# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Czech Republic in June 2026

## Michael Rostock-Poplar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- 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.

## Jiri Hlavenka
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Jaroslav Beck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## 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

## Robert Kyncl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Tomas Cupr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Martin Rozhon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chrudim, Pardubicky kraj, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Martin Rozhon

## Ory Weihs
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, SEO, Apps

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

## 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.

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

Jan Slama

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Matej Turek
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Lending, Medical

Matej Turek - COO and Co-Founder @ Trisbee

## 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

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

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

Peter Skrla is an angel investor and mentor of startups.

## 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.

## Jeremy Yap
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe.

## Juraj Masar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Health Care

Juraj Masar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Better Stack, Co-Founder of Wallmine, and Founder of Customer.guru. He is a former Software Engineer at Prizeo. Juraj Masar attended Charles University.

## Lachy Groom
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology

Lachy Groom is the Co-Founder of Physical Intelligence. He previously worked at Stripe as the Head of Stripe Issuing.

## David Wu
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Mobile

David Wu Is The Partner At Maveron.

## 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.

## Daniel Vávra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Aerospace, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality

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

## Aleš Minx
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Aleš Minx - CEO & Chairman @ PPF Group

## 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.

## Jakub Nesetril
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Aerospace, Electronics, Graphic Design

Jakub Nesetril

## Tim Soulo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Tim Soulo is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product advisor at Ahrefs (an industry leading SEO tool, powered by Big Data). With almost 10 years of practical experience in SEO and digital marketing, he's the author of many data-driven SEO research studies and a number of detailed SEO guides.

## Jakub Jurovych
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Collaboration

Jakub Jurovych

## Oliver Dlouhý
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jindrichuv Hradec, Jihocesky kraj, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Gaming, Internet

Oliver Dlouhý is the founder of a unique flight ticket search engine, which allows users to combine various flights and find the best flight connections. Within his first year, SkyPicker achieved enormous success and was ranked by New York Times blogger, Seth Kugel, as one of the top 10 internet travel companies. SkyPicker has also gained attentionin several other dailies, such as France’s Le Figaro.

## Martin Kálovec
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software

Martin Kálovec is an Early-stage Investor, YPO Member, ex BCG Managing Director and Partner.

## Petr Zamecnik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Video, Travel

Petr Zamecnik - Chief Content Officer @ EMA data

## Lucjan Samulowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Lucjan Samulowski - Cofounder & CPO @ DocPlanner

## Ondřej Fryc
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology

Ondrej Fryc was born in 1973 in Prague. Ondrej Fryc is a Managing Partner at Reflex Capital SE. He graduated from the University of Economics, Department of Information Management.He started his career in business started Ondrej Fryc already studying at university as patrol seller of canned fish imported from the Baltic region. After severalpairs of worn out shoes rather then after he moved to the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, where he worked as a project manager for international market research company. In 1997 he co-founded market research agency, where he served as managing director. After five years, sold its share.Andrew was in 2000 one of the three co-founders bilezbozi.cz, predecessor MALL.CZ. The company went through all the positions of the driver rozvozového vehicles to the current position of Chief Executive Officer Netretail Holding BV , under which we have passed, as well as all our foreign colleagues, the first February 2008 . Ondrej also significantly contributed to attracting investors for MALL.CZ, including Intel.In 2003 Ondrej elected to the board of the Association for Electronic Commerce in the Czech Republic and in 2007 was elected to the Supervisory Board CZ.NIC organization.Ondrej is married and has three children. His main hobbies include hiking, motorcycles, traveling on my own and of course MALL.CZ.

## Vit Horky
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Banking, Logistics

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.

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

Vladislav Fedoš, Co-founder of Alpine Pro.

## Kai Hansen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

business angel // entrepreneur // founder lieferando.de // boardmember booksy.com

## Ferdinando Falco
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Software, Logistics

Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco is the President & Chief Executive Officer at General Electric.

## Jeff Sagansky
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Advertising

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

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

Miloslav Vyhnal, former CIO of investment firms KKCG and RSBC

## Laszlo Robert Czirjak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Laszlo Robert Czirjak, in Hungary since 1992, was born and educated in the U.S. His venture capital, private equity, investment banking and operational experience spans e-commerce, Internet, automotive and transport, financial services, consumer and retail, energy and power, health care, manufacturing, technology, business services, and media andtelecom. Prior to founding iEurope, he was a Managing Director at Bankers Trust Company/BT Alex Brown in London, where he built the regional investment banking business in six countries in Southern Central and Eastern Europe from 1991-1998. He led over 20 major M&A and restructuring assignments involving over $1.5 billion and 24 significant debt and equity financings totaling over $3.2 billion. He advised on, sourced and executed various private equity transactions. He was CEO of Bankers Trust Rt. (Hungary). Earlier in his career in New York, Mr. Czirjak served as a Director at the Bridgeford Group and at IBJ Schroder Bank, US investment banking subsidiaries of the Industrial Bank of Japan. He has held positions at Goldman Sachs (in M&A and Project Finance) and in operations management at Chemical Bank. Mr. Czirjak served on the boards (or other similar governing bodies) of each of iEurope fund’s portfolio companies including ATech, Vatera, Kupi Me and others. He is a former member of the Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, of MOL Rt., the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company that is publicly traded on several European exchanges. He also served on the CEE advisory board of AES Hungary (subsidiary of NYSE AES Corp). He also currently sits on the local CEE advisory Committee of Euro-Phoenix Financial Advisors. He is a former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and is still active as Chairman of its Corporate Governance, Business Integrity and Entrepreneurship Committee, where he co-authored a position paper titled “Good Corporate Governance in Hungary” and a Hungarian English Glossary on relevant terminology. Mr. Czirjak is currently Chairman of the Board of United Way Resource Foundation in Hungary and is President of the Columbia University and Business School Clubs of Hungary. He is a Board member of the Hungarian American Fulbright Commission. He received a MBA and BS in Industrial Engineering, both with honors, from Columbia University in New York.

## Siim Teller
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation

Siim Teller is a Managing Partner at Lemonade Stand. He attended the University of Tartu from 1997 to 2003.

## 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.

## Christopher Muhr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: SaaS, Solar, Energy

Christopher Muhr is a founder and the chief operating officer of Muhr has studied at Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) where he obtained his master’s degree in finance andmanagement in 2008.Muhr lives in Berlin, Germany.

## Miroslav Uďan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education

E-commerce veteran with a track record of building his own payment gateway, marketplaces, and a variety of specialized tools. Besides the largest SaaS e-commerce platform in CEE - Shoptet.

## Jean-Pascal Duvieusart
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Travel, Leisure

Mr. Jean-Pascal Pierre A. Duvieusart was appointed as a Director of the Company in March 2017, and was redesignated as a Non-Executive Director in June 2019. He became an Executive Director and CEO of Home Credit N.V. in January 2020.Mr. Duvieusart joined McKinsey & Company in May 1992. He was a partner at McKinsey & Company from January1998 to June 2004 and a senior partner at McKinsey & Company from July 2004 to January 2010.Since September 2011, Mr. Duvieusart has been a non-executive member of the board of Polymetal International plc, a precious metals mining group operating in Russia and Kazakhstan (which is listed on the London and Moscow Stock Exchanges). Mr. Duvieusart has also served as a director of Home Credit Group B.V. since August 2018.

## Kartik Varma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS

Kartik Varma - Co-founder @ PropTiger

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