# Top 30 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Czech Republic in June 2026 ## Presto Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology We're a Prague-based VC firm investing in fast growing tech companies and empowering talented startup founders from Central and Eastern Europe. ## Patero - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS Patero is an investment firm that invests in modern technologies. Patero is headquartered in Praha, Czech Republic. ## J&T Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence J&T Ventures is an early-stage Prague-based Venture Capital fund, which invests in promising startups from the CEE and SEE region. Our strategy is industry agnostic, but we primarily focus on companies in the seed stage with proven product market fit. Our average ticket size is between EUR 0.5m - EUR 2.5m. ## Google Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward. ## Michael Rostock-Poplar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## DEPO Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology DEPO Ventures is an angel network and VC (Grouport and DEPO Angels Fund II), which connects world of startups and investors. ## Zero One Hundred - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning early stage investor ## Index Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security. ## 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. ## Credo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology We partner with outstanding technology founders from Central and Eastern Europe to help them realize their global ambitions. ## Illuminate Financial - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Illuminate Financial is a venture capital firm dedicated to enterprise fintech and B2B software companies building technology solutions for financial services. ## Reflex Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Doing business may resemble a jungle survival. You better be prepared and have the right reflexes! It's also useful to have someone with real experience around. We at Reflex Capital are entrepreneurs, just like you. We built our own companies, negotiated with investors, and took part in plenty of transactions. ## Daniel Dines - Type: Angel - Location: Dover, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Vodafone Idea of the Year - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Internet of Things Vodafone Idea of the Year is a startup competition which assists innovative technology start-ups through financing, feedback, and mentoring. ## N1 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care NATION 1 IS “DAY 0” INVESTOR, THE 1ST CHOICE FOR THE 1ST INVESTOR & PARTNER FOR BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY. ## 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. ## Genting Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture Genting Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Genting Group. We empower the next wave of innovation and entrepreneurship. ## Kartik Varma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS Kartik Varma - Co-founder @ PropTiger ## 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. ## Inven Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A - Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy Inven Capital is a venture capital fund established to invest in the European new energy sector. It is backed by a major European energy utility ČEZ, a.s. and by the European Investment Bank (EIB), having EUR 240m at its disposal. They seek investments into innovative cleantech/smart energy growth stage startups. They are interested in areassuch as energy efficiency, distributed generation, flexibility and storage, energy, IoT and clean transportation. They target late-stage growth opportunities with business model proven by sales and with significant growth potential. They focus on creating long term value through an active support of the companies and their founders. Given their energy background they can provide unique benefits to portfolio companies and co-investors, e.g. through piloting on the customer and asset base or through access to a significant energy trading desk. ## Michal Pechoucek - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Machine Learning, Network Security 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. ## Notion Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud. ## Portfolion - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Portfolion is a CEE-focused multi-stage investor with a flexible fund structure that allows it to back companies from or before 1st client until the end of their journey. The fund manager has backed some of the CEE region’s most successful companies including SEON, Novakid, Tresorit, Packhelp, and Starschema. ## Lead Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Lead Ventures is a Budapest-based venture capital firm, specialist of financing scale-ups in Central Europe. Its mission is to support the region’s most promising ventures with capital, experience and a wide-ranging professional network, enabling them to transform their industry with innovation. Lead Ventures provides equity financing tocompanies in their scale-up phase, the typical ticket size is between EUR 2-10 million. Lead Ventures is searching for dynamic teams with a unique story, outstanding growth potential and solutions tested and validated by the market. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the mobility, energy and sustainability as well as b2b services and software sectors, however, Lead Ventures is open to support teams active in other areas as well.Lead Ventures has EUR 200 million under management invested by MOL, the most successful energy company in CEE, and two financial institutions specialised in supporting the startup ecosystem - the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) and Eximbank. ## Accel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology First partner to exceptional teams everywhere ## Velo Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Sports Founded in 2011 by Evan Hoff, Velo Partners is a venture capital firm that invests and manages a portfolio spanning the global gaming and gambling industry. Velo typically invests in Series A or early growth stage rounds. Our ideal investment candidates demonstrate strong early transaction and a clear understanding of their unit economics and growth trajectory. We also work in association with a gaming accelerator called RNG FOUNDRY for earlier stage investment in iGaming content. ## Clark Golestani - Type: Angel - Location: Delray Beach, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: CRM, SaaS, Computer Clark Golestani is Managing Director of C Sensei Group since 2018. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Acequia Capital (AceCap) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology We are a leading early-stage investment platform. We are at the center of a global ecosystem that attracts and fuels the technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses. ## Datasentics - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Lending, Machine Learning DataSentics is a data science firm that focuses on the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions. ## Jeff Sagansky - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Big Data, Gambling Jeff Sagansky - Chief Executive Officer and President @ Double Eagle Acquisition