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The Czech Startup Data Files
A running series digging into Czech venture capital data: who is investing, what happens to the startups they back, and what the numbers actually say.
What Czech and Slovak investors backed in 2025 and 2026
Every investor and startup at its address. Zoom into a city to see its companies and streets, or click an investor to see what it backed.
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Czech and Slovak Startups Closed 94 Rounds on Domestic Money Alone in 2021. In 2025, 47.
Domestic-only rounds for Czech and Slovak startups fell from 94 in 2021 to 47 in 2025. In 2026 so far, 57% of rounds have a foreign investor.
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Czech and Slovak Consumer Startup Deals Fell 64% Since 2021. AI Now Takes 25% of Deals
Czech and Slovak startup deals since 2018 by stage, business model and area: consumer deals down 64%, AI up, fintech steady, hardware down.
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The 36 Czech and Slovak Investors Backing Local Startups in 2025 and 2026
36 Czech and Slovak investors backed a local startup in 2025 or 2026. Mid-sized funds took over from the big ones, which now invest more abroad.
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The First Cheque Is Not an Angel’s: Czech Founders Bootstrap or Take a Grant First
Czech pre-seed 2024-2026: 25 of 49 first rounds came after traction, 12 after a state grant. Angels rarely write the first cheque.
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40 Czech and Slovak Series A Rounds Since 2020: Foreign Funds Led 32, at 32% Below Germany
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Czech and Slovak Consumer and Commerce Startups Reach a Series A a Third as Often
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Credo Ventures Took 5 of 13 Seed Startups to a Series A. All Funds: 35 of 395 Bets
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Foreign Buyers Took 35 of 44 Czech and Slovak Startup Sales Since 2020, 19 to the US
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Czech and Slovak Startups Took a Median 30 Months From First Seed to Series A
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Sector Focus Doesn't Predict Seed Odds: Specialists 9%, Generalists 11% to a Series A
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Resistant AI Got From Seed to Series A in 17 Months. The Czech and Slovak Median Is 30
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