Meet Crowdberry

Crowdberry is an investment platform that allows private investors to invest directly in specific companies and real estate projects. Having carried out 34 investment transactions and concluded more than 800 contracts, we have successfully closed or currently manage investments amounting to more than €50 million in the companies and real estate sectors.

We are helping to change the investment market. We enable investors to take a stake in Czech and Slovak companies alongside professionals. We help them create long-term value and thus contribute to the overall growth of the domestic economy.

We founded Crowdberry in 2015 in Bratislava in partnership with Tatra banka’s private banking group. Since then, each of us has been working to ensure that Czech and Slovak companies can find not only new customers but also co-owners and growth capital, so that their most loyal customers might co-own their favourite brands and help them succeed.

We are professionalizing the investment environment in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We adhere to the principles of transparency, fairness and mutual accountability of company founders and investors. We support direct local investment.

Why invest with Crowdberry

Direct co-ownership of companies (equity investing) 
Comprehensive investment documentation from experienced professionals
Opportunity to support Slovak and Czech brands with global potential 
Personal contact with the company’s founders and the team around them
Opportunity to actively participate in the success of the company, and thus your investment
Possibility to select the company you wish to invest your capital in

Investment segments

Real estate
Real estate
5–15% p.a. required return

Real estate investments represent more conservative opportunities with long-term appreciation and dividends.

Companies
Companies
15–25% p.a. required return

Stable companies with consistent turnover and profit. Segment focused on attractive dividend yield and value growth.

Young companies
Young companies
25+% p.a. required return

Youn companies with a proven product and solid business model. High risk and expected multiple returns.

Team

We are not an anonymous online platform; there are real faces behind it. At Crowdberry, we all share the passion for investing, especially in Czech and Slovak companies. We are professionals with decades of international experience in finance, venture capital, investment banking, property development, marketing and IT. We gained our experience in start-ups, fast-growing small and medium-sized enterprises, and multinational corporations in eight countries around the world. Our professional background is built on a strong academic foundation from 14 renowned universities throughout Europe in the areas of finance, management, law, electrical engineering, mathematics and IT.

Team
  • Daniel Gašpar

    Daniel Gašpar

    Managing Partner
    Daniel Gašpar

    Daniel Gašpar

    Managing Partner

    Daniel is in charge of Crowdberry's management and strategic development. He also focuses on growth capital investments for SMEs. He brings more than 15 years of experience in acquisition consulting and investment banking from home and abroad. He worked at renowned companies such as NIBC Bank in Germany, Kaufman Bros Investment Bank in New York, but also at Daimler AG and BASF AG. He also co-founded the investment advisory company EWAMCo in Slovakia. Daniel studied Mathematics, Strategy and International Management at the Comenius University in Bratislava and at the University of Mannheim in Germany. He completed postgraduate studies in Financial Management at Vlerick Management School.

  • Peter Bečár

    Peter Bečár

    Partner
    Peter Bečár

    Peter Bečár

    Partner

    Peter has been a partner of Crowdberry since January 2018. Since then, he has been actively involved in the strategic direction of the company. He is responsible for the management and development of the Czech branch, as well as the expansion of investments to the real estate segment. Peter has more than 20 years of experience in real estate development and in the IT sector. He worked as the managing director at P3 Logistic Parks for the CEE, where he contributed to its major expansion in the region. He also has experience in establishing and managing IT companies providing e-commerce solutions for international clients. Since 2019, he has also been working as a senior advisor to the global private investment company TPG Real Estate. Peter studied Strategic Management at Comenius University in Bratislava and is a graduate of the Business Directors program at Cranfield University.

  • Michal Nešpor

    Michal Nešpor

    Partner CB IM
    Michal Nešpor

    Michal Nešpor

    Partner CB IM

    Michal has been dedivated to the growth and development of Crowdberry since its inception. He is currently responsible for managing the investment fund CB Investment Management, a subsidiary of Crowdberry. He is also in charge of seed investments in startups and young, dynamic companies. Michal has been working in the world of startups for more than 15 years, gaining experience on the side of investors as well as founders. He worked in the Vienna venture capital fund GCP Gamma Capital Partners as a member of the investment team, and was also the CFO of the software company Opvizor with operations in Europe and the USA. He studied Corporate Finance and Banking at the University of Vienna in Austria.

  • Michal Ondrišek

    Michal Ondrišek

    Partner
    Michal Ondrišek

    Michal Ondrišek

    Partner

    Michal is responsible for the strategic development as well as the operational management of Crowdberry. He has been working in the field of banking, private equity, consulting and controlling since 2005. He also worked on the establishment of greenfield projects. He gained his first experience in traditional banks such as UniCredit and OTP Bank, working in corporate and project financing. He also held various positions at Erste Group and Raiffeisen Bank, where he helped to build ZUNO internet bank. In addition, he is a co-founder of an international trading company with annual sales of over one million euros. He studied Strategic Management at Comenius University in Bratislava.

  • Hynek Bartík

    Hynek Bartík

    Partner, Marketing and communication
    Hynek Bartík

    Hynek Bartík

    Partner, Marketing and communication

    Hynek has more than 12 years of experience in business development, trade, marketing and communication on a local as well as European scale. He helped Philips Lighting build and obtain a market leader position in outdoor lighting in Central Europe. He led the change in P3 Logistic Parks' marketing and communication strategy during its dynamic growth in twelve European countries. He also participated in the rebranding of the company and in the communication of the company's sale in 2016. Hynek is a graduate of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague.

Crowdberry Investment Management

Crowdberry Investment Management

We are the manager of an investment fund with assets worth €23.2 million, which supports young Czech and Slovak companies with international potential. Crowdberry also enables private investors to invest capital via the platform in startups that have already received seed capital from the Crowdberry fund. 

Crowdberry Property Investors

Crowdberry Property Investors

We search for undervalued or newly developed Czech and Slovak real estate projects, across all segments, with the aim of using their unrevealed potential to create above-average returns. By investing through us, you can share in the kinds of profits not normally available to private investors. Transparency is in Crowdberry’s DNA – we can pull back the curtain of the real estate market to reveal the inner workings of the industry and how to share in the highest level of profits.

Our partners

We have a stable of trusted and renowned partners that help us accomplish our mission. Crowdberry has been collaborating with Tatra banka’s private banking group since 2015. We have also been the preferred choice of participant in the LEAF programme for Slovaks studying and working abroad. Each year, we work with the best and brightest students from prestigious universities such as St Andrews, Warwick, Oxford, Cambridge, Trinity College and University College Institute in Paris.

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