For Tomek, the deal represents a new chapter in an investment strategy that has evolved considerably since he made his fortune from the sale of internet portal Centrum.cz.
In a post on social media Twitter, Tomek said that he and other Czech investors managed to participate directly in Blue Origin‘s first private offering to outside investors. According to Tomek, demand for the round was so high that investors were selected by the organizers together with Bezos, with credibility and the size of the proposed investment among the criteria.
The offering was not available to the general public. Blue Origin remains a private company and is not currently listed on a stock exchange. The transaction gives Tomek exposure to one of the world’s most ambitious privately held space companies at a significant moment in its development.
Bezos opens Blue Origin to outside investors
Founded by Bezos in 2000, Blue Origin has spent most of its history operating without outside shareholders. Bezos has invested around $30 billion of his own fortune into the company, including a reported additional $2 billion in the latest financing, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The new financing is reportedly Blue Origin’s first major capital raise involving outside investors. The company has raised around $10 billion in the round and is valued at approximately $140 billion, according to documents reviewed by the Journal.
The financing marks a significant change for Blue Origin. For 26 years, Bezos largely financed the company himself, using part of the fortune created through Amazon. It now has roughly 15,000 employees and is attempting to scale several businesses around rockets, satellite communications and space infrastructure.
The company generated approximately $800 million in revenue in 2025, according to documents reviewed by the Journal, and is projecting around $1.4 billion for 2026 and more than $30 billion by 2030. Those future figures are internal projections rather than current revenue.
A bet on the space economy
At the centre of Blue Origin’s strategy is New Glenn, its heavy-lift orbital rocket designed to compete for commercial, government and satellite-launch business. New Glenn has already flown, but the programme has also experienced setbacks. In May 2026, Blue Origin reported a significant anomaly during a hotfire test at Launch Complex 36 in Florida. The company said the incident damaged parts of the launch infrastructure and subsequently began rebuilding the facility. Blue Origin says it intends to return New Glenn to flight later in 2026.
Blue Origin is also targeting satellite communications and other space-based infrastructure as part of its long-term growth strategy. The company faces its most obvious competitive comparison with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has established a dominant position in orbital launches and satellite communications. Bezos himself has previously argued that there is room for multiple successful companies in the space industry.
From Centrum.cz to space
For Tomek, investing in Blue Origin is a long way from where his business career began. He co-founded NetCentrum, the company behind Czech internet portal Centrum.cz, in 1997. In 2007, the company was sold to investment firm Warburg Pincus in a transaction reportedly worth around €100 million. Tomek subsequently left the business and began investing the capital generated from the exit.
The sale became the foundation for what is now a substantial private investment portfolio. Rather than becoming a traditional fund manager, Tomek has largely managed his own capital. His portfolio has included major publicly traded technology companies as well as private technology businesses and startups. Forbes has reported investments including companies such as Tesla, Nvidia, Palantir, Apple and Visa, alongside private companies including Shoptet, Safetica, Kiwi.com and Dataddo.
His investment career was also shaped by the financial crisis that followed the Centrum exit. In an interview with Hospodářské noviny, Tomek said that a significant portion of his money was lost through banking investments during the crisis, which contributed to his decision to manage his investments himself. That approach subsequently became a defining feature of his investment strategy.
From SaaS to Space, Data and AI
Tomek’s portfolio has increasingly moved beyond the software businesses that characterized some of his earlier investments. According to Forbes’ 2026 profile, Tomek has been gradually reducing his exposure to SaaS platforms while shifting his portfolio toward AI and the space industry. Forbes lists Coober Fund and Impulse Ventures among his investment vehicles and describes the portfolio as increasingly focused on these areas.
Tomek himself says the shift began roughly six years ago. In his post announcing the Blue Origin investment, he described the strategy as a gradual move away from SaaS and toward “Space, Data and AI.” He pointed to investments in Nebius, Blue Origin, SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile as examples of that strategy.
The AST SpaceMobile connection is particularly interesting because it creates a link between several parts of Tomek’s space portfolio. AST SpaceMobile is building a satellite network designed to provide mobile connectivity directly to ordinary smartphones. Blue Origin is among the launch providers that could carry satellites for the company.
That means Tomek could ultimately have exposure on both sides of part of the space infrastructure chain: an investment in the launch company and an investment in a company whose satellites could be deployed by that launch provider.
A different kind of Czech exposure to the space race
Tomek’s Blue Origin investment is notable not simply because of the size or profile of the company, but because of the way he gained access. Blue Origin had never previously opened a major financing round to outside investors in the way it has now. The reported $10 billion financing therefore creates an unusual opportunity for private investors to gain exposure to Bezos’ space ambitions before any potential public listing.
For Tomek, it also fits a broader strategy that has developed over almost two decades: turn the proceeds of one major technology exit into a portfolio of bets on the next generation of technology companies.
His first major success came from the internet. His later investments moved into software, e-commerce and technology. And now, at least according to the strategy he describes himself, the focus is increasingly shifting toward space, data and artificial intelligence.
Tomek ended his announcement with a simple line:
“SKY IS NO LIMIT.”
