Presto Ventures

Presto Ventures (formerly BVC — Bohemia Venture Capital) is a Prague, Czech Republic-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Premysl Rubes, a Czech mathematician and entrepreneur, with backing from Czech billionaire and philanthropist Tomas Krsek. Presto invests into fast-growing technology companies across Central and Eastern Europe, primarily at seed and Series A, with selective pre-seed entries. The firm leads rounds and has backed over 50 companies spanning fintech, SaaS, online marketplaces, food, energy, deep tech, and hardware. Presto is backed entirely by private capital — successful entrepreneurs, exited tech founders, and family offices — rather than public or EU grant funding. The firm's portfolio has attracted over EUR 300 million in follow-on capital from Western VCs including Andreessen Horowitz and Point Nine. Notable portfolio names include Cloudtalk, Ready Player Me, Oddin.gg, Woltair, IP Fabric, Sharry, Yieldigo, Inventoro, Finmap, Secfense, Zypl.ai, GaiaNet.AI, and bavovna.ai. Combined AUM from Funds I through III materially exceeds EUR 100 million. In partnership with Czechoslovak Group, Presto launched the EUR 150 million Presto Tech Horizons fund targeting frontier security, defense, aerospace, and dual-use technologies — the first dedicated defense-tech venture fund in the CEE region. Its most recent disclosed investment was a Series A lead in Choice in March 2026. Presto's decade of operating in CEE has produced a pattern-recognition advantage in identifying technical founders from the region who can scale globally. The firm's dual mandate — conventional B2B tech through Funds I-III and defense and dual-use tech through Presto Tech Horizons — positions it uniquely as European governments and NATO members accelerate investment in sovereign technology capabilities. Its willingness to lead rounds from seed through Series A makes it a decisive first institutional partner for CEE founders.