The seed investment features the Palo Alto VC Wing Venture Capital who led the round with further participation from European VCs EQT Ventures, Kaya VC and angel syndicate Expedite Ventures.
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Last week a meeting of Czech and Slovak startups, CzechInvest representatives, investors and technology experts took place. The meeting was held on the occasion of one of the world's largest startup events, TechCrunch Disrupt, which returned to San Francisco after a two-year hiatus. The Czech TalkBase made it to the finals of the startup...
Startup Grind, the world's largest community of founders, startups, creators, and innovators, was founded by Derek Andersen in 2010 to provide entrepreneurs with education and opportunities to build, grow, and scale their companies. People from all over the globe started to share their expertise and advice, the community has even developed...
The Czech national booth made its debut at the physical Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
03/30/2022
Last week (March 21st to the 25th), the largest conference and trade show in the gaming industry took place in San Francisco, California. Game Developers Conference, also known as GDC, is a market-defining conference that brings together the game development community to exchange ideas, solve problems, and help shape the future of the game...
From March 7 until March 11 2022, the CzechInvest office in San Francisco together with its local partner BootUP World, hosted yet another round of the CzechMatch program in Menlo Park. Four Czech start-ups participated in a week full of workshops, mentoring sessions and discussions while polishing their pitch presentations. The highlight of the...
Prague-born and San Francisco-based startup Productboard has announced a Series D funding of $125 million. The round that was co-led by Tiger Global and Dragoneer Investment Group provides the company with a $1.725 billion valuation which makes Productboard the most valuable company in the Czech Republic.
Consumer Electronics Show is an annual trade show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center at the beginning of the year where companies typically unveil their biggest innovations. After the 2021' show was transfered fully into digital this year the in-person format welcomed over 45000 visitors from all around the world.
Ground.com Space and VOS.health, the two Czech companies joined the three month long acceleration program in September and yesterday (10/4) they were officially introduced to the local business community through a KickOff event.
On Monday, August 16, Amazon announced the winners of the fourth year of the Alexa Prize Social Bot Grand Challenge. After three years in a silver and bronze position, this year a team from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics of the Czech Technical University (CIIRC) developing the Alquist bot won the most valuable metal -...
NortonLifeLock Inc. agreed to acquire and combine with cybersecurity firm Avast PLC in a cash-and-stock deal that would extend the U.S. company's focus on consumer software. Shareholders of Prague-based Avast will receive a combination of cash and newly issued shares of NortonLifeLock in a deal that has an equity value between $8.1 billion and $8.6...