Tim Mitja Zagar

Rebuilding the birthplace of natural healing.
Villa Rikli, Kursalon 1895, Bled, Slovenia

I grew up near Bled. As a kid, I used to walk past a villa that was slowly falling apart. That villa is the Kursalon, built in 1895 as the central hall of Arnold Rikli's sanatorium. Rikli was a Swiss natural healer who spent fifty years turning Bled into Europe's first natural healing destination. His legacy was systematically erased. First by nationalism. Then by communism. The building survived. The story didn't.

I acquired the villa in 2024. I tend to acquire things that have been wrong for a long time.

Bled
Villa Rikli
Restoration of the 1895 Kursalon. Returning the building and the story to where they belong. Reconstruction in progress.
Mallner Center
Locally known as Gadafi Center. Best location in Bled, worst execution. Decades of neglect turned it into the town's biggest missed opportunity. Full repositioning underway.
Villa Bellevue
Acquired.
Rikli's "Natural Healing" (1905), translated
Translated Rikli's principal work from the 8th German edition into English. 1,500 paragraphs on atmospheric therapy, light, water, diet, and movement. A 120-year-old book that reads like it was written yesterday.
Arnold Rikli, Natural Medicine and Sun Baths, translated book cover Arnold Rikli, Natural Medicine and Sun Baths, 1905 edition translated to English
Technology
Sivix
Real-world price measurement. Users scan products on store shelves. The system verifies, aggregates, and builds a live inflation index from the ground up. 360K+ products tracked. Because official statistics shouldn't be the only version of reality.
ICONOMI
Digital asset management platform. Founded 2016. Largest EU crowdfunding at the time.
Cashila
Bitcoin payment infrastructure. Founded 2014. First company in the EU to receive a central bank license for crypto payments.
OpenHours
Business hours platform. Founded 2010.
Ljubljana
Palo Alto Parmova
68 apartments across five villa blocks. Central Ljubljana.
Hotel Sumi
4-star hotel, central Ljubljana. Opened 2021. Operated by Barcelo Hotel Group.
Background
2026 Mallner Center, Bled, active acquisition
2025 Acquired Villa Bellevue, Bled
2025 Funded Sivix
2024 Acquired Villa Rikli, Bled
2021 Palo Alto d.o.o., Parmova residential development
2021 Hotel Sumi, Ljubljana
2020 3uidl d.o.o., holding company
2016 Founded ICONOMI
2014 Founded Cashila
2010 Founded OpenHours
Elsewhere
rikli.si sivix.com LinkedIn X
"Water is good, air is better, but light is the best of all."
Arnold Rikli, 1855