Top 15 Hardware Angel Investors in Czech Republic in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 15 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 15 Hardware Angel Investors in Czech Republic in November 2024

Investor	Hardware Czech Republic investments
Jaroslav Beck	3
Jan Habermann	2
Mike Chalfen	2
David Wu	1
Vit Horky	1
Paul Sallaberry	1
Rikard Steiber	1
Daniel Vávra	1
Palmer Luckey	1
Damir Špoljarič	1
Rasty Turek	1
Jiri Hlavenka	1
Clark Golestani	1
Jakub Nesetril	1
Vit Vrba	1

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

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.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet
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.

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.

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

David Wu Is The Partner At Maveron.

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.

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.

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.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
United States, Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

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.
Oportun — Get affordable personal loans, effortless savings tools, credit-building credit cards, and smart budgeting tools to strengthen your finances.
Bitwise — Bitwise Asset Management is a trusted partner to individuals, wealth managers, family offices, investment managers, and institutions in navigating cryptocurrency. Bitwise develops funds, indexes, insight, and other services. The team behind Bitwise has backgrounds in technology, security, and finance. The firm’s origins are in technology and itprides itself on having a deep understanding of protocols while seeking to build understanding and help the technical and non-technical alike participate.

I am an entrepreneurial and experienced CEO. I have successfully built, launched, and grown multiple new global businesses at companies such as Google (Internet), Modern Times Group (media), and HTC VIVE (VR). Proven ability to successfully create and communicate corporate visions and strategies, hire and motivate top talent, and lead global sales,marketing, and product teams.Board member of companies such as Cision (software), Scandic Hotels (hotels), and Raymond (solar). Trusted advisor to large firms such as Ericsson and EQT, and cutting-edge startups like Einride (electric trucks), Jetson (flying cars), and Elonroad (electric roads).World class keynote speaker at international conferences such as MWC, GDC, IBC, CES, and invited speaker at Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. I am a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic, and the founder of WIT Global Women In Tech network and events.

Investment focus

Virtual Reality, Sports, Electric Vehicle
Seed, Angel, Series A
Sweden, United States, Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

WEIQ — WEIQ is an application that offers an ordering and payment solutions for restaurants.
Elonroad — Elonroad charging solutions allow for vehicle agnostic conductive charging, providing freedom and flexibility by charging while driving or parked.
Jetson Aero — Your personal aircraft in aluminium and carbon fibre, powered with eight powerful electric motors.

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

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.

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.