David Šiška is a great example of the fact that when something doesn't work out, it's not the end of hope. It was the failure of David's startup "Universator" that determined the direction of his career. At a startup event, he met Ondřej Raška from the Miton group, for whom David soon started working. It didn't take long and thanks to his efforts, David rose to the top of the Bonami service, which offers inspiration and sales of home accessories and interior design. Bonami is building as an open technology company and with Bonami has the ambition to become the largest online retailer in the Home&Living category in the CEE region.

Currently, David manages 120 people and a business with a turnover of 1 bn. CZK in 4 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2017 he has been listed on the Forbes magazine list among promising young Czechs "30 under 30".

Jirina Dunkova is an operations manager both at Czech Founders VC and Czech Founders, a non-profit community of Czech founders with global ambitions. Moreover, Jirina works closely with Vit Horky as an executive assistant.

Jirina has not founded any startup or business. Having said that, she has more than 15 years of experience in education - including teaching, pedagogy, methodology, executive leadership and research. Moreover, she has been actively engaged in research in its many forms and approaches for over a decade. She has a number of academic papers in peer-reviewed publications as well as tens of international conference presentations under her sleeve.

Jirina studied at the Faculty of Arts at the Charles University in Prague. She got a BA in English linguistics and literature, followed by an MA in English Linguistics and Methodology. She has also completed the Cambridge DELTA Modules Certification, studied Linguistic at the University of Iowa and Modern and Post Modern Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She spent her high school years partly in Czechia and partly in Canada, eventually graduating as the class valedictorian. She is also the recipient of the first place at the National final of the Students' Professional Activities (SPA) Award with her two-year-long comparative study of teenage mental health in Czechia and Canada.

Outside of the academic/business sphere, Jirina focuses on destigmatising topics dealing with mental health in the general society. She is also an avid baker, climber, diver and loud speaker.

Vit Horky is a startup founder and investor. He is a Co-founder and General Partner at Czech Founders VC as well as a founder of Czech Founders, a non-profit helping to support the Czech startup ecosystem. In 2023, he was elected to become an Advisory Board Member at ESNA, a European Startup Nations Association.

In his previous role, he was a founder and CEO of Brand Embassy, a B2B technology startup. He led the company from inception to opening offices in San Francisco, London, Dubai and Boston, acquiring Fortune 500 customers in 30+ countries, hiring over 130 employees and raising $6M+ in venture capital. In 2019, Brand Embassy was acquired by NICE, a publicly traded technology company.

Prior, he was a founder and CEO of Inspiro, a digital advertising agency, acquired by Publicis Groupe, and Inspiro Creative, a software distributor (failed with style).

He is an occasional business angel investor and an external Investment Committee member of J&T Ventures, a Czech late-seed VC fund.

Vit holds a board positions in various non-profits focused on impact innovation (Moonshot Platform), equity & democracy (Open Society Foundation), youth entrepreneurship (Muzes Podnikat) and youth education (Dofe).

Vit has gained Bachelors degree at Teeside University, UK and has lived in London, UK and Southern California, USA before returning with his wife and three boys to Prague, Czech Republic where he resides.