Lumus Annual Gathering and Startup Portfolio

By , in Business angels on December 9, 2023 . Tagged width: startup portfolio

Lumus Annual Gathering was filled with connections, insights, and laughter.

Launched in 2021 by Lucia Cerchlanova, Vladimira Cincurova, Terezia Jacova, and Zuzana Zamborska, the project already attracted over 450 active female angel investors.

Lucia Cerchlan, Terzia Jacova, Vladimira Cincurova and Zuzana Zambroska

In October 2023, Lumus hosted a workshop with community members to discover what one thing could be life-changing for them if they implemented it at Lumus. It seems that education, especially learning to evaluate startups through case studies, in-person events, and learning from each other, were the main takeaways.

Such speakers as Lucia Desmarquest (Executive Director for CEE at Julius Baer), Wanda Kudrycka (founder of Kudrycka Law that specialises in venture capital, Forbes’s Top 25 Women Lawyers in Business), Nina Formanek Jaganjacova (founder of NGO Sifty and a health-tech startup Healthbase), Senta Čermáková (CEO of Czechitas, ex CIO at Deloitte) delivered their speeches.

A lunch date with our board of advisors (BOA): Andrea Zitna (second from the left) and Lucia Desmarquest (on the left). Our third BOA member, Wanda Kudrycka, missed the photo-taking moment, but she was with us too!

A lunch date with Lumus board of advisors (BOA): Andrea Zitna (second from the left) and Lucia Desmarquest (on the left).

Lumus has an Angel Academy – a course for professionals from all backgrounds who are considering starting angel investing and need to learn the basics.

Lumus Startup Portfolio

Since the beginning Lumus Investment Collective has backed 9 early-stage startups founded in or linked to the CEE region.

Lumus is a syndicate consisting primarily of female angels who write checks ranging from €30,000 to €150,000.

🇷🇴 Houston (new name TeamLearning, Invested in 2021, ✅ exited) – a learning platform based on an algorithm for measuring how employees’ behaviour changes once they have gained new knowledge. The company was launched in March 2020 by Robert Blaga, a specialist with over ten years of training experience.
🇱🇹 Zenoo (invested in 2021) – a pet wellness D2C brand delivering healthy raw dog food and content subscription service in Lithuania and the EU. They are creating a healthy alternative for pet owners who don’t want to feed their dogs with commercial kibble food.
🇳🇱 Bikefair (invested in 2021) – a facilitated marketplace for verified second-hand bikes based in the Netherlands. There are no stolen bikes or scams; there are just great prices from bike shops and individuals. The bikes are delivered to customers’ homes. Bikefair focuses on trust, simplicity and fun for the end-user.
🇬🇧 myTamarin (invested in 2022) – the next generation of one-stop-shop childcare service – parentcare. Their B2B2C approach for parents and progressive employers provides personalized resources for parents/employees during their key life stages.
🇮🇱 Iluria Health (invested in 2022) – is building a clinically validated remote monitoring software for ADHD patients. The startup is replacing the manual (and costly) “trial and error” approach with a machine and deep learning-based engine that analyzes changes in physiological markers (smart, wearable, and agnostic) to provide objective monitoring to physicians and other stakeholders.
🇨🇿 Flow (invested in 2022) – an elementary school focusing on future-ready, project-based children’s education. Flow is creating space for learning cognitive, emotional, and collaborative skills, so much needed nowadays.
🇬🇧 Roleshare (invested in 2022, 🌪️ write off) helps companies retain employees who want time flexibility by matching them to share full-time, mid to senior-level jobs together or with freelancers, part-timers, or fractional workers.
🇦🇹 Flinn (invested in 2023) uses AI to automate data collection, evaluation, and reporting, making medical devices more accessible for those who need them most.
🇨🇿 Macromo (invested in 2023) employs its advanced Macromo Engine to analyze data from wearables, genetics, and lab tests worldwide. Instead of isolating data sets, they aim for a comprehensive view to shift healthcare from reactive to proactive, focusing on targeted prevention and self-care.

Joining Lumus as an angel investor opens doors to investment opportunities and connects you with a community of extraordinary (predominantly female) angels.