Jaroslav Trojan

Managing Partner at N1 Ventures

📍 Prague, Czech Republic🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2017
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May 2017
Daytrip is a leading global travel platform, making city-to-city travel effortless. Operating in over 130 countries across six continents, Daytrip connects travelers with a trusted network of 10,000+ English-speaking drivers. With more than 40,000 routes and flexible options, travelers can customize their journey: add scenic stops, plan day trips, or combine multiple cities into one smooth itinerary. Every Daytrip transfer is designed to be more than just a ride, it’s a memorable experience from start to finish. Friendly, local drivers enhance every trip with cultural context, adding depth to every stop. To date, over a million travelers have discovered a better way to travel with Daytrip. Contacts: B2B partnerships: partners@daytrip.com PR: pr@daytrip.com
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Aug 2016
Transforming Space Data into Actionable Intelligence SpaceKnow empowers decision-makers with ultra large-scale planetary analysis. Our secret? A proprietary, AI-powered analytics engine, combined with the world’s most comprehensive collection of earth observation imagery.
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Jun 2010
We partner with outstanding technology founders from Central & Eastern Europe and help them realize their global ambitions. Since 2010, weve believed that CEE - and its diaspora - produces world-class technical talent and ambitious builders. Weve partnered with teams including ElevenLabs, UiPath, Productboard, Pricefx, Kontakt, Wabi, Equilibre, and many more."
Experience · 9 entries
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2021
Member of the Board of Directors
May 2021
CVCA, The Czech Private Equity and Venture Capital Association represents private equity and venture capital industry in Czech Republic. Its mission is to promote, develop and support the interests of the private equity and venture capital industry in the Czech Republic and CEE. CVCA has 68 members: 19 private equity and venture capital fund managers (full members) and 49 associate members that are law and consulting companies as well as banks and insurance companies cooperating with the private equity and venture capital industry.
2019
Managing Partner
Jan 2019
Nation 1 VC is a Prague-based venture capital firm focused on investing in seed-stage startups operating in the Czech Republic. Nation 1 VC is managed by experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, Marek Moravec (Managing Partner), Jaroslav Trojan (Managing Partner), and Petra Koncelikova (Partner, MD of Acceleration). We have established strong international relationships and our track record include startup investments and exits in Central and Eastern Europe with follow-ons/co-investments from Index Ventures, Atlas Venture, KIMA Ventures, Seedcamp, Arts Alliance Ventures, Episode 1, Evolution Equity, Day One Capital, Africa Angels Network, Esther Dyson, Playfair Capital, and BlueYard Capital. In 2019, we launched a new € 35M VC fund and we are looking for startups with smart-ass teams with kick-ass products in big-ass markets. Here is more info about our basic investment criteria: Investment stage: seed Preferred shareholding: minority Holding period: long term Geography: Central Europe Investment size: € 50k - € 1.5M Preferred exit route: IPO or strategic sale
2018
Managing Partner
Dec 2018
Our investment ranges from 20k up to 1.5M eur, we focus on pre-seed & seed stage.
2017
Investor
May 2017
Daytrip is a leading global travel platform, making city-to-city travel effortless. Operating in over 130 countries across six continents, Daytrip connects travelers with a trusted network of 10,000+ English-speaking drivers. With more than 40,000 routes and flexible options, travelers can customize their journey: add scenic stops, plan day trips, or combine multiple cities into one smooth itinerary. Every Daytrip transfer is designed to be more than just a ride, it’s a memorable experience from start to finish. Friendly, local drivers enhance every trip with cultural context, adding depth to every stop. To date, over a million travelers have discovered a better way to travel with Daytrip. Contacts: B2B partnerships: partners@daytrip.com PR: pr@daytrip.com
Mentor
2017
CzechInvest is the investment and business development agency of the Czechia whose services and development programmes contribute to attracting foreign investment and to developing Czech companies. Our mission is to support investment activities to the highest level of competence not only through our information service and consultancy but also by linkage with structural funds of the EU.
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