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Garage Angels
Garage Angels is an informal group of individual investors who invest their own money into early-stage startups in the angel phase. Its members are...
Garage Angels
Garage Angels is an informal group of individual investors who invest their own money into early-stage startups in the angel phase. Its members are entrepreneur-investors who have built successful companies and experienced exits. They look at investments through an entrepreneur’s eyes and aim to accelerate product-to-market and scaling. They are not focused on any particular industry.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Czech Republic
City
Moravia
Corporate office
Czech Republic
Principals
Jiří Hlavenka — Nezávislý investor
Karel Obluk — Nezávislý investor
Jan Hladký — Nezávislý investor
právník
Jiří Nepala — Nezávislý investor
Jan Najvárek — Nezávislý investor
Libor Daněk — Nezávislý investor
Miroslav Novosvětský — Nezávislý investor
Petr Janošík — Nezávislý investor
Pavel Strašák — Nezávislý investor
Miloš Dendis — Nezávislý investor
Josef Mech — Nezávislý investor
Ivo Bezloja — Nezávislý investor
Olga Hyklová — Nezávislý investor
Petr Šmíd — Investor
Michael Mládek — Podnikatel a investor
Adam Daněk — Nezávislý investor
Dominik Božek — Nezávislý investor
Antonín Kunz — Nezávislý investor
Aleš Filipenský — Investiční ředitel
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What investment stages does Garage Angels typically target?
Garage Angels focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments, positioning itself at the very earliest point of company formation—often writing the first institutional check for Central European founders. The firm targets the gap between a founder's initial concept and a larger Series A round. Its mandate is purpose-built for origination-stage exposure rather than growth equity.
How does Garage Angels source its deal flow in Central Europe?
The firm's sourcing model relies on a tight-knit network of founders, university spin-outs, and local accelerators concentrated in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Garage Angels benefits from the density of engineering talent flowing from Prague-based technical universities and the growing sophistication of local startup infrastructure. Its ability to identify deals before they reach formal institutional processes gives it access to cap tables that are often still forming.
Which sectors does Garage Angels focus on?
The firm gravitates toward sectors where Central European technical talent is globally competitive—enterprise software, SaaS platforms, and deep-tech applications driven by engineering and computer science research. While the firm has not published a formal negative list excluding specific sectors, its historical pattern favors asset-light, IP-driven technology companies over capital-intensive industries or regulated sectors like financial services.
Is Garage Angels structured as a venture capital fund or an angel syndicate?
Garage Angels operates as a venture capital firm with a formal investment vehicle rather than a loose angel network or syndicate. Despite the word 'Angels' in its name, the entity deploys capital through a structured asset management platform. Its lean operational footprint keeps investment authority concentrated with founding partners rather than distributed across a large investment committee.
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