# Top 50 Angel Investors in Czech Republic in June 2026

## Jiri Hlavenka
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology

Jiri Hlavenka is based out of South Moravia and is the Co-founder & Investor of FaceUp. Jiri previously worked at Kiwi.com as a Co-founder & Investor. Jiri Hlavenka attended the Brno University of Technology.

## Michael Rostock-Poplar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Michael is a founding partner of the company. In last five years Michael completed a number of cross-border M&A projects and advised on several private equity investments. Before founding Venture Investors in 1999, he worked as a legal counsel for WoodCommerz. Prior to that he participated on the first issue of eurobonds in the CEE region (theissuer was the Czech power company ČEZ). He also worked for PPF (First Privatization Fund), where he took part in the preparation of several privatization projects in Russia and Bulgaria. He is also a member of the supervisory board of iMall, large online retailer and a member of the advisory board of Tuesday Business Network.Michael studied Law at Charles University in Prague and went on to pursue graduate studies at St Anthony's College, Oxford (Soros scholar) and Hughe's Hall, Cambridge (Chevening Scholar), where he obtained his masters degree in law (focus on corporate finance law). He specialized in securities and exchanges law and regulation of financial markets. He founded and presided the Central European Society at Cambridge University.Michal speaks Czech, English, Russian and Polish. Among projects he worked on recently there were several sell mandates from IT and telecommunications companies, acquisition of private University and work for Western European Private Equity funds on the acquisition of Czech Telecom.

## Jaroslav Beck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Art

Jaroslav Beck is based out of Czech Republic, Europe and is the Co-Founder and CEO of BottleCap AI. Jaroslav previously worked at Beat Games as a Co-Founder and Music Director. Jaroslav Beck attended the University of West Bohemia.

## Tomas Cupr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Fashion

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

## Ory Weihs
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, SEO, Apps

Ory Weihs is the Founder at Team Odeon. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

## Vojta Roček
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Coffee

Vojta Roček is the Partner of Presto Ventures.

## Martin Rozhon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chrudim, Pardubicky kraj, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Martin Rozhon

## Robert Kyncl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Art, FinTech, Payments

Robert Kyncl is the current Chief Business Officer of YouTube. He previously worked at Netflix as a Vice President, Content. Robert Kyncl attended Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

## Ondrej Smolar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Sales

Ondrej Smolar - Board Member @ Gruveo

## Jan Barta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Hotel, Gaming

Jan Barta is a Partner at ePojisteni.cz.

## Marton Szoke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- 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.

## Matej Turek
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Lending, Medical

Matej Turek - COO and Co-Founder @ Trisbee

## Kamil Levinský
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Kamil Levinský s based out of Prague, Czechia and is the Managing Partner of Jet Ventures. Kamil previously worked at Movisio by CTECH s.r.o. as a Managing Director. Kamil Levinský attended VSB - Technical University of Ostrava.

## Jakub Mahdal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Software, Database, Security

I'm the Founder of Safetica Technologies - the recognized CEE Data Leak Prevention company. I've been honored to be selected by Forbes as Czech's 30 Under 30.

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

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

## Jakub Nesetril
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Aerospace, Electronics, Graphic Design

Jakub Nesetril

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

Eva Janečková is an individual investor.

## Michal Smida
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments

Michal Smida - Founder & CEO @ Twisto

## Kulpreet Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, General Santos, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Kulpreet Singh is Managing Partner at Overture Capital. He attended IMD.

## Aaron Levie
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Aaron Levie is Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder and Chairman at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. He is the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy, incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Aaron leads the companyin its mission to transform the way people and businesses work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. He has served on the Board of Directors since April 2005.Aaron attended the University of Southern California from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to found Box.

## Zdenek Cendra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software

Zdenek Cendra is the Founder and CEO at CDN77.com.

## Jude Gomila
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Jude Gomila is currently CEO and Founder of the startup Golden.

## Peter Skrla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Diabetes, Internet, Software

Peter Skrla is an angel investor and mentor of startups.

## Jan Slama
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, iOS, Apps

Jan Slama

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

Mike Chalfen is based out of London, England, and is the Founder & Partner of Chalfen Ventures and also Board of Director of SurrealDB. Mike previously worked at Advent Venture Partners as a General Partner. Mike Chalfen attended Harvard University. Mike Chalfen has received the award of The Midas List.

## Philip Staehelin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Mobile, Travel, Education

Philip Staehelin

## Bashar Hamood
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

## Fredrik Björk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, Analytics

Fredrik Björk is Founder & CEO at Grafbase. He attended Rochester Institute of Technology.

