Marek Moravec is the Managing Partner and founder of Nation 1 (now branded N1). See sector focus and contact routes.
Marek Moravec is the Managing Partner and founder of Nation 1 (now branded N1), a Prague-based venture capital firm he established in 2019 after studying at the University of Oxford and building an e-commerce startup in Asia. He focuses on early-stage investments, specifically pre-seed and seed rounds, targeting AI, healthtech, fintech, and frontier technology companies primarily across Europe with a strong emphasis on the Czech Republic. The firm typically writes checks ranging from EUR 20,000 to EUR 1.5 million per company, acting as a minority investor and often serving as the "Day 0" first investor. Notable portfolio companies include VRgineers, which received Nation 1’s first investment, as well as Disivo, where Moravec serves on the board, and GoodAccess, which saw a tracked deal in 2023. Moravec has publicly stated that generic business "guides are useless" and that every entrepreneur must find their own path, reflecting a distinctive belief in self-directed innovation over standardized advice. He is also recognized as one of the youngest investors in Europe, driven by a mission to support ambitious entrepreneurs in the earliest, most risky ph
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