Top 10 Hardware Angel Investors in Czech Republic
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Hardware startups based in Czech republic. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Czech republic. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Hardware Angel Investors in Czech Republic
Investor | Hardware Czech Republic investments |
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Mike Chalfen | 2 |
Jaroslav Beck | 2 |
Clark Golestani | 1 |
David Wu | 1 |
Palmer Luckey | 1 |
Jan Habermann | 1 |
Vit Horky | 1 |
Rikard Steiber | 1 |
Vit Vrba | 1 |
Daniel Vávra | 1 |
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Flexciton — Flexciton is the ultimate scheduling optimization solution for semiconductor wafer fabs. Flexciton applies cutting-edge technology to optimize the planning and scheduling decisions for the world's most complex manufacturing process - semiconductor wafer fabrication.
- Time is Ltd. — Time is Ltd. was founded in 2017 to improve the everyday productivity of large corporations and companies. An easy way to integrate solution for companies which are going through the process of adopting a diverse number of cloud tools, it allows them to understand the performance data behind their productivity.Powered by machine learning, theplatform brings the data from a number of tools, such as Office 365, G Suite, and Slack, amongst others, together in one. By unlocking the hidden gems in this combined data, it reveals a company’s successful working patterns and allows organizations to operate more effectively.Time is Ltd. is a Prague-based startup founded by serial entrepreneurs Jan Rezab and Cyril Höschl.
- AtomicJar — Integration testing made easier for developers
Jaroslav Beck is a Co-Founder and Head Of Music at Beat Games. He attended the University of West Bohemia.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Art, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Czech Republic, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Qerko — Qerko is loaded with great features for your business like fast checkout, tableside ordering, loyalty programs, verified reviews, and more. Apply today!
- Zuri — We are developing a modern private aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing. This will allow you to affordably travel from city to city at distances of up to 700 km apart.
- ArtMaster — ArtMaster is an online platform that offers individual one-on-one tuition and online courses designed by professionals in art and music.
Clark Golestani is Managing Director of C Sensei Group since 2018. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Investment focus
- CRM, SaaS, Computer
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- BalkanID — BalkanID leverages data science to provide **visibility of risky entitlements** and simplifies the access review & certification process across the SaaS and Public Cloud landscape.
- Time is Ltd. — Time is Ltd. was founded in 2017 to improve the everyday productivity of large corporations and companies. An easy way to integrate solution for companies which are going through the process of adopting a diverse number of cloud tools, it allows them to understand the performance data behind their productivity.Powered by machine learning, theplatform brings the data from a number of tools, such as Office 365, G Suite, and Slack, amongst others, together in one. By unlocking the hidden gems in this combined data, it reveals a company’s successful working patterns and allows organizations to operate more effectively.Time is Ltd. is a Prague-based startup founded by serial entrepreneurs Jan Rezab and Cyril Höschl.
- Curavit Clinical Research — Curavit is a “virtual CRO”, purpose-built to design and execute decentralized clinical trials. The company works with our clients to design their trials from first principles, based on the team’s decades of experience in research and digital health technologies. For each trial, they assign an experienced principal investigator, who is an expert inthe specific disease area, to develop the protocol and drive the regulatory submission process. Curavit manages participant recruitment, enrollment, and consent. Under the direction of the PI, their clinical study team executes the entire decentralized clinical trial.
David Wu Is The Partner At Maveron.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- LIV — LIV is your complete toolset for VTubing, Mixed Reality Capture and VR native utilities like in-headset stream chat, alerts and notifications!
- Echo AI — Pathlight helps customer-facing teams hit their goals and grow faster, by giving every employee the data and communication they need to be successful.
- Volta — Design, perform and stream your own mixed reality experience in just minutes.
Palmer Luckey is the Founder of Anduril Industries. He is also the designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display, and the founder of Oculus VR.Frustrated with the inadequacy and high cost of the existing HMDs on the market, Palmer began experimenting with his own designs in 2009 at the age of 16. In 2012, he formed OculusVR, which was acquired two years later by Facebook for $2.3b.Palmer began attending Golden West College and Long Beach City College at the age of 14, and studied at California State University, Long Beach before dropping out to found Oculus VR.His deep interest in defense technology was driven by his time at the USC ICT MxR lab, where he built hardware used to research immersive PTSD treatment for US veterans. He continued to support various military applications of VR during his time at Oculus, informing his belief that radical modernization of US military technology is a prerequisite for preserving our way of life.
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Investment focus
- Virtual Reality, Gaming, Hardware
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- LIV — LIV is your complete toolset for VTubing, Mixed Reality Capture and VR native utilities like in-headset stream chat, alerts and notifications!
- Sidequest — SideQuest is the early access layer for Virtual Reality. Get access to the latest Oculus Quest Games, Oculus App Lab games & lots of free apps on applab and sideload.
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.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Serbia
Portfolio highlights
- Zuri — We are developing a modern private aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing. This will allow you to affordably travel from city to city at distances of up to 700 km apart.
- Fabrica AI — Fabrica AI offers a revolutionary platform for faster robot development, using custom hardware designs and learned optimal control to increase efficiency while minimizing complexity and cost. With a vision for a future where robot development takes days, not years.
- Munch — Create anything from a captivating portfolio to a full-blown online store in minutes, with no subscription fee.
Vit Horky, Brand Embassy's co-founder and CEO, loves an unforgettable customer experience. Whether it's service with a smile at a Starbucks near you (he's always traveling) or the perfectly timed tweet that draws him back to a company he forgot about, he knows customer experiences are at the heart of customer service. That's whyBrand Embassy was built. Between speaking at international conferences, and cheering on his growing team, you’ll find him musing about the fascinating life of bees.
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Investment focus
- Software, Banking, Logistics
- Seed, Funding Round
- Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- CodeNOW — Value Stream Delivery Platform to boost your software delivery overnight. Powered by Kubernetes, runs on-prem, withing AWS, GCP or Azure subscriptions and automates everything.
- SharpGrid — SharpGrid is a data and technology business that is redefining on-trade and hospitality market research. To create an accurate and full picture of the on-trade channel, we collect data from all on-trade outlets (restaurants, bars, pubs, or cafés) on the market. SharpGrid's data-driven technologies help companies like Coca-Cola, Heineken, andMakro achieve commercial efficiency and growth.
- techloop.io — Techloop.io is a marketplace connecting software developers directly with hiring companies. Developers remain anonymous while companies pitch for them. They receive relevant offers, including salary information, and get a €500 bonus with their new job.
Rikard Steiber is the Founder & President of Viveport & he attedned SDA Bocconi in 1993.
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Investment focus
- Virtual Reality, Electric Vehicle, Sports
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Sweden, United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- LIV — LIV is your complete toolset for VTubing, Mixed Reality Capture and VR native utilities like in-headset stream chat, alerts and notifications!
- Einride — Einride is a freight mobility company that designs and builds technologies for transportation systems. It is taking logistics in a new direction with intelligent freight mobility solutions that are both autonomous and electric for shippers and carriers. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Jetson Aero — Your personal aircraft in aluminium and carbon fibre, powered with eight powerful electric motors.
Vit Vrba
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Messaging
- Seed
- Czech Republic
Daniel Vávra - Co-Founder and Creative Director @ Warhorse Studios
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Investment focus
- Aerospace, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
- Funding Round
- Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- VRgineers — Built by industry experts, virtual reality systems are the No. 1 choice for realistic flight simulations and training for professionals and the military.
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