate in connecting existing and building new integration teams.

How this project positively impacts the society

Our intention is to offer this software tool free of charge to public authorities to help ordinary citizens find their way around the Citizen Portal website or other state information resources, helping the Czech Republic go digital.

Ringil

www.ringil.com

Ringil is an intelligent platform for digital logistics management - complete transport management, automated connection with carriers and intuitive reporting.

These are the ingredients for the biggest revolution in logistics since the introduction of pallets. Real E2E digitization of logistics is rightfully in the sights of global business. Ringil has the ambition and potential to become the standard at the heart of corporate logistics.

Keboola

www.keboola.com

Keboola develops and operates a cloud platform for data processing, thanks to which all company and external data from any data sources can be organized in one place.

With this platform, it is possible to easily connect data from various applications and systems with which different departments work in the company, easily connect external data and work with them in one environment.

Partners

Diana Rádl Rogerová

partner

Diana is a top Czech manager and also an investor now. She is a partner at Behind Inventions and a former managing partner of Deloitte Czech Republic, where she was Chief Strategic Officer for Deloitte Europe.

Between 1992 and 1996 she attended the Prague University of Economics and Business. For her managerial and innovative activities, she has been listed among the TOP 25 Women of the Czech Republic, published by Economia, and Forbes magazine has repeatedly included her in its list of the most influential Czech women.

She also mentors and speaks at conferences on women's leadership and new technologies. She is engaged in many platforms supporting women, such as FinWomen.

She is also significantly involved in activities in support of the state. She created the CzechSetGo! conference with a focus on the digitalisation of the state. Thanks to this and her experience, she has become a member of the Digital Team of the Czech Republic and is a member of the Advisory Team of the Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalisation. She is also a member of the team of the Minister of Health.

Stanislav Pavlin

partner

Entrepreneur and investor Stanislav Pavlín was at the very beginning of Behind Inventions. With his international experience in corporations, innovative companies and education, start-ups couldn't ask for anyone better to stand by their side on their way to the big players.

At Vodafone's global headquarters, he was in charge of global technology sourcing strategy, among other things. In this role, he also moved to China for a period of time to work on creating strategic partnerships in the East.

He has extensive experience in starting successful businesses and building companies that have global potential. In Luxembourg, he founded a company for Vodafone that owns part of the technology assets of the entire group. It is in this area that his work has been recognised with several international industry awards.

Since 2008, he has been co-owner of a number of companies, mainly in the education, technology and pharmaceutical sectors. One of his latest entrepreneurial ventures, the founding of Fostra, a group of private high schools based in Prague, proves that everything starts with the education of young people.

Experience from small and large companies led him to the idea of creating Behind Inventions. A group that would operate with respect for the former and the experience of the latter.

Jan Balatka

partner

Jan Balatka specializes in technology projects. He started his career in the cyber risk team of Deloitte CZ right after studies. Alongside cyber risks he also focused on analytics and forensic technologies for fraud investigation services. He later became the lead of the Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and eDiscovery division for the region of Central Europe of Deloitte.

During his 18 year tenure with Deloitte, Honza undertook and managed various projects also outside of CZ, namely in Switzerland, Canada and Germany. He was responsible for management and development of divisions focusing on data analytics and machine learning besides regular project work. This included building new alliances and partnerships which wasn’t limited to large brands, but mainly with local suppliers, startups and innovative technologies.

This was the key experience for Honza’s involvement in Behind Inventions in a role of technology partner. He is responsible for research on new and innovative technology, assessment of technology companies on their business opportunities and market fit as well as development of the Behind Inventions portfolio in technology sector and services around artificial intelligence.

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When selecting projects that we want to invest in and assist with development, we always make sure that they are projects with a unique technological solution. They must have European, or better yet global ambition, and synergy with our portfolio, but also have a societal overlap, i.e. assist in solving some of the most important areas of the current development of our society (for example, in the environment, the development of a modern and cultural society, equal opportunities for all, etc.). At the same time, our group must be skilled in the area and able to make a significant contribution to the project. In particular, the ability to analyse the market and demand trends, design operating models and go-to-market strategies, prepare financial and investment plans, and form the right business and solution teams and manage them.