| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.11.2024 | The Czech Startups Finally Got an Official Association | Czech Republic ~
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The Czech Republic announced the launch of its dedicated startup association, shortly after Romania’s ROStartup Ecosystem Association. The newly launched Czech Startup Association is poised to advocate for systemic... |
| 10.09.2024 | Sloneek's Bold Leap: €3.6 Million to Transform HR in Europe | In the bustling world of startups, few stories shine as brightly as that of Sloneek. This Czech-Slovak HR startup has just secured €3.6 million in funding, marking a significant milestone in its journey. The investment, led by Purple Ventur... |
| 10.09.2024 | Czech Sloneek Lands €3.6M to Power HR with AI-Driven Solutions | Czech Republic ~
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In a nutshell Czech HR startup Sloneek secures €3.6M for further European expansion. Purple Ventures II are leading the late-seed round, joined by Venture to Future Fund and Vision Ventures. Sloneek secures its lar... |
| 25.07.2024 | A New Dawn for CEE Startups: Lead Ventures Unveils €100M Fund**
** | ** In the heart of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), a new wave of innovation is brewing. Lead Ventures, a Budapest-based venture capital firm, has just launched a €100 million fund aimed at empowering startups in this vibrant region. This ... |
| 22.07.2024 | Hungarian Lead Ventures Launches €100M Fund for CEE Startups | Hungary ~
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In a Nutshell Lead Ventures has announced the launch of its new €100M fund, targeting startups in CEE. The fund will offer investments ranging from €2M to €10M, providing a boost to companies in strengthening their Produc... |
| 26.06.2024 | Presto Ventures and Czechoslovak Group launch Presto Tech Horizons Fund targeting dual-use tech | Venture capital firm Presto Ventures and Michal Strnad's industrial and technology group Czechoslovak Group (CSG) have launched an investment fund Presto Tech Horizons.
Presto Tech Horizons aims to back dozens of the most promising technolo... |
| 21.06.2024 | Zerops Secures $500k Funding to Revolutionize App Development Process | Zerops, a cutting-edge Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider, has recently announced a significant milestone in its journey towards simplifying and streamlining the app development process. With a substantial $500k funding injection, Zerops... |
| 20.06.2024 | Zerops raises $500,000 Pre-seed for flexible developers' cloud | "PaaS" (Platform as a Service) cloud provider Zerops has raised $500k in pre-seed funding for its hosting service where customers can for develop, deploy, and run applications.
As a spin-off from VSHosting, the largest Central Eur... |
| 13.06.2024 | 24 Czech VCs Investing in CEE Tech Startups at Different Stages | Czech Republic ~
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Central and Eastern European countries have been in the spotlight of early-stage venture capitalists for a while now. With 26K startups, their combined enterprise value has grown by x2.4 in the past 5 years, from €... |
| 02.05.2024 | Cin7 acquires Inventoro to expand analytics capabilities | Cin7, a provider of inventory management software, has acquired Czech Inventoro, which uses AI for sales forecasting and replenishment.
Overstocking and similar inefficiencies are estimated to drive $163 billion in losses each year for glob... |
| 02.05.2024 | Cin7 Bolsters Inventory Management Solutions with Acquisition of Czech AI-Powered Inventoro | Czech Republic, USA ~
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In a nutshell Cin7, an inventory and order management software provider, announced the acquisition of Prague-based Inventoro, a provider of AI-driven sales forecasting and replenishment optimization solutions.... |
| 04.04.2024 | Czech Choice: Revolutionizing Restaurant Operations in CEE Markets | Prague-based SaaS startup Choice secures USD 2.5M investment to expand its restaurant business in Central and Eastern Europe. With a focus on front-end operations, Choice offers a comprehensive platform for restaurants to enhance customer e... |
| 04.04.2024 | AI Revolutionizing Market Research: Lakmoos Secures €300k Funding | Czech AI martech startup Lakmoos has raised €300k in Pre-Seed funding from Presto Ventures, revolutionizing market research with its innovative approach. Lakmoos utilizes AI to build data models that simulate target group decisions, elimina... |
| 29.03.2024 | Presto Ventures and Angels Support OutKept’s Ethical Phishing with EUR 500K | Belgian cyber security startup OutKept received EUR 500K of Seed funding from Presto Ventures and BAN Vlaanderen The platform confronts phishing by offering bounties to ethical phishers While all companies are under threat of phishing attac... |
| 29.03.2024 | Lakmoos’ AI-Modeled Target Groups Get EUR 300K of Pre-Seed Funding | Czech AI B2B Martech Lakmoos receives EUR 300K in its Pre-Seed round of investment The startup developed technology to build models of target groups based on pre-existing customer data With the new funding, Lakmoos can generate test kits fo... |
| 29.03.2024 | Czech Choice Nabs USD 2.5M to Facilitate Restaurant Business in 4 New CEE Markets | Prague-based SaaS Choice attracted USD 2.5M of Seed Investment The startup offers a one-stop shop platform for all customer-facing operations at restaurants The new funding will cover Choice’s rapid scaling in 4 new markets
This February, ... |
| 05.03.2024 | Czech startup Lakmoos secures €300k in a pre-seed round from Presto Ventures | Czech startup Lakmoos secures €300k in a pre-seed round from Presto Ventures
05 March, 2024, 13:38
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Brno-based AI market research st... |
| 29.02.2024 | Presto Ventures and Angels Support Wempler’s Gig Economy in Georgia | Wempler, the Georgian marketplace for task delegation, raises USD 330K of Pre-Seed investment from Presto Ventures and business angels The startup is essentially a gig economy marketplace wit the additional function of simplifying the choic... |
| 29.02.2024 | Luigi’s Box and Persoo Join Forces through M&A to Empower E-Retailers Europe-Wide | Czech e-commerce search optimization provider Persoo exits from Presto Ventures and Lighthouse Ventures through acquisition by Luigi’s Box Persoo and Luigi’s Box work in the same niche and were direct competitors The joint team expects to f... |
| 28.02.2024 | Czech-Ukrainian hospitality startup Choice raises $2.5M led by J&T Ventures | Czech-Ukrainian hospitality startup Choice raises $2.5M led by J&T Ventures
28 February, 2024, 13:00
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Choice, a B2B SaaS platfor... |
| 31.01.2024 | Behavio’s Universal Science-Based Ad Testing with Actionable Advice | Czech Behavio tests companies’ ad options and provides actionable advice The startup’s most recent achievements include becoming one of the winners of Vestbee’s CEE Startup Challenge 2023 The solution is universal for all cultures and langu... |
| 31.01.2024 | Presto Ventures Fuels Getpin’s International Expansion with USD 400K | Ukrainian B2B SaaS Getpin brought in USD 400K of Seed investment The startup offers a single platform of managing the online presence of offline businesses The new investment will accelerate the product development
Last November, Ukrainian... |
| 22.01.2024 | Belgium’s OutKept secures €500K to prevent phishing with the help of ethical phishers | Read this article in:
Ghent-based OutKept, a cybersecurity company, has secured €500K in a Seed round of funding led by Presto Ventures and Business angels (BAN Flanders).
OutKept helps organisations prevent phishing with an open community ... |
| 22.01.2024 | Presto Ventures invests in OutKept during €500k round | Presto Ventures invests in OutKept during €500k round
22 January, 2024, 10:01
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OutKept, a Belgium-based cybersecurity company that h... |
| 17.01.2024 | Slovak call center software CloudTalk raises $28M Series B round | Slovak call center software CloudTalk raises $28M Series B round
17 January, 2024, 09:00
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Bratislava-based call center softwa... |
| 17.01.2024 | Slovak CloudTalk, an AI-Powered Calling Software, Raised $28M Funding in Series B | Bratislava, Slovakia ~
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Only have 1 minute? Here are 3 key takeaways: CloudTalk, a Slovak AI-powered calling solution and call center software, managed to secure $28M in a Series B funding round. The latest funding is run by KPN Ven... |
| 09.01.2024 | Luigi’s Box Acquires Prague-Based Persoo in the First Exit for Presto Ventures | Czech Republic ~
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Only have 1 minute? Here are 3 key takeaways: Luigi’s Box, a fast-growing Slovak company specializing in advanced product search and recommendation solutions, has acquired its Czech competitor Persoo in a multi-mil... |
| 09.01.2024 | Czech Presto Ventures leads $330k pre-seed round for Wempler | Czech Presto Ventures leads $330k pre-seed round for Wempler
09 January, 2024, 10:21
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Wempler, Georgian marketplace for task delegat... |
| 30.11.2023 | Freshly Launched Cybersecurity Startup Blindspot Technologies Lands a EUR 1.4M Seed Round | Prague-based DDoS protection startup Blindspot Technologies secured a EUR 1.4M Seed round The startup offers a set of solutions for DDoS protection and mitigation security The new investment will fund the young company’s overseas expansion ... |
| 28.11.2023 | Presto Ventures Takes Interest in Magic ID’s Automated KYC | Prague-based VC fund Presto Ventures participated in Magic ID’s Pre-Seed round of EUR 350K The English startup offers a universal privacy-centered KYC solution Magic ID will primarily use the funds to expand its network of clients, as well ... |
| 27.11.2023 | Ukrainian startup Getpin raises $400k investment from Presto Ventures | Ukrainian startup Getpin raises $400k investment from Presto Ventures
27 November, 2023, 11:36
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Getpin, a Ukrainian SaaS onli... |
| 22.11.2023 | Czech cybersecurity startup Blindspot Technologies raises €1.4M | Czech cybersecurity startup Blindspot Technologies raises €1.4M
22 November, 2023, 16:44
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Blindspot Technologies, a Czech cybersecur... |
| 21.11.2023 | OTA Sync Extends Its Seed Round to EUR 1.3M and Expands to LatAm | Belgrade-based hotel management startup OTA Sync’s extended Seed round amounts to EUR 1.3M The service is a cloud-based all-in-one platform for managing hotels’ and short-term rentals’ financials, customer feedback, etc. The investment will... |
| 21.11.2023 | Digital identity verification startup Magic ID raises €350K to expand in the UK and EU markets | Read this article in:
London-based Magic ID, a platform facilitating trust between businesses and individuals without prior acquaintance, has secured €350K in a pre-seed round of funding.
The investment was led by SFC Capital and Presto Ven... |
| 20.11.2023 | Presto Ventures joins €350k pre-seed round for Magic ID | Presto Ventures joins €350k pre-seed round for Magic ID
20 November, 2023, 10:58
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Prague-based VC firm Presto Ventures, along... |
| 31.10.2023 | Serbia-Estonian OTA Sync closes a €1.3M seed round led by Presto Ventures | Serbia-Estonian OTA Sync closes a €1.3M seed round led by Presto Ventures
31 October, 2023, 10:10
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Tallinn-based OTA Sync, a hospita... |
| 27.10.2023 | Vestbee’s CEE Startup Challenge Calls Startups and Scaleups Once More | Vestbee once again partners with an extensive list of top-tier partners to reward the most aspiring startups and scaleups across various verticals in CEE Partners have prepared valuable and exciting prizes, including free credits, pleasant ... |
| 09.10.2023 | Prague’s Engaged Investments Conference Will Highlight Successful Startup Investment in 2023 | DEPO Ventures and other Czech and CEE funds announce the fifth Engaged Investments conference The event will investigate the ongoing and emerging trends in VC investments in the Czech republic and CEE The date is October 24-25th, and the pl... |
| 31.08.2023 | Presto Ventures and Tether Invest EUR 2M+ in Georgian Crypto Payment Platform CityPay.io’s Product Development and Expansion | Czech Presto Ventures joined CityPay.io’s EUR 2M+ Seed round CitiPay.io is a Georgian crypto payment processing provider that operates internationally The startup will use the new investment on the development of its B2C product and further... |
| 31.08.2023 | Czech Outfindo Uses AI to Improve Online Shopping and Nabs EUR 900K in Seed | Prague-based e-commerce facilitator Outfindo secured EUR 900K of Seed investment The startup employs AI to help e-commerces improve their shoppers’ experience by narrowing down their choice to several most fitting options The mission is to ... |
| 31.08.2023 | Spenfi’s Finance and Spendings Management Facilitation Secures EUR 800K in Seed | Spenfi, the Vilnius-based platform for corporate finance and spendings management – raised EUR 800K of Seed investment The platform is not only a one-stop shop for spendings managements, but it also employs Open Banking for helping companie... |
| 17.08.2023 | Georgian fintech CityPay boosts crypto payment solutions with €2M funding | Georgia’s CityPay.io, a cryptocurrency payments start-up, has raised a Seed funding round of more than €2 million, which includes $500k investment in cryptocurrency. Investors in the round include Tether, Presto Ventures, and angel investor... |
| 17.08.2023 | Georgian crypto startup CityPay.io raises over €2M from Tether and Presto Ventures | Georgian crypto startup CityPay.io raises over €2M from Tether and Presto Ventures
17 August, 2023, 10:01
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Georgian crypto-pa... |
| 11.08.2023 | Czech start-up Outfindo secures €900K Seed funding to enhance E-commerce experience with AI | Czech start-up Outfindo has secured €900,000 in a Seed funding round which will see the Prague-based e-commerce company expand its R&D, ‘focusing on product-tuning and expanding into new verticals, and go-to-market activities’.
