About
A generalist investor at Credo Ventures who studied International Relations at King's College London and worked as a policy analyst and advisor to the Deputy Minister of Defence before joining Credo as an intern. He is especially drawn to bold, moonshot startups in complex industries combining software and hardware, and takes a hands-on approach with founders.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
Deep TechHardwareSector Agnostic
Experience
- Credo VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2026 — presentPrague, Czechia
- Credo VenturesInvestor2025 — 2026Prague, Czechia
- Credo VenturesAssociate2023 — 2025Prague, Czechia
- Credo VenturesAnalyst2022 — 2023Prague, Czechia
- České priorityResearch Project Manager2022Prague, Czechia
- Ministerstvo obrany České republikyTech Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Defence2020 — 2021Prague, Czechia
- České priorityPolicy Researcher2020Prague, Czechia
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Visiting Associate2019Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika
Skills & more
Languages angličtina · francouzština · němčina · čeština
From Jakub's professional profile.
Colleagues at Credo Ventures
Alena Kandakova
Finance Manager at Credo Ventures
Ales Duchac
CFO at Credo Ventures
Andrej Kiska
Board Partner at Credo Ventures
George Jian
Investor at Golub Growth
Guillaume Fournier
General Partner at Credo Ventures
Helena Pospichalova
Office Manager at Credo Ventures
Jakub Křikava
Analyst at Credo Ventures
Jan Budinsky
Finance Analyst at Credo Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jakub Krikava?
- A generalist investor at Credo Ventures who studied International Relations at King's College London and worked as a policy analyst and advisor to the Deputy Minister of Defence before joining Credo as an intern. He is especially drawn to bold, moonshot startups in complex industries combining software and hardware, and takes a hands-on approach with founders.
- Where does Jakub Krikava work?
- Jakub Krikava is General Partner at Credo Ventures.
- What does Jakub Krikava invest in?
- Jakub Krikava invests in Deep Tech, Hardware, Sector Agnostic.
- Where did Jakub Krikava go to school?
- Jakub Krikava studied at Imperial Business School (Master of Science - MSc, Management); King's College London (Bachelor's degree, International Relations); Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (European Politics and German Language).
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