# Top 40 Transportation Startup Investors in Czech Republic in June 2026 ## N1 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## DEPO Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## KAYA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet We are committed to supporting founders at every stage of their journey, from studio projects and pre-seed through to Series A and follow-ons. ## Patero - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Tomas Cupr - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Czech Founders VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We help Central European founders who aim high. A pre-seed startup investors by founders to founders. ## Reflex Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Marton Szoke - Type: Angel - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 3VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence 3VC is a European venture capital fund that invests in carefully selected tech startups with global ambition, starting from Series A. Together with our extensive network, our entrepreneurial team provides dedicated support to our portfolio companies. ## JIC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brno, Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, GreenTech, Information Technology JIC Ventures is an investment company which providing venture capital investments to graduates of its parent company's JIC programs. ## Octopus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back. ## J&T Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 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. ## Evolution Equity Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Software, Security Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital investor leveraging deep sector expertise to help exceptional entrepreneurs develop market-leading companies. The firm has a focus on cyber-security, enterprise software and consumer related opportunities and brings significant resources to portfolio companies seeking to expand ininternational markets. Evolution Equity Partners has invested in well-known companies including AVG Technologies, OpenDNS, Carbon Black, Onapsis, Security Scorecard, Cognitive Security, DF Labs, 60K Group and others. The firm purchases both primary and secondary shares investing in high growth businesses across multiple stages, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. Visit us at www.evolutionequity.com or follow us on Twitter at @EvolutionEquity ## Tensor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence New generation venture capital investing into combinatorial technologies ## Sunfish Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Sunfish Partners is an early stage VC that invests in Polish deep tech startups. ## Presto Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Hopi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jazlovice, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Grocery, E-Commerce, Food Delivery Hopi is a logistics company which assists retail chains through their services of supplying goods. ## Grouport Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Apps, SaaS, PaaS Grouport is a dynamic and versatile fund with a unique approach – it combines direct engaged involvement in terms of project portfolio with an attractive return on investment. As such, the Investor enters the startup ecosystem and becomes a member of a unique network of fellow Angels investing their financial means and know-how into progressivestartups shaping the 21st century.Further, Grouport allows you to enter the startup ecosystem without the need to abandon or divert from your current job occupation and career. Grouport – engaged involvement in progressive startups that have the potential to significantly affect our future Grouport – bringing together a remarkable group of people with a common goal and allowing them to grow.Grouport – unique investment opportunity for those seeking new challenges and creating projects from scratch. ## Technology Agency of Czech Republic - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dejvice, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Finance The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic was founded on the support of research, experimental development and innovation. ## Bizthusiasm - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Grocery, Women's, Consumer Bizthusiasm is an investment firm which specializes in funding and supporting startups at the early stage of their development. ## Philip Staehelin - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Mobile, Travel, Education Philip Staehelin ## Isaac Applbaum - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Isaac Applbaum joined MizMaa Ventures Limited as Founder and Partner in 2016.Isaac Applbaum is a founding General Partner of Opus Capital, a billion dollar early stage venture fund, .focusing his efforts on finding Israeli-based investments for the firm. Previously, Isaac was a Partner and Managing Director for Israel at Lightspeed Venture Partnersan early stage venture capital firm with over two billion dollars under management.Prior to joining Lightspeed, Mr. Applbaum was the founder and CEO of Concorde Solutions Inc. (CSI). In 1998 Mr. Applbaum sold CSI to Bank of America becoming a Senior Vice President at the bank with responsibility for running the bank’s E-ventures group and an advisor to the strategic investments group.Before founding Concorde Solutions, Mr. Applbaum was responsible for running US operations for Advanced Technology International, a large Israeli software development company.Mr. Applbaum currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Philanthropy to the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat. Mr. Applbaum is President of the Board of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, is on the board of directors of: The Koret Israel Economic Development Funds, the Shalem Institute, the Modern Bank and is on the National Council of AIPAC. Mr. Applbaum is a member of the Young Presidents Organization. ## V-Sharp Venture Studio - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, EdTech Investing