Outfindo... |
| 08.08.2023 | Czech e-commerce Outfindo secures €900k in a seed round | Czech e-commerce Outfindo secures €900k in a seed round
08 August, 2023, 13:31
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Prague-based e-commerce startup Outfindo has ... |
| 25.07.2023 | USD 3M for Lithuanian GoRamp’s Digital Transformation of Logistics | Vilnius-based logistics facilitator GoRamp brings in USD 3M in Late Seed round GoRamp’s solution includes real-time warehouse time slot management and order management automation The new investment will allow the startup to strengthen its p... |
| 29.05.2023 | EUR 800K for Czech AdTech Cruxo’s Retail Media Ambition | Prague-based retail media platform Cruxo attracts EUR 800K The platform increases the revenue for both retailers and vendors by supplying personalized offers to shoppers With the new investment at hand, the startup will expand its team to s... |
| 04.05.2023 | Czech startup Cruxo secures €800k from Presto Ventures and Zaka VC | Czech startup Cruxo secures €800k from Presto Ventures and Zaka VC
04 May, 2023, 12:29
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Prague-based startup Cruxo has secure... |
| 31.03.2023 | Another EUR 1M for Finmap’s Global Expansion | One year after its previous Seed round, Ukrainian cash flow management platform Finmap brings in another EUR 1M of investment Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine didn’t stop the startup’s plans that were set up in view of the previ... |
| 27.02.2023 | US/Polish VC SMOK Ventures leads €1 million round for Kyiv-based Finmap.online | Kyiv's Finmap.online clinched a €1 million round recently led by SMOK Ventures, marking the US-Polish VC's first investment in a Ukrainian company.
Further participants include investment fund Presto Ventures, Capital Genetics and Petre Bar... |
| 15.02.2023 | Financial Record-Keeping Platform Dillali Raises Funds to Empower African Entrepreneurs
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| 31.01.2023 | Czech Data SaaS Keboola Gets USD 4.5M from Local Investors to Grow Globally | Prague-based data management platform Keboola brought in USD 4.5M in Seed round The platform is a one-stop shop that provides the convenience of an iPhone for data pipelines The startup will use the new investment to accelerate its internat... |
| 26.12.2022 | Georgian startup KIKLIKO received ＄100k in a pre-seed funding | Georgian startup KIKLIKO received ＄100k in a pre-seed funding
26 December, 2022, 13:31
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Tbilisi-based startup KIKLIKO has rec... |
| 22.11.2022 | Czech DataOps startup Keboola raises $4.5M in a seed round | Czech DataOps startup Keboola raises $4.5M in a seed round
22 November, 2022, 17:01
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The Prague-based data-platform-as-a-service com... |
| 17.11.2022 | 20+ Czech Early-Stage VC Funds You Should Know Before Your First Fundraising | Czech Republic ~
Central and Eastern European countries, including the Czech Republic, have been in the spotlight of early-stage venture capitalists for a while now. Moreover, during the past five years, the recognized potential of the deve... |
| 22.09.2022 | Poland’s Trusted Twin is bringin’ operational data sharin’ back with $1 million in pre-seed funding | Gdansk-based Trusted Twin has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round that’s aimed at ramping up the business across the board, from team size to customer base to further development of the startup’s operational data sharing solution.... |
| 22.09.2022 | Polish startup Trusted Twin gets ＄1M in a pre-seed funding | Polish startup Trusted Twin gets ＄1M in a pre-seed funding
22 September, 2022, 17:40
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Gdansk-based operational data sharing s... |
| 16.08.2022 | EUR 30M, 40 Portfolio Companies, 3 New Partners, and CEE-Wide Expansion: Presto Ventures Wraps Up Fund II | Czech VC Presto Ventures wrapped up its Fund II with 40 portfolio companies and EUR 30M of investment The fund also expanded geographically all over CEE This was partially due to attracting new industry-specific partners, which increased th... |
| 02.08.2022 | Czech hospitality app Choice QR raises €1.5M | Czech hospitality app Choice QR raises €1.5M
02 August, 2022, 12:44
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The Prague-based hospitality app Choice QR, with an offi... |
| 30.07.2022 | Lithuanian GoRamp to Optimize Logistics Globally | Vilnius-based logistics optimization startup GoRamp offers warehouse time slot management and order management automation Being cloud-based makes it easy for them to scale globally This Spring, GoRamp brought in EUR 1.5M from undisclosed in... |
| 28.06.2022 | Presto Ventures Closes Fund II, at €30M | Presto Ventures, a Prague, Czech Republic-based venture capital firm, investing in early-stage B2B startups from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), closed its Fund II, €30m.
