# Top 50 Enterprise Startup Investors in Czech Republic in October 2023

## Reflex Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Doing business may resemble a jungle survival. You better be prepared and have the right reflexes! It's also useful to have someone with real experience around. We at Reflex Capital are entrepreneurs, just like you. We built our own companies, negotiated with investors, and took part in plenty of transactions.

## N1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nation 1 VC is a Prague and Brno based venture capital firm focused on investing in seed-stage startups operating in the Czech Republic.The firm seeks to invest in the fintech, insurancetech, artificial intelligence, customertech, ecommerce and travel sectors.

## Presto Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

We're a Prague-based VC firm investing in fast growing tech companies and empowering talented startup founders from Central and Eastern Europe.

## Credo Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

We partner with outstanding technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe to help them realize their global ambitions.

## MITON
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

Company builders operating from Czech Republic and focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. We prefer building consumer facing businesses.

## J&T Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

J&T Ventures is an early-stage VC fund based in Prague. We support aspiring entrepreneurs in the early stages of their journey with up to €2.5 million funding. We focus predominantly on the CEE, Nordics and Baltics, but won't say no to the next unicorn that comes from anywhere in Europe. While not sector limited, we especially likesolutions for FinTech, PropTech, Retail, IoT/IoE, and Industry 4.0.

## Y Soft Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brno, Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Video, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things

Y Soft Ventures is a VC arm of Y Soft Corporation, investing in people who build innovative B2B hardware & software startups in Central and Eastern Europe. Y Soft Ventures provides invested companies with the necessary capital, resources and expertise to accelerate their path to the global markets. We focus on solutions in the areas of Internetof Things, Cyber Security, Big Data and Augmented & Virtual Reality, with applications in industry, retail, cities and offices.

## Rockaway Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion

We focus on investing and building Internet businesses not only in CEE. We believe in innovations and technologies. We create some added value. We are the next generation of entrepreneurs.

## KAYA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

We are committed to supporting founders at every stage of their journey, from studio projects and pre-seed through to Series A and follow-ons.

## DEPO Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

DEPO Ventures is an angel network and VC (Grouport and DEPO Angels Fund II), which connects world of startups and investors.

## Springtide Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, SaaS

Springtide Ventures is a venture capital company that helps to bring start-ups to life, materialize their visions, and global ambitions. It has a relentless drive for success, overcoming challenges and learning while, above all, preserving its integrity and sticking rigorously to ethical norms. Naturally, they value such qualities in entrepreneursand teams we support as they take on the challenges of building their next enterprise.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Prague, Czech Republic.

## Czech Founders VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Intelligent Systems, Artificial Intelligence

We help Central European founders who aim high. A pre-seed startup investors by founders to founders. 

## Grouport Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Apps, Augmented Reality

Grouport is a dynamic and versatile fund with a unique approach – it combines direct engaged involvement in terms of project portfolio with an attractive return on investment. As such, the Investor enters the startup ecosystem and becomes a member of a unique network of fellow Angels investing their financial means and know-how into progressivestartups shaping the 21st century.Further, Grouport allows you to enter the startup ecosystem without the need to abandon or divert from your current job occupation and career.	Grouport – engaged involvement in progressive startups that have the potential to significantly affect our future Grouport – bringing together a remarkable group of people with a common goal and allowing them to grow.Grouport – unique investment opportunity for those seeking new challenges and creating projects from scratch.

## Eva Janečková
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, Rental, Travel

Eva Janečková is an individual investor.

## ZAKA VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

ZAKA Startups is a private pre-seed and seed venture capital company. It is focused on early-stage software driven investments across the whole EU with primary focus on CEE, DACH and Baltics. ZAKA operates primarily from Prague and Bratislava with scouts in Berlin and Baltic region.

## Earlybird Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

## INCOMMING ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Investment vehicle, focused on ecommerce in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Marton Szoke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, EdTech

An entrepreneur and investor with a business background and solid technical experience. Founded several startups, the latest being Indextools, a software company specializing in enterprise on-demand web analytics software. In April 2008 Indextools got acquired by Yahoo! Inc. At the time of the acquisition, Indextools was recognized as one of thetop five web analytics vendors world-wide by Forrester / Jupiter Research. Mr. Szőke served at Yahoo for three years to lead integration efforts and to realign Indextools’ business model.

