In Q4 2025, investors invested more than €15.33 million in domestic companies and real estate through Crowdberry.
16/01/2026
Investing in domestic companies and real estate through direct equity stakes in companies or loans is gaining popularity. This trend is confirmed by the regulated investment platform Crowdberry, which, one year after Slovenská sporiteľňa joined its shareholder structure, reports growth in the number of investors, a higher volume of invested capital, and intensive technological modernization.
In Q4 2025, investors invested more than €15.33 million in domestic companies and real estate through Crowdberry, with an average investment per investor reaching €13,580. This is 13.6 times higher than the minimum initial investment required. The number of registered investors in 2025 grew by more than 4,500. Moreover, not only more investors but also companies are showing interest in this type of investment. Eyerim has already launched three investment tranches and is opening new optical stores.
Digitization and innovation of the platform
With growing investment activity, Crowdberry continues to develop its technology, which increases the comfort, security, and accessibility of investing.
"A year after Slovenská sporiteľňa joined, we are seeing not only a growth in trust, but also a shift in how investors want to manage and grow their capital. That is why we launched a pilot mobile application, opened secondary trading of portfolio companies' shares, and started actively working with BankID in the Czech Republic. We also launched the first credit opportunity with conversion to digital bonds (DLT Bonds). Thanks to these steps, we managed to double the amount of capital provided to companies and developers in 2025 compared to 2024. The €15.33 million invested in the last three months alone confirms Crowdberry's mission—to build a domestic capital market and democratize the investment environment in Slovakia and, gradually, in the Czech Republic as well," says Daniel Gašpar, Managing Partner at Crowdberry.
The ambition of the regulated investment platform is to improve the quality and transparency of investing and to bring opportunities that build value for investors and the domestic economy. This is another step towards achieving the goal of becoming the highest quality and most accessible ecosystem for investing in small and medium-sized businesses on the Czech-Slovak market. This applies to both investors and the companies themselves.
Multisegment investments
Investors provided capital to real estate projects, technology companies, and e-commerce companies, which are strengthening their presence in Slovakia and the Czech Republic by opening physical stores.
In the real estate segment, capital was directed to the KLM Real Estate retail park near Žilina and in Záhorská Bystrica, to the Logport logistics hall near Prague, and to the Gutovka residential project in Prague.
Yields in these segments typically range from 11 % p.a., and can be even higher for retail and logistics projects. In 2024, for example, an investment in KLM commercial real estate near Trnava and Nitra brought investors almost double their invested capital.
Investors also expressed interest in technological innovations with international reach. The capital went to the Slovak-French deep-tech company 3IPK, which develops unique software for data verification for critical sectors (aviation, space, defense), and to the Košice-based company NetCore, which accelerates the development of infrastructure technologies for corporate clients. A second investment round is currently open for both NetCore and 3IPK, in which investors can still participate and thus co-own companies with strong products.
Investors also supported the development of the popular Slovak e-commerce brand Eyerim, which will use the capital to expand its stores, as well as the international live marketing company Creative Pro for further expansion, in the form of private debt.
Crowdberry is thus concluding a strong period that confirms the growing demand for direct investments in domestic companies with potential. Proof that direct investment in local companies makes sense and has the potential to appreciate in value is also provided by the recent largest investment in Crowdberry's portfolio company, GymBeam. It received €30 million for its growth from PortfoLion Capital Partners and the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
GymBeam shares are actively traded by investors via an electronic stock trading board, which has passed the regulatory sandbox of the National Bank of Slovakia as the first investment product of its kind in Slovakia.
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