Václav Štrupl
Václav first worked with Miton on the development of Bonami, and he became a partner in 2015. Prior to this, he and David Špinar founded and then successfully sold the online marketing agency H1.cz. He is responsible for Miton Psychonauts, a fund focused on mental health projects.
Current projects
Bonami
Wavepaths
Psyon
Terap.io
VOS.health
Investment areas
Psychedelics, mental health
At the beginning of his Miton journey, Václav nurtured the creation of Bonami, the online marketplace for designer furniture, a company he continues to oversee. However, he devotes most of his time to mental health, for which Miton established a fund called Miton Psychonauts.
"Although Western society has prospered materially, we are not feeling well at an individual level. And yet mental wellbeing and mindful living have a direct influence on our physical health and our relationship to self, to others and to the natural environment" explains the reasons for his interest.
"Thanks to two decades of working in the technology business, we are well aware that new technologies and innovations will play a key role in the future in shaping how we live and how we feel. We’d love to see technology used to everyone’s benefit" he says.
Before Václav and Miton agreed in 2012 that they would build Bonami, and before he became the company’s sixth partner in 2015, he had already had one big business success. Václav started programming while in secondary school, met David Špinar, and together they went on to found the digital marketing agency H1.cz, which sold for tens of millions of Czech crowns in 2010. And it was David Špinar whom Václav invited some years later to help him build the central Miton team.
Stories with Václav
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Miton is launching a mental health fund and investing in Terap.io
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