## Hesham Zreik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

Hesham has been ranked #39 out of top 50 investors (Forbes 2018) based on investment and successful exits. Hesham has invested in +100 startups. He has co-founded more than 40 startups. He has a passion for building innovative start-ups around the principle of developing simple solutions to challenging problems. He is multilingual and can speak,read and write Arabic, English, French. He has also some good knowledge in German and Spanish.
Hesham is a founder and CEO of FasterCapital. FasterCapital is an online incubator who has border-less reach. Hesham has already co-founded (as a technical cofounder) and invested as an angel investor in more than 40 startups and has helped expand FasterCapital to have more than 1000 regional partners, a network of 1000 mentors, +500 offices worldwide and more than 400 startups. Hesham has invested and helped improve and refine the product in each of the 40 incubated startups.
During his work at FasterCapital, Hesham has co-founded:
- co-founded Edunoor.com: online learning platform with social components.
- invested in Dooet.com: a discovery and search engine for mobile applications and other content.
- invested in Letuscloud.com: Bridging the gap between enterprises and virualization
- invested in abcmob.com: Mobile business application. 18 sectors already covered.
- invested in Mobayle.com: an instant AppStore creator and customizer
- invested in Meody.com: Cross platform messenger with focus on enterprises and operators.
- invested in TVlize.com: a platform for social and engaging TV
- He also cofounded and invested in Nakkeb.com, BeamGift.com, PickTaxi.com, MobAdv.com, Bazarmaker.com, puttag.com, fulhost.com, Entablet.com, PinProfile.com, mp3ready.com, BookThatbook.com Newsanalyse.com, B2Butterfly.com and many more. He is also a mentor for more than 50 companies. Hesham started his first company ZGroup Mobile in 2002 with less than $20/month and grow it to reach a valuation of $2.5-$3.25 million in 2005 by Public company Incagold plc (it would have been the first company in MENA region to be acquired by a public company). ZGroup Mobile is a developer and publisher of mobile content (mobile games, mobile apps, mobile music, mobile videos) and services. He has been ranked 7th in Baccalaureate tests among 200,000th participants. He has completed his engineering degree at HIAST then he has done an MBA at Edinburgh business school and a Master in computer information science at AABFS.

## Tilia Impact Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Waste Management, B2B

Tilia Impact Ventures (Prague) supports CEE founders addressing meaningful social and environmental problems at scale. We invest across climate, education, health and social inclusion at pre-seed and seed stage.Tilia helps founders to maximise their impact alongside financial growth and we guide early stage impactful startups to the globalinvestment stage.

## Bashar Hamood
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps

Bashar Hamood is a result oriented professional with versatile experience across diverse organizational domains. He is well versed in the development of marketing strategies, branding, direct marketing, new products/brands launches, analysis, reporting, and positioning.He is an entrepreneur and self-starter with expansive experience in brandawareness and development, community outreach.Bashar is a versatile business manager with proven competencies in optimizing team dynamics uniting diverse agenda to common goal and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results.He has a strong analytical mind with rigorous study for each case and the output of each variation for each parameter.Bashar loves to take risk and new challenges.

## Mike Chalfen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Mike Chalfen is a solo early stage investor who backs teams building remarkable software-driven companies. He often partners with them from the start of their journeys and invest significant cheques in a small number of companies. He invested early in a wide range of great companies including King.com, Houzz, Fizzback, The Foundry, Ubiquisys,Boxed, eDreams, QXL.com and SuSE Linux. More recently he has invested early in emerging platforms like Crate.io, Harbr, Illumio and Tray.io, “intelligent software” startups like Moogsoft and Seal Software, other exciting startups such as Snyk and Time is Ltd, as well as several unannounced investments. In November 2017, he was honoured to be included at number six in Forbes' first Midas List Europe.

## Google Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward.

## Rockaway Blockchain Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Venture capital investor into digital assets. We invest globally into outstanding founders building the next generation of financial services.

## LEVERAGE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, E-Commerce, Retail Technology

LEVERAGE build exceptional internet companies. We invest our own experience, time and capital. We are looking for new ambitious projects!

## RSJ Investments SICAV a.s.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Technology, Biotechnology

RSJ Private Equity manages a broad investment portfolio in real estate, energy industry, agriculture, biotechnologies and other economic sectors. We focus on key industries for the 21st century, such as power generation from renewables, sustainable and healthy food production, information technology, and life sciences, applied research leading to alonger and better human life. In addition to considering profitability, we take into account our projects´ potential to contribute to significant shifts in the given industry or field of activity.

## Jaroslav Beck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Art, Information Technology

Jaroslav Beck is a Co-Founder and Head Of Music at Beat Games. He attended the University of West Bohemia.

## Tomas Cupr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Grocery, E-Commerce

Tomas Cupr is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Rohlik. Additionally, Tomas Cupr has had 3 past jobs including Partner at KAYA.

## Eduard Kucera
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Eduard Kucera is a Member of the Board of Directors at AVAST Software since February 2014. Eduard was the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors from the incorporation of AVAST Software a.s. in December 2006 until January 2014. Since 1991, Eduard was responsible for the activities of our predecessor entity, ALWIL Software partnership.From 1991 to 2009, Eduard also served as AVAST Chief Executive Officer, directing day-to-day operations that included the transition to a free software distribution model in 2002. Prior to co-founding AVAST, Eduard was a Computer Hardware Specialist at the Czech Computer Research Institute (VUMS). In 2009, Eduard was named Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year 2009" for the Czech Republic. Eduard holds a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences degree in experimental Physics from Charles University in Prague.

