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Together with Prague City Hall, the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles and the City of Phoenix (Phoenix Sister Cities), CzechInvest organised a foreign business mission for Prague-based companies focused on AI and medical technologies between 16 and 20 May 2022. Over the course of five days, the companies had the opportunity to...

According to the VC Funding In CEE Report- 2Q 2021 recently published by Vestbee - a matchmaking platform for startups and investors in Central & Eastern Europe, the number of fully disclosed investments in the CEE region in 2nd quarter reached over 190 and exceeded €900M in total funding.

During the virtual EU Startup Summit held on May 10 the EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel met with the leading independent startup ecosystem leaders from across the 27 member states. The event also saw the "Action Plan to Make Europe the new Global Powerhouse for Startups" unvailed. The initiative, supported by 27 national EU startup organisations,...

i5invest and the Vienna University of Economics' Entrepreneurship Center publish 'The European Capital Report 2021', revealing that both Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds have substantially been gaining ground despite Covid-19. With 64 new European funds that have been established in the last 24 months, the total number of players rises to...

The economic slowdown has been spreading out, and the Czech tech scene is not unaffected. Many local IT companies are laying off its egineering power, and that puts employees on the market up for grab.

The year of 2019 is coming to an end, and we would hereby like to take a moment to look back at the past 12 months and to evaluate them from the perspective of Czech-Silicon Valley relations. Traditionally, we base our assessment of a year on three main pillars: