The real estate fund CB Property Investors, together with private investors from the Crowdberry investment platform, has successfully completed the sale of the Dobré časy facility in Ivančice near Brno. The buyer is the real estate fund Ambeat Care, a joint project of the investment group Ambeat Group of Ivo Foltýn and the insurance company Simplea from the Partners financial group. For investors in the CB Property Investors fund, the transaction is consistent with the above-average returns delivered across the fund as a whole.
CB Property Investors, together with investors from the Crowdberry platform, entered the project during the construction phase and accompanied it through its launch into operation in 2023 to its current form. The Dobré časy facility, with 168 beds, is a significant provider of healthcare and social care in the South Moravian Region, focusing on persons aged 55 and over — typically seniors — and comprises a long-term inpatient care unit and a specialist residential care unit.
“Dobré časy is a perfect example of what we do at CB Property Investors — building a project from the ground up and handing it over at the moment it is ready for the next stage of development in the hands of a strategic partner. For us, this is the natural conclusion of an investment cycle. The value of the asset has grown significantly since our initial investment, and we are pleased that the facility is passing into the hands of a group with both the capacity and the ambition to continue building the best senior care network in the Czech Republic,” said Jan Rovný, Head of Investments at CB Property Investors.
“The Dobré časy facility in Ivančice was, from the very beginning, an investment with a clear social dimension. The facility was developed as a response to a specific and pressing social need — to provide dignified care for seniors in a region that had long experienced a shortage of quality inpatient capacity. Projects like this one, where we can deliver value appreciation, attractive returns for our investors, and a meaningful social impact, represent the most purposeful way we know how to invest,” added Michael Almásy, Director of the Crowdberry investment platform. The return on the investment for Crowdberry platform investors exceeded the expected threshold of 15% per annum.
The sale was completed without external advisors. The sellers are private investors from the Crowdberry investment platform and the real estate fund CB Property Investors, who held the facility through the company CB Senior Ivančice s.r.o. The acquiring fund, Ambeat Care, already holds in its portfolio a hospital in Podbořany, a specialist residential care home in Trnová near Plzeň, and a specialist residential care home in Nové Strašecí, which is currently being renovated — making Ivančice its fourth acquisition of this type. The transaction price was not disclosed by either party.
“The acquisition of the long-term care facility in Ivančice is another step on our path towards our goal — building the largest network of long-term care facilities in the Czech Republic,” said Martin Švec, CEO of Simplea insurance company, part of the Partners group. According to him, the collaboration between the insurance company and Ambeat Group has created “a unique combination of long-term care insurance with the option of placement in facilities operated by the Ambeat Group.”
According to estimates by the Czech Statistical Office, the number of seniors will grow from today’s 2.1 million to 3.1 million by 2050, with the number of people over 80 nearly doubling. The growing number of seniors also means a growing need for care — today, more than 360,000 people in the Czech Republic require assistance with everyday activities, a figure that could reach up to 600,000 by 2050. One in seven seniors will be dependent on care.
About CB Property Investors
CB Property Investors is a qualified investor fund belonging to the Crowdberry group and managed by the investment company Winstor. The fund focuses on investments in real estate with value appreciation potential across various segments — from logistics and residential development to projects with a social dimension, such as healthcare and social care facilities. The fund has long been among the best-performing real estate funds in the Czech Republic.
About Crowdberry
The regulated investment platform Crowdberry has been active in the market since 2015 and provides investment services to more than 16,000 private investors. It enables them to co-own Czech and Slovak companies or provide companies with capital in the form of loans. Crowdberry’s mission is to support direct local investing and deliver returns of between 8% and 20% per annum for investors. Since 2024, Slovenská spořitelna from the Erste group has held a minority stake in the platform. Crowdberry currently manages more than CZK 2.7 billion in Czech and Slovak companies and real estate.
About Simplea
Simplea is a purely Czech insurance company, founded in 2019 from scratch according to the vision of a Czech team unconstrained by corporate mandates. It created a unique life insurance product combining smart technology with common sense. It is the only insurer on the market to guarantee its clients a 99% claims settlement rate. It does not insure trivial risks and focuses on what matters most. Simplea is currently trusted by more than 130,000 clients. Simplea is part of the Partners financial group, which also includes the financial advisory company Partners, Partners investiční společnost, the real estate fund Trigea, the pension company Rentea, and the publishing house NextPage Media, operating the websites Peníze.cz, Finmag.cz and Heroine.cz. The group recently launched its first advisory Partners Bank.
About Ambeat Group
The Ambeat Group of Ivo Foltýn is one of the leading providers of healthcare and social care for seniors, and is now taking over the operation of its 18th facility in the Czech Republic. Operations are managed by its subsidiary AHC, which brings together facilities providing long-term inpatient care beds, social care beds (care homes for seniors and specialist residential care homes) and rehabilitation care. Ambeat Group also develops new capacity independently through its company Ambeat Development, with approximately one thousand additional beds currently in preparation or under construction. The group also operates 45 home healthcare branches under the Sestricka.cz brand, employing 650 nurses across almost the entire country. Their software platform for home care management, e-sestřička.cz, serves the entire market and significantly simplifies the work of nurses in home and social care. Ambeat Group was founded by Ivo Foltýn in 2009, following 16 years of work for the PPF group.
About Ambeat Care
Ambeat Care is a real estate fund focused on the acquisition and operation of long-term care facilities. It was established as a joint project of Simplea insurance company and Ambeat Group of entrepreneur Ivo Foltýn. The fund’s goal is to build a network of modern facilities that combine high-quality healthcare with dignified conditions for patients across the Czech Republic.