Jan Davidek
Partner at Purple Ventures
Jan Davidek
Partner at Purple Ventures
Liberec
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Advisor & Founder’s buddy
2021 - 2023
Co-owner
2015
As a CEO of Biano in 2015-2018 I was responsible for growing the marketplace, opening new markets (Slovakia, Netherlands, Romania) and AI/ML team acquisition and onboarding.
Co-Founder
2014 - 2024
Selling digital and printed sewing patterns. 35.000+ customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Responsible for product and marketing.
Co-Founder
2019 - 2023
Head of IT & Customer Support
2014 - 2015
After selling our company Proděti.cz to E-commerce Holding, I was responsible for Customer support and IT. Integrating platforms and support systems of several eshops into one solution.
Founder & Partner
2013 - 2015
As a co-founder, I was responsible for customer support and logistics. The company grew from 0 to 300.000+ registered users and 3,7M USD revenues in 2015. Acquired by Mall Group.
Managing Director Classifieds
2011 - 2013
After selling the Hotel.cz company to Allegro Group, I was responsible for Classifieds projects in Allegro Group portfolio in the Czech Republic.
Managing Director
2008 - 2013
As Managing Director I was responsible for company growth, hiring the team. The company was acquired by Allegro Group.
Co-owner
2006 - 2009
With other partners, we executed a management buyout of the web development division of Active 24. In our new company Media Factory I was managing the largest client projects (banking, FMCG, etc.)
CEO
2007 - 2007
CTO
2006 - 2007
Senior Project Manager
2004 - 2006
Education
Ing.
1999 - 2005