Vojta Rocek
Partner at Presto Tech Horizons at Presto Ventures
Prague
Overview
Work Experience
Partner @ Presto Tech Horizons
2024 - Current
Investing in hard tech - Defense, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, Sensors, Advanced Data Infrastructure, AI&ML, Robotics, Space, Biotech, New Materials, Energy & Power in all NATO & allied countries.
Co-Founder
2025
Applying startup innovations to traditional sectors.
Co-Founder
2024
Lobbying for a better startup environment.
Member
2024
Partner
2021 - 2024
ex-founder investing in B2B SaaS & marketplaces in CEE+. Getting to 30 invested startups per year.
Director, Software Development Engineering - Augmented Analytics
2018 - 2021
Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.
Raised $230,550,000.00 from Janus Capital Group, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price and Bezos Expeditions.
Founder & COO
2016 - 2018
Found and hired first ten employees. Signed first client. We sold Stories.bi to Workday, Inc. after two years - https://blogs.workday.com/workday-advances-augmented-analytics-stories-bi-acquisition/
Stories automates data analysis using graph AI. It delivers 50x faster analysis and personalised insights worth ~20% of revenue.
Raised $621,204.00 from Alchemist Accelerator and Logio.
Founder
2015 - 2016
I help people choose the right approach, platform, and vendor for their Business Intelligence implementation. I often oversee the whole process and advise clients about possible future problems and how to avoid them.
Business Intelligence Director
2014 - 2015
I oversee data management and integration through the whole Rockaway group and owned startups. Looking for next-gen innovations. Initial Rockaway Value Creation Team member.
Business Intelligence Architect
2014 - 2015
Playing with data from a dozen different e-shop verticals, implementing personalisation, machine learning, ...