LUMUS Investment Collective

What LUMUS Investment Collective does

LUMUS Investment Collective s.r.o., founded in 2020 and headquartered in Prague, Czechia, is a community-led angel investing collective focused on increasing female representation on startup cap tables. The organization operates a syndicate model in which 500+ predominantly female angel investors co-invest in early-stage startups through deal-specific Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), with a €3,000 minimum ticket per investment per angel. Core offerings span three pillars: curated SPV-based syndicate deals with centralized due diligence, in-person community events in London, Prague, and Bratislava (including Angel Dinners, She Invests Conference, and the annual Angel Summit launched in 2026), and an educational program anchored by the Hello, Future Investor course for first-time angels.

The underlying platform is lightweight: community applications run on Notion, event management on Lu.ma, and the marketing site on Webflow, with no proprietary AI or underwriting technology disclosed. Since 2021, the collective has deployed capital into 17+ startups across CEE and select Western/Israeli/US markets (ArtMaster, Aleet, CloseRocket, Kardi AI, IRAYE, HTG Medical, Blisko, MultiplexDx, TrueClaim, Macromo, Flinn, Roleshare, Flow, Iluria Health, MyTamarin, Bikefair, Zenoo, and Houston), spanning healthtech, biotech, edtech, fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, D2C, and logistics. The four co-founders — Zuzana Maderova (CEO of BE-ID human), Terezia Jacova (Investment Manager at CB ESPRI), Vladimira Cincurova (CEO of European Startup Embassy), and Lucia Cerchlan (Head of Portfolio and Product at BACKED VC) — operate alongside board advisors Andrea Zitna (Partner at SpeedInvest) and Lucia Desmarquest.

Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee / carry basis from SPV investments, with no publicly disclosed fee structure, membership dues, or external venture funding. The company remains privately held under Czech s.r.o. law with 1-10 employees, no app, and a community-led go-to-market anchored by referrals, content marketing, and events.

Name

LUMUS Investment Collective

Legal name

Lumus Investment Collective s.r.o.

Website

https://lumusinvestment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LUMUS Investment Collective is a Prague-based community of 500+ predominantly female angel investors that co-invests in early-stage startups via deal-by-deal SPVs, targeting CEE founders, with a €3,000 minimum ticket and revenue earned from transaction fees and carry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Angel Investment Syndicate Services

NAICS

All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gender Lens / Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Funds (FSANAJAM)

Keywords

• Female angel investing
• Angel investment syndicate
• SPV-based startup investing
• Angel investor community
• Early-stage CEE investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Angel Syndicate Management: Lumus facilitates SPV-based investments where angel investors pool capital to invest in startups. The organization receives fees or carry from successful investments, though specific fee structures are not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LUMUS Investment Collective is an angel investment syndicate and community that educates, supports, and connects predominantly female angel investors to curated early-stage investment opportunities, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe. Members join through a Notion-based application and co-invest deal-by-deal through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) with a minimum €3,000 ticket per investment, supported by an educational course (Hello, Future Investor) and recurring in-person events such as the annual Angel Summit in Prague.

Product overview

LUMUS Investment Collective is a community platform for female angel investors in the CEE region. Its core offering is an angel investing syndicate service built around three pillars: running diverse investment syndicates (via Special Purpose Vehicles), building a community/network, and education. The primary products include the Hello, Future Investor educational course, a curated portfolio of CEE startup investments, the annual LUMUS Angel Summit gathering, and a blog content hub publishing educational articles and founder stories. Members access deal-by-deal investment opportunities, receive investment proposals with due diligence, and co-invest alongside other female angels through SPVs, with a minimum ticket size of €3,000 per investment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SPV-based Angel Investment Syndicate A community-led angel investment syndicate in which members co-invest deal-by-deal into early-stage (predominantly CEE-related) startups through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). Each deal is presented to members with due-diligence support; angels commit a minimum of €3,000 per deal. The collective captures fees or carry from successful investments.
• Hello, Future Investor Educational Course An educational course designed for first-time or soon-to-be angel investors, covering investment fundamentals, deal evaluation, and portfolio management, delivered as LUMUS's Learning to Angel Invest pillar.
• LUMUS Annual Angel Summit (Gathering) An annual in-person gathering combining the Angel Dinner, She Invests Conference, and Big (LUMUS) Party, held in Prague, designed to provide education on angel investing and networking for the female angel investor community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ female angel investors in community
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EldisoncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal partner supporting investment execution for portfolio companies including Bikefair and multiple other deals. Eldison provides legal documentation and transaction support for SPV-based investments.
• Ferro LegalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal partner providing execution support for specific investments such as Zenoo. Assists with deal documentation and regulatory compliance.
• NotioncoreTechnology or IntegrationCommunity platform used for membership applications and onboarding (lumus-investment.notion.site). Serves as the primary tool for community member management and application processing.
• Lu.macoreTechnology or IntegrationEvent management platform (lu.ma/lumusinvestment) used for organizing and managing event registrations including the annual Angel Summit and regular community gatherings.
• European Startup EmbassyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting European startup ecosystem. Vladimira Cincurova serves as CEO while also being co-founder of Lumus.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Seedrs: Europe's leading equity crowdfunding platform. Comparable in enabling structured retail and angel access to early-stage deals, with deep European coverage that overlaps Lumus's CEE geography.
• Crowdcube: UK-headquartered equity crowdfunding platform. Comparable in pooling smaller investors into startup rounds and in operating with a community/event-led ethos across European markets.

Broad incumbents

• WeFunder: Equity crowdfunding platform enabling broad retail participation in startup rounds. Comparable in enabling small-ticket startup investing and in building investor communities around deals.
• Atomico: Pan-European venture firm with deep CEE roots. Relevant comparable for CEE-focused venture activity and for the broader European angel/VC ecosystem in which Lumus operates.
• Republic: Retail-friendly angel and equity-crowdfunding platform with thematic communities and curated deals. Comparable in democratizing access to startup investing and in offering curated deal flow, though at significantly larger scale and with a US-centric footprint.
• AngelList: The dominant platform for angel syndicates and rolling funds in the US. While AngelList operates at vastly larger scale and across both genders, its syndicate model is the closest analogue to Lumus's SPV-based deal structure and is the primary point of reference for any modern angel collective.
• Female Founders Fund: US-based early-stage venture fund investing in female-founded companies. Shares Lumus's gender-lens investment thesis but operates as an institutional fund rather than a community/syndicate platform.

Direct peers

• Sidecar Angels: Syndicate-style angel collective running pooled SPVs into early-stage startups. Operates with a similar community-driven, deal-by-deal model and serves as a direct structural comparable to Lumus.
• 100x Angels: Angel collective running syndicates into early-stage startups with a community-driven model. Directly comparable in pooling individual angels into curated deals via SPV-style structures.

Emerging players

• All Raise: Non-profit focused on increasing the representation of women in VC and angel investing. Highly comparable mission and target audience to Lumus's gender-focused community, though operating primarily in the US and focused more on VC than direct angel syndicates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Lumus_invest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lumusinvestment
• Instagraminstagram.com/lumus.investment
• Facebookfacebook.com/lumusinvestment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments19 records

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