Top 10 Machine Learning Angel Investors in Czech Republic in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Machine learning startups based in Czech republic. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Machine learning companies from Czech republic. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Machine Learning Angel Investors in Czech Republic in January 2026

Investor	Machine Learning Czech Republic investments
Michael Rostock-Poplar	2
Mike Chalfen	2
Clark Golestani	1
Jeff Sagansky	1
Petr Bednařík	1
Kartik Varma	1
Paul Sallaberry	1
Michal Pechoucek	1
Daniel Dines	1
Matej Turek	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Cloud Computing, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Czech Republic, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Boost.space — Combining the power of a Cloud-based Database with an intuitive Integration Platform, we make it easy to streamline and enhance your workflows. Imagine the simplicity of Airtable fused with the connectivity of Zapier. Experience the future of no-code Data Management, today.
DecisionRules — DecisionRules is a lightweight and innovative business rules engine that lets you easily manage business rules in a secure cloud.
Safetica Technologies — Safetica Intelligent Data Security protects sensitive enterprise data wherever your team uses it.

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

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

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.

Jeff Sagansky - Chief Executive Officer and President @ Double Eagle Acquisition

Investment focus

Software, Big Data, Advertising
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Picklebet — Puntaa is a social daily fantasy sports (DFS) app.
Oddin.gg — Oddin.gg - Esports live odds provider with industry-leading uptime and multiple live markets. B2B Esports data API. Boost volume and profit. Try our demo.
SiBS — Social Bartering System is a platform for community connection and the trade of goods and services. Social Bartering System was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in New York, United States.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Lending, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed
Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

Flowpay — Flowpay offers operating loans to entrepreneurs who use one of our partner platforms.

Kartik Varma - Co-founder @ PropTiger

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Valyuu.com — Bye old products, hello Valyuu.
Flowpay — Flowpay offers operating loans to entrepreneurs who use one of our partner platforms.
1DigitalStack — Technology for brand growth on Ecommerce marketplaces We help brands dominate Ecommerce by leveraging marketplace data & AI-enabled media management Let's Connect

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.

Michal Pechoucek joined Avast as CTO in September 2019. Mr. Pechoucek leads the core technology and R&D teams supporting the work of the Avast Threat Labs, Big Data and innovation teams. He is also responsible for the company’s scientific research in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity.Before joiningAvast, Mr. Pechoucek spent over twenty years as a professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague, during which time he led the Department of Computer Science and founded the Artificial Intelligence Center in 2001. He also co-founded a research-oriented study programme, Open Informatics, which offers a choice of different subjects, combines different areas of informatics and approaches and continues to be taught today.Mr. Pechoucek has authored more than 400 high impact publications and contributed numerous innovative AI applications to research in computer science. Before joining Avast, he was the prime mover behind the creation of the Avast Chair of Cybersecurity at CTU, and in 2019, he also helped to establish the Avast funded joint CTU/Avast AI and Cybersecurity Laboratory. Today, Mr. Pechoucek continues to lecture at CTU and lead the Artificial Intelligence Center.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Web Development
Seed, Series B
United States, Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

Augment Code — Developer AI for Teams. Codebase-aware chat and code suggestions in your favorite IDE
Resistant AI — Resistant AI provides fraud detection and prevention in automated document processing workflows, transaction monitoring, and identities analysis.

Daniel Dines is based out of New York, New York, and is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Innovation Officer of UiPath. Daniel Dines attended the University of Bucharest.