Founder of Mumdoo

Kristýna Cejnarová is the co-founder of MUMDOO, a Czech platform supporting working mothers. Before founding MUMDOO, she worked as a brand manager at L'Oréal, where she led several brands internationally. She received her education at Boston University, where she studied Business Administration and Information Systems. She is actively involved in promoting family-friendly policies and collaborates with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to improve conditions for working parents.

Founder of Apify

Jan Čurn is one of the founders and current CEO of Apify - a platform for web data collection, AI data, and browser automation. He founded the company in 2015 together with Jakub Balada. However, his entrepreneurial career began in 2009 when he co-founded VirtualRig™ Studio with Jan Rambousek, where he still serves as CTO. He has deep expertise in software development, data, management, product development, AI, and open web. He graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, received a PhD in artificial intelligence from Trinity College Dublin, and later also a Doctor of Natural Sciences degree in Computer Science from Charles University. However, he considers Apify his greatest achievement and the fact that his work helps make life easier for people and companies around the world.

Exited founder of Brand Embassy and founder of Czech Founders

Vít Horký is a successful startup founder, philanthropist, and investor. He is the founder of Czech Founders and co-founder of Czech Founders VC. Vít built Brand Embassy (sold to NICE in 2019) and previously founded the digital agency Inspiro (sold to Publicis). He acts as an angel investor and is a member of the J&T Ventures investment committee. He is active in several non-profit organizations focused on innovation and education including Můžeš podnikat, 2. Ekonomická transformace, Open Society Fund, and Moonshot Platform. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Europe Startup Nations Alliance and Innovative Europe Foundation.

Exited founder of Apiary and Česko.Digital and Matika Česku

Director of the Matika Česku Foundation and founder of the technology startup Apiary and the Česko.Digital community. An experienced technology founder who advocates for consensual proactive cooperation with the state in the areas of innovation and digitalization.

Startup Ambassador at CzechInvest

Markéta Přenosilová serves as Startup Ambassador at CzechInvest and previously chaired ESNA's Presidency Board. With over 10 years of experience in startups at national and European levels, she specializes in company internationalization and founded CzechStartups.org. Named among the Top 3 Women in Czech Startups by Hospodářské noviny in 2017, she holds a degree in Regional Development from Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague.

Founder of Twigsee

Vanda is a successful and exited founder of Twigsee startup digitalizing over 1,500 kindergartens and an investor. She serves as the Czech Republic's representative in the European Commission's advisory body European Female Founders Forum (EFFF). As an investor, she recently acquired the largest Czech high school entrepreneurship project Soutěž & Podnikej.

Founder of Mews

Richard Valtr is an entrepreneur and former hotelier with extensive experience in hotel development and management.

After studying philosophy at UCL in London and working in the film industry, he returned to his native Czech Republic, where he became a project manager for several development projects. These culminated in the construction of the Emblem Hotel in Prague. The idea to create Mews came when Richard was looking for an optimal technological solution to facilitate the management of reservations, check-ins, and other operational matters at this newly established luxury hotel in the center of Prague.

The Mews system, created to automate manual processes and facilitate communication between guest and host (receptionist), was first tested at Hotel Emblem and subsequently rolled out to the first hotels in the Czech Republic. Since 2012, the project has grown into a successful startup that now operates in 85 countries, has offices in major European and world cities (including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Sydney, New York) and employs over 1,000 people.