our own money allows us to act flexibly. With investments of up to 1 million EUR, we provide support to fintech, logistics and e-commerce start-ups in pre-seed, seed and Series A stages. ## 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. ## Michal Kratochvil - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Travel, Insurance, Law Enforcement Michal Kratochvil is the CEO at BudgetBakers ## Nikola Rafaj - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Mobile, Travel, Education Founder/Co-founder since university studies, with corporate experience in PR, banking and internet retail. For years Nikola helps technology startups to set viable business and grow. ## 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. ## STRV - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Mobile Apps, Transportation STRV is a digital product development company. We use emerging tech to design, build & scale industry-shaping web and mobile products. All under one roof. ## Falco Global Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wollerau, Schwyz, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Software, Logistics Falco Global Partners combines financial and operational excellence to create long-term and sustainable value with each portfolio partner. ## European Space Agency - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. ESA is an international organisation with 22 Member States. By coordinating the financial and intellectualresources of its members, it can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.ESA’s budget for 2017 is €5.75 billion. ESA operates on the basis of geographical return, i.e. it invests in each Member State, through industrial contracts for space programmes, an amount more or less equivalent to each country’s contribution. There are around 2200 staff working for ESA, from all the Member States and include scientists, engineers, information technology specialists and administrative personnel. ## Rockaway Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion We focus on investing and building Internet businesses not only in CEE. We believe in innovations and technologies. We create some added value. We are the next generation of entrepreneurs. ## Jiri Hlavenka - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## STARTGUIDE VC - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Logistics, Digital Media We are a team of startup enthusiasts with strong entrepreneurial stories behind us. We want to help other founders/entrepreneurs, pass on the gained knowledge to them, to get them to the top. We identify unique visions and opportunities, but we also anticipate challenges from a strategic and operational perspective. In our approach, wedon't want to provide only venture capital. We want to provide SMART CAPITAL. Meaning; combining investment with mentoring, advice on business strategy, and using our "SGuids network" for execution assistance in marketing, sales, data, etc. Our approach is unusual in CEE and highly valuable for startups and investors. The reason is that we can help bring clarity to the long-term vision and challenges, mitigate risks and grow faster, increasing investment value. ## Honza Široký - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Health Diagnostics I started as a web developer, became web application full stack developer and kept moving towards backend development, system architecture, cloud SaaS and also product management. Currently, at Mews, I'm managing a growing team of 50+ developers, data scientists and testers. Together we're following our technical vision, contributing tothe product strategy and delivering technical solutions and products. I like to share my experience and enjoy mentoring of early stage startups. ## V Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Transportation, Artificial Intelligence Vventures support cutting-edged technology investment focus on sustainability, urbanization and life-science on AI and quantum based. In the heart of SEA, Vventures operates in Singapore and Thailand while invested worldwide in USA, UAE, Israel, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. ## MITON - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Company builders operating from Czech Republic and focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. We prefer building consumer facing businesses and have the most fun around marketplaces and e-commerce in general. ## GRID Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Delivery GRID Investments is a Seed and Venture Capital company that invests in high-impact, high-growth companies and entrepreneurs with above average performance.We are a lean, efficient company that is committed to the results and transparency of invested companies. We make fast decisions in order to launch new and promising products and servicesquickly in the market. All GRID's efforts are characterized by professional ethics and are implemented based on the highest standards of Corporate Governance, assuring compliance and transparency for its investors. ## Oktogon Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We leverage our local background, operational expertise and global network to help CEE startups realize their fullest potential. Our Scope in Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria. Founding team and core technology exist and have ‘zero to one’ potential. Product has global appeal from day one. Early stage.Capable of achieving extraordinary growth. Focus on technology-heavy plays. Our portfolio companie: Bitrise, Recart, Enduraid.Why Oktogon? Led and partially funded by the entrepreneur behind Hungary’s largest-ever startup M&A success Regional network of potential co-investment partners Principals and mentors with proven startup and entrepreneurial experience Strong connections to US and Western European tier 1 VCs, Angels and partners Access to a large network of local technical and management talent ## Purple Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brno, Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Medical, Health Care We invest smart, kind money into early-stage purpose-driven technology startups with initial revenue and global ambitions.