## Honza Široký
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Health Diagnostics

I started as a web developer, became web application full stack developer and kept moving towards backend development, system architecture, cloud SaaS and also product management. Currently, at Mews, I'm managing a growing team of 50+ developers, data scientists and testers. Together we're following our technical vision, contributing tothe product strategy and delivering technical solutions and products. I like to share my experience and enjoy mentoring of early stage startups.

## Eduard Kucera
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Robotics

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.

## Jan Habermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet

Jan is a founding partner of Credo Ventures. Before becoming a venture capitalist, he co-founded and operated several companies and later served as an M&A advisor representing the sellers as well as the acquirers. He is a member of Kauffman Fellowship, a highly sought-after program and network dedicated to the world of innovation investing.

## Nikola Rafaj
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Mobile, Travel, Education

Founder/Co-founder since university studies, with corporate experience in PR, banking and internet retail. For years Nikola helps technology startups to set viable business and grow.

## Paul Sallaberry
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Paul Sallaberry is the Chairman of the Board at Seal Software.

## Isaac Applbaum
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, E-Commerce

Isaac Applbaum joined MizMaa Ventures Limited as Founder and Partner in 2016.Isaac Applbaum is a founding General Partner of Opus Capital, a billion dollar early stage venture fund, .focusing his efforts on finding Israeli-based investments for the firm. Previously, Isaac was a Partner and Managing Director for Israel at Lightspeed Venture Partnersan early stage venture capital firm with over two billion dollars under management.Prior to joining Lightspeed, Mr. Applbaum was the founder and CEO of Concorde Solutions Inc. (CSI).  In 1998 Mr. Applbaum sold CSI to Bank of America becoming a Senior Vice President at the bank with responsibility for running the bank’s E-ventures group and an advisor to the strategic investments group.Before founding Concorde Solutions, Mr. Applbaum was responsible for running US operations for Advanced Technology International, a large Israeli software development company.Mr. Applbaum currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Philanthropy to the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat.  Mr. Applbaum is President of the Board of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of The Western Wall Heritage Foundation,  is on the board of directors of:  The Koret Israel Economic Development Funds, the Shalem Institute, the Modern Bank and is on the National Council of AIPAC. Mr. Applbaum is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.

## Liu Jiang
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Liu Jiang

## Radka Vaculíková
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Manufacturing, Home Appliances

Radka Vaculíková is the CEO of Fabini.

## Miloslav Vyhnal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Miloslav Vyhnal, former CIO of investment firms KKCG and RSBC

## Peter Zaborszky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps

Peter Zaborszky is the Founder of Retalk. He attended Imperial College London.

## Vladislav Fedoš
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Vladislav Fedoš, Co-founder of Alpine Pro.

## 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

## Marek Frey
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Industrial, Cyber Security, Internet of Things

Marek Frey

## Bertrand Grospellier
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Pharmaceutical, Dietary Supplements

Bertrand Grospellier

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

Zach is the cofounder and CEO of Codecademy, the leading online education company closing the skills gap by teaching programming. Codecademy has reached millions of users in every country in the world. Codecademy’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Index Ventures, Richard Branson, Yuri Milner, and more. Zach has worked withGroupMe (acq. by Skype) and drop.io (acq. by Facebook). Zach was named to Inc. Magazine and Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 lists, was selected as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and was voted as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013.

## Jakub Jurovych
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Developer APIs, Cloud Management

Jakub Jurovych

## Petr Bednařík
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Lending, Machine Learning

Petr Bednarik is a global head of Vertical AI Solutions (Eviden BDS) and ceo/founder of DataSentics, an Eviden business. He has done his Master, Mathematical Modelling from Czech Technical University in Prague.

## Boris Renski Jr.
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Aerospace, Electronics

[Boris Renski is the Founder of FreedomFi. He previously worked at Mirantis as a Co-Founder and CMO. Boris Renski attended Santa Clara University.

## Andrej Leontiev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Advice, Consulting

Andrej Leontiev is a partner at Taylor Wessing. He has done his Master, in Law from Comenius University in Bratislava.

## Klara Losert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Public Safety

Klara Losert is the Co-founder and CEO of Talkbase. She was the Head of Operations at Deepnote.

## Nick Penny
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Winery, Consumer, Craft Beer

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## Clark Golestani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delray Beach, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, CRM, SaaS

Clark Golestani is Managing Director of C Sensei Group since 2018. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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