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The subscription-based business model has created numerous billion-dollar companies and earned the favor of investors. Now, the question arises: how will artificial intelligence affect it?

(The article was written for Czechcrunch.cz - in Czech)

Kroni Hope is building a startup called Graet. After six months, it has 40,000 monthly users. Miton invested in it for the second time.

(press release) The Czech investment group Miton is taking its gastronomy digitalization initiatives to the next level. Joining its team are Tomáš Mráz, the former Head of Sales at Pilsner Urquell, and experienced product manager Jakub Rafaj. With a fresh investment in POS Experts and increased stakes in companies Harsys and Savarin, the group now commands 20% of the market for point-of-sale (POS) systems.

A lot has happened. Rohlik continues its European journey, we've secured several new investments (mostly in crypto), and published articles and podcasts. Let's get right to it.

We planned the dinner for the Czech Republic vs. Canada match. Fortunately, the Karlín venue HolKa had prepared a garden with a screen. Although the game didn't go well for the Czech Republic, it’s irrelevant history given the overall outcome :) How did the evening turn out? Check out the photos.

What will 2024 look like in crypto? The team at our web3 fund Miton C is optimistic, and it’s growing too. We're bolstering our ranks with Filip Široký, who joins us as a Research Partner.

It is one of those highly successful technology companies well-known among insiders but not seen that often in the media. In 10 years, Glami has become the largest search engine and online catalogue of fashion goods and accessories. It operates in 13 countries, and its customers place almost half a million orders a month. Thanks to Glami, online fashion stores will add CZK 4 billion to their sales this year. Of course, Glami, now led by CEO Ján Kešelák, didn't become a prominent and profitable international company by chance.

(Press Release) Czech technology company Livesport is expanding its philanthropic activities. The world's leading provider of fast sports news has become a new partner of the online platform Donio, through which it is easy to set up a charity fundraiser or start a project and keep 100% of the funds raised.  Donio has already raised more than 800 million CZK for charity and Livesport wants to help continue its growth in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Do you also get annoyed with how cumbersome and complicated everything around ESOPs is in the Czech Republic? In that case, we offer action. Support the #ESOPasap initiative and let's try to change the situation for the better together.

You may have noticed the first interviews with patients who participated in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in different Czech media such as DVTV or aktuálně.cz. When we announced our investment in Psyon three years ago, this is exactly what we hoped for. We wanted to play our part in starting a psychedelic clinic that would provide help for people unable to find help elsewhere. How did it get all the way up to this point?

It’s been a year since we recorded our podcast episode about      re-commerce. It’s high time we took another look at what’s been going on (the blog version of this Twitter thread follows).