We build companiesthen we run them.

Ptacek Ventures is a holding company for software we start, build and operate ourselves.

01 / The firm

We are not a fund. We build software — and we stay on to run it.

02Companies operating
2026Year founded
100%Owner-operated
$0Outside capital

03 / How a company gets built

  1. 01

    Find the unglamorous problem

  2. 02

    Build the smallest real product

  3. 03

    Sell it ourselves

  4. 04

    Turn the service into software

  5. 05

    Stay on and operate