Credo Ventures Stage 5

About Credo Ventures Stage 5

Credo Ventures Stage 5 is an $88M pre-seed fund to remain CEE's first check for technical founders. Backed by a track record including UiPath and ElevenLabs. Headquartered in Prague with presence in Warsaw.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionCzech Republic

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Deep Tech

Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Technical CEE-origin founder building a global company at pre-seed stage

CEE pre-seed

technical founders

AI & deep tech

diaspora founders

global category leaders

Bullish Signals

$88M raised in single closing signals strong LP conviction and urgencyblog

Two decacorn co-leads (UiPath, ElevenLabs) prove exceptional pre-seed pattern recognitionblog

Diaspora strategy unlocks Silicon Valley ambition with CEE engineering talentblog

Six partners, ~30 companies ensures deep hands-on engagement per founderblog

16-year track record; maturing CEE ecosystem notedlinkedin

Rising 2nd/3rd-gen operators strengthens deal flow qualitylinkedin

Fund V confirmed active; first-check pre-seed mandate reaffirmedlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Increasing global fund competition for CEE deals could erode sourcing edgeblog

Heavy concentration risk in a relatively small regional ecosystemblog

Founder Do's

Highlight your CEE roots or diaspora connection explicitly

Demonstrate global ambition from day one, not just regional play

Show deep technical differentiation, especially in AI or deep tech

Leverage Credo's network back in CEE for engineering talent hiring

Reach out early — they want to co-lead pre-seed before others notice you

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch if you have no CEE connection — geography is core to their thesis

Don't come without a technical co-founder or strong engineering DNA

Don't position as a regional-only business — global scale is mandatory

Key GPs & Partners

Ondrej Bartos

Founding Partner

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Jan Habermann

Founding Partner

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Maciek Gnutek

Partner

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Jakub Krikava

Partner

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Max Kolowrat-Krakowsky

Partner

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Matej Micek

Partner

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$88M

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Key People

Ondrej Bartos, Jan Habermann

Ondrej BartosFounding Partner

Jan HabermannFounding Partner

Maciek GnutekPartner

Jakub KrikavaPartner

Max Kolowrat-KrakowskyPartner

Matej MicekPartner

About Credo Ventures Stage 5

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