## Ondřej Fryc
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology

Ondrej Fryc was born in 1973 in Prague. Ondrej Fryc is a Managing Partner at Reflex Capital SE. He graduated from the University of Economics, Department of Information Management.He started his career in business started Ondrej Fryc already studying at university as patrol seller of canned fish imported from the Baltic region. After severalpairs of worn out shoes rather then after he moved to the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, where he worked as a project manager for international market research company. In 1997 he co-founded market research agency, where he served as managing director. After five years, sold its share.Andrew was in 2000 one of the three co-founders bilezbozi.cz, predecessor MALL.CZ. The company went through all the positions of the driver rozvozového vehicles to the current position of Chief Executive Officer Netretail Holding BV , under which we have passed, as well as all our foreign colleagues, the first February 2008 . Ondrej also significantly contributed to attracting investors for MALL.CZ, including Intel.In 2003 Ondrej elected to the board of the Association for Electronic Commerce in the Czech Republic and in 2007 was elected to the Supervisory Board CZ.NIC organization.Ondrej is married and has three children. His main hobbies include hiking, motorcycles, traveling on my own and of course MALL.CZ.

## V-Sharp Venture Studio
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Finance

Investing our own money allows us to act flexibly. With investments of up to 1 million EUR, we provide support to fintech, logistics and e-commerce start-ups in pre-seed, seed and Series A stages.

## Oskari Saarenmaa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Oskari Saarenmaa - CEO & Co-founder @ Aiven

## Tim Soulo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Tim Soulo is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product advisor at Ahrefs (an industry leading SEO tool, powered by Big Data). With almost 10 years of practical experience in SEO and digital marketing, he's the author of many data-driven SEO research studies and a number of detailed SEO guides.

## Daniel Vávra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Aerospace, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality

Daniel Vávra - Co-Founder and Creative Director @ Warhorse Studios

## Matej Turek
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Developer APIs, Cloud Management

Matej Turek - COO and Co-Founder @ Trisbee

## Falco Global Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wollerau, Schwyz, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Software, Logistics

Falco Global Partners combines financial and operational excellence to create long-term and sustainable value with each portfolio partner.

## Accel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

## Vodafone Idea of the Year
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Internet of Things

Vodafone Idea of the Year is a startup competition which assists innovative technology start-ups through financing, feedback, and mentoring.

## Patero
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Lending, Software

Patero is an investment firm that invests in modern technologies.
Patero is headquartered in Praha, Czech Republic.

## Susa Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

A seed-stage VC fund investing in founders building value & defensibility through data, network effects, & economies of scale.

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

## The Carlyle Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

The Carlyle Group is a company involved in the private equity industry primarily. They operate more than $81.1 billion of equity capital under management. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance investments. They recently opened up another arm for theirhedge funds. The firm employs more than 575 investment professionals in 21 countries with several offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; its portfolio companies employ more than 286,000 people worldwide. Carlyle has over 1200 institutional and private investors in 68 countries.

## Filip Mikschik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Employment

Filip Mikschik - Founder & CEO @ StartupJobs

## Zero Gravity Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software

early stage investor

## K5 Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

K5 Global is a new media and financial services advisory and consulting firm. The company works with corporations, government entities, and start-ups, and is involved in a range of industries, including sports, technology, politics, and entertainment. K5 functions as a liaison for high-level startups and deal flow, connects influencers andcelebrities to entrepreneurs and brands, and incubates global business opportunities with A-list talent.

## Lachy Groom
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

i did some stuff at stripe. chairman of Compound.

## Lucjan Samulowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Lucjan Samulowski - Cofounder & CPO @ DocPlanner

## Madhu Muthukumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Product

## Zachary Sims
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Zach is the cofounder and CEO of Codecademy, the easiest way to learn to code. Since the company started in August of 2011, millions of people have begun learning to program using the site.Codecademy has worked with organizations like The White House, the Government of Colombia, American Express, Rakuten, and more.
Zach and his cofounder Ryanhave grown Codecademy to 18 full time employees in New York and have raised $12.5m in venture capital financing from top tier investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, Yuri Milner, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, SV Angel, Richard Branson, Y Combinator, and more. Prior to founding Codecademy, Zach was a student at Columbia University. He has worked in product and business development/strategy capacities at startups including GroupMe (sold to Skype) and drop.io (sold to Facebook). He also has experience in the venture capital industry with AOL Ventures, the venture capital arm of AOL. Zach and Codecademy have been honored by many publications. TIME Magazine called Codecademy one of the "50 Best Websites of 2012," while TechCrunch awarded Codecademy the "Best Education Startup" Crunchie Award in 2013. Zach has been named to Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 list, along with Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 list. The City of New York named him a New York City Venture Fellow in 2013.

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