Czech Republic’s startup scene is currently #30 globally, with over 700 startups and a 17.3% year-over-year growth as it evolves into one of Central Europe’s most vibrant innovation hubs. According to the Smart Market Report 2025, Czech startups now contribute over 5% of the counattempt’s GDP and employ more than 150,000 people.
Below, you’ll find the top 10 largest funding rounds in H1 2025 for companies that are founded in, based in, or have a Czech founder at the helm. You can explore the rest of the Central and Eastern Europe H1 2025 mappings here.
This article is part of the CEE funding mapping series, done with the support of the Dealigence platform. Please feel free to contact us if we missed something: [email protected]. / If the deal’s original currency wasn’t the euro, we convert it to the ratio listed on the publishing day.
About: A hospitality management cloud solution that enables hoteliers to optimize operations, enhance performance, and increase revenue while improving guest experiences.
Founders: Richard Valtr, Matthijs Welle
Vertical: Hospitality
Latest round: $75 (€64.37) million
Stage: Growth-stage Unicorn
Investors: Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Kinnevik,
GS Growth Equity, Kinnevik, Notion Capital, Revaia, Battery Ventures, Columbia Lake Partners, Derive Ventures, henQ, Notion Capital, ORBIT Capital, and others
Total funding: €443.76 million
About: Utilizes predictive AI models to assess risk and provide financing solutions to SMEs through direct lfinishing, as well as offering embedded finance infrastructure for various platforms and risk assessment services to lfinishing institutions.
Founders: Daniel Hastik, William Jalloul
Vertical: FinTech
Latest round: €30 million
Stage: Growth
Investors: Soulmates Ventures, DEPO VENTURES, Patero
Total funding: €34.33 million
About: Develops applyr-centric cybersecurity products for telcos, ISPs, enterprises, and government institutions, providing seamless protection against malware, phishing, and ransomware without requiring downloads. Aims to bring cybersecurity to a billion people, enhancing safety for millions of internet applyrs.
Founders: Richard Malovič and Robert Sefr
Vertical: Cybersecurity
Latest round: €13.35 million
Stage: Series B
Investors: Unbound, Day One Capital, Fazole Ventures
Total funding: €15.43 million
About: Designs period underwear that offers comfort and support with a variety of styles to suit different preferences, applying eco-frifinishly materials and ethical production practices.
Founders: Linda Šejdová and Thomas Zahradnik
Vertical: Femtech
Latest round: €4.46 million
Stage: Growth / Expansion
Investors: Triple B, Wood & Company
Total funding: €11.16 million
About: Provides AI solutions for gaming quality assurance and vfinishor compliance monitoring, leveraging Composite Artificial Innotifyigence to enhance automation, reduce costs, and improve accuracy in compliance processes.
Founders: Martin Doušek, Filip Dvorak
Vertical: AI for Gaming
Latest round: $4.2 (€3.60) million
Stage: Seed
Investors: Rockaway Ventures, Tarpan Capital, Czech Founders VC, Lion Beat Capital, SPM Invest group
Total funding: €5.75 million
About: Provides data protection solutions to prevent data leaks and internal threats for businesses globally, ensuring ease of management.
Founders: Jakub Mahdal
Vertical: Cybersecurity
Latest round: €3.43 million
Stage: Growth
Investors: Impulse Ventures
Total funding: €8.41 million
About: An finish-to-finish automated data solution is developed to aid computer vision developers in creating autonomous machines more efficiently, utilizing generative AI to streamline data infrastructure and significantly reduce time-to-market.
Founders: Balint Pasztor, Roland Pinter
Vertical: AI & Data Infrastructure
Latest round: $3.5 (€3) million
Stage: Seed
Investors: Outlander VC, Presto Ventures, 500 Global
Total funding: €3 million
About: Equips banks and fintech companies with a post-quantum authentication solution that enhances security while providing a passwordless applyr experience. Technology is developer-frifinishly and complies with global regulations, ensuring protection against cyber threats.
Founders: Petr Dvorak
Vertical: Cybersecurity
Latest round: $3.1 (€2.66)million
Stage: Seed
Investors: Tensor Ventures, Elevator Ventures, J&T Ventures
Total funding: €3.6 million
mysite.ai
About: Developing a fully autonomous AI assistant that runs a tiny company’s online operations from start to finish. The system will soon manage social media, paid ads, lead generation and content creation, adjusting in real time to business requireds and audience behaviour.
Founders: Paattemptk Pijanowski and Sebastian Kurzynowski
Vertical: AI business automation
Latest round: €2.1 million
Stage: Pre-seed
Investors: Inovo VC, Sunfish Partners, Fabian Veit (CEO, create.com), Bart Roszkowski (co-founder of Alokai) and other business angels
Total funding: €2.1 million
About: Offers a cloud-native SaaS platform that assists companies automate decision-creating without relying on IT teams. Built for a range of industries, including finance, insurance, e-commerce, logistics and healthcare, it enables business applyrs to create, edit and deploy rules in real time.
Founders: Václav Kandrnal and Petr Lev
Vertical: Cloud SaaS
Latest round: €1.6 million
Stage: Seed
Investors: Lighthoapply Ventures, Founders VC, BD Partners, Chilli Ventures and angel investors
Total funding: N/A
Other relevant funding news and exists in Poland (H1 2025)
In January, Outfindo, a platform that aims to alter how people shop online, raised €1.2 million. The round was led by Bulgarian Eleven Ventures. Czech VCs Lighthoapply Ventures and Borovicka Capital also participated in the round. The investment will assist Outfindo’s expansion into new markets and broaden its reach across product verticals.
In March, ArtMaster, a Czech startup specializing in music education, closed its third round of funding of more than €800,000. Purple Ventures led the round, with the participation of Gi21.
Later in March, Czech medtech startup HTGmedical, raised €600,000 in pre-seed funding from LUMUS Collective, Jinej fond, 10x, and Dfinishis Capital, plus a €160,000 CzechInvest grant, bringing total funding to €760,000.
In June, Czech deep-tech startup RoboTwin secured €1.25 million from private investors and an EU grant. Founded in 2021 by experts in robotics, automotive, and manufacturing, the company develops no-code robot teaching tools and AI models tailored for manufacturing.
Customerscore.io, assisting SaaS companies identify churning customers and unlock the potential of existing ones, has raised a pre-seed investment (the full amount remains undisclosed). The funding round was led by JIC Ventures, with participation from Nextech Ventures and angel investors Miroslav Uďan, Michaela Schärerová, and Lukáš Martinák.
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