Our story

In March 2019, a group of startup founders gathered at a Restaurant in Karlin, dubbed "the Silicon Valley of Czechia." They discussed business challenges and shared experiences. More dinners followed throughout the year and beyond, quickly growing in size. By 2021, this community formalized into Czech Founders, a non-profit organization. As the team expanded, so did their activities, including events, surveys, and initiatives tailored to founders' feedback. Community-driven values continue to guide Czech Founders today.

Since that very first dinner back in 2019, Czech Founders have:

  • grown to 1000+ members,
  • organized over 30 events for more than 2,000 founders,
  • launched education programs for 200 founders,
  • built an investment firm, Czech Founders VC, backed up by successful founders who decided to invest by giving a part of their financial resources and time back to the community to help solve the problem of low pre-seed activity in Czech and Slovak markets.
Our Patrons

Lucie Brešová

Groupon

Zdeněk Cendra

CDN 77

David Čaněk

Phrase

Martin Hájek

Livesport

Vít Horký

Czech Founders

Tomáš Krátký

Manta

Adam Kurzok

Expando

Karel Obluk

CBAA

Štefan Šurina

Eldison

Ondřej Fryc

Reflex Capital

Jaroslav Ton

4Trans

Andrej Kiska

Investor

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Our Team

Vít Horký

Founder

Bára Werdmölder

Managing partner

Jiřina Dunková

Operations

David Šiška

Founder

Czech Founders VC

Czech Founders VC answers the need of startup community not only in Czechia for the fair and real founders oriented VC. As found in the Czech Founders research back in 2021, early stage tech entrepreneurs often end up with bad deals that are damaging their chances to build a globally successful company. That’s why we have answered the call and sparked the creation of operationally and legally separate Czech Founders VC. The Czech Founders VC gives back 5% of profits to the non-profit Czech Founders. 
VC Team

Vít Horký

Founder

Václav Pavlečka

Co-founder & General Partner

Ivan Kristel

Co-founder & General Partner

David Přerovský

Investment Associate

Ondřej Smýkal

Investment Associate

Adam Bočev

Investment Associate

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