The fund is backed entirely by private investors, including family ... |
| 23.06.2022 | Presto Ventures pulls €30 million out of its hat with second fund aimed squarely at CEE region startups. | Prague-based Presto Ventures has announced the close of its second fund at a magnificent €30 million. Making no bones about it, the princes of Praha are looking to make seed and pre-seed round investments in no less than 40 B2B startups hai... |
| 23.06.2022 | Czech fund Presto Ventures closes €30 million fund to invest in CEE, including Ukraine | Prague-based Presto Ventures has announced the close of its second fund at a magnificent €30 million. Making no bones about it, the princes of Praha are looking to make seed and pre-seed round investments in no less than 40 B2B startups hai... |
| 30.05.2022 | Secfense Brings In USD 2M and Expands Over the Ocean | Secfense, now Polish-American cybersecurity startup, closed an oversubscribed Seed round of USD 2M from RKKVC, Tera Ventures, Presto Ventures, and several angels Their flagship product – User Access Security Broker – allows to deploy MFA qu... |
| 09.05.2022 | SummerSaaS 2022 by Flashpoint Invites CEE Startups to Pitch in front of Tier-1 VCs | Flashpoint’s SummerSaaS 2022 will take place on June 9 via Hopin Seed-stage startups from across five tracks – vertical SaaS, horizontal SaaS, developer tools, fintech, and new economy – are welcome to take part There will be a separate six... |
| 18.02.2022 | Ukrainian Cash Flow Management Platform Finmap Secures USD 1.2M for Further International Expansion | Finmap is a Ukrainian cash flow management tool that supports 2 000+ banks all over Europe, as well as the most popular eWallets and crypto This January, the startup raised USD 1.2M in a Seed round led by Presto Ventures The investment will... |
| 10.12.2021 | Open Data Startup Okredo is Looking to Regional Expansion after Securing 1 mln EUR | The Lithuanian startup operates a subscription-based platform that aggregates open data sources to build credit and financial profiles of companies
The company is anticipating a large volume of data to become available after the EU’s Open D... |
| 23.08.2021 | Finnish startup Pibox raises funding for remote collaboration solution for audio content | Pibox is a centralized/all-in-one remote collaboration solution developed for working with creative collaboration. It is used daily by the head of a production, music producers, managers and sound engineers. Now, Pibox has raised € 150,000 ... |
| - | Presto Ventures pulls €30 million out of its hat with second fund aimed squarely at CEE region startups. | Prague-based Presto Ventures has announced the close of its second fund at a magnificent €30 million. Making no bones about it, the princes of Praha are looking to make seed and pre-seed round investments in no less than 40 B2B startups hai... |
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| - | Mapping its way for expansion, Finmap nabs $1.2 million from European and Ukrainian investors | Ukraine-based cash flow management service for businesses, Finmap has raised $1.2 million for further expansion. The round saw the participation of Presto Ventures, Sturgeon Capital, SID Venture Partners, startup incubator Startup Wise Guys... |
| - | Український стартап Getpin залучив $400 000 інвестицій від чеського фонду Presto Ventures | Український стартап Getpin залучив $400 000 інвестицій від чеського фонду Presto Ventures
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Український стартап Getpin залучив $400 000 seed-фінансування від чеського венчурного фонду Presto Ve... |
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| - | Leveraging the open data directive to help SMEs make better decisions, Okredo raises €1 million in seed funding | Looking to expand into Latvia, Poland, and the UK, Vilnius-based open data platform Okredo has closed a €1 million seed funding round. The startup takes advantage of the EU's open data directive and helps SME’s assess the credibility, finan... |
