Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Prague.
Co-founder and CEO at @piano-media, formerly journalist and editor-in-chief at the most popular Slovak news portal.
Co-founder of Mediastudio • Worked at @google, @yahoo, @marketshare • Studied at @university-of-southern-california • Product manager with strong technical background
Senior Web & UX Designer. Founder & CEO at @ideahired. Experience from Europe, US, UK + strong business background.
http://www.rockstargames.cz
Associate @credo-ventures - a VC company focused on early stage investments in Central Europe. Industry focus is IT, Internet & Health.
http://www.credoventures.com/blog
Co-founder at Fondu and recommender engine dev turned Marketing Director.
@new-york-university Stern, Accounting & Computer Science.
Investor in @lime-tonic, @locus-energy, @logmein, @avangate, @systinet. Team member of @3ts-capital-partners.
COO/Partner @salsita, Founder @riskiq, Partner @newgate-acquired-by-icrossing • Worked at @icrossing • Studied at @dartmouth-college
Co-founder and product designer at @apiary. Worked as product designer at @gooddata and @seznam-cz.
Founder @bondaii. Founder @brand Brothers. 10+ years SAP.
http://www.dousek.com
Director of Ad-Ventures @carrot-creative . Before: Corporate Development @ @kit-digital. 4 years: ~100-1500 people, NASDAQ IPO, 12 acquisitions, 4 Secondaries.
http://garysheynkman.com
General Partner @evolution-equity
Founder & CEO @angelcam, Co-founder @startupyard & @node5 #500strong
Cofounder @efficio-consulting - high impact procurement advisory • Worked at @andersen-consulting, @at-kearney • Studied at @insead-1, TU Berlin
Founder Zendo, @albumcity-com • Worked at @parakweet, @chintano • Investor @rapportive, @8tracks • Studied at @duke-university
Worked at @media Factory as a Key Account Manager, @Zaraguza Digital and @semantic Visions as a MD. Started own startup on 2013-06. Business background.
Associate @credo-ventures with focus on IT, internet & health
Technology Venture Capitalist
Founder Guidilla • Studied at @delft-university-of-technology, @czech-technical-university
http://blog.petrbela.com
Freelance UI Designer.
Founder @siftynet, development team leader, consultant and analyst @media Factory Czech Republic, developer @internet CZ, a.s. (FORPSI).
:) to work with clever guys, amazing startups and to explore fascinating new ideas each day.
Founder, CEO at Hi
Founder Symfonie Capital • Worked at @credit-suisse, @ing • Studied at @tufts-university, @university-of-rochester
COO of @subject-ly; social technology and internet of things fan. Been a blogger, switched to creating things, conquering the world
Technologist, Traveler, Tinkerer.
Founder @sportmeets.com & @zamenej.sk
Co-Founder of @click2stream, a network camera analysis platform in the cloud • Researcher and Teacher in Computer Vision • Professional Coach
Worked at @apiary-1, @mather-advertures
Working on/in the startup is crazy, but I do it anyway, because I'm in love with I do.
MD at @node5
http://lukashudecek.posterous.com
Data Science & Startups @rocket-internet • Founder @emplido • Studied @national-university-of-singapore, @bocconi-university @technical-university-of-munich
http://www.goodreads.com/rodrigorivera
Investor in @credo-ventures, @cognitive-security.
Interactive Web Developer. Fluent in JavaScript & CoffeeScript & CSS. Worked at @mather-advertures, @symbio-digital • Studied at @technical-university-liberec
http://kubakubula.blogspot.cz
Co-founder and CEO at @askyou
http://www.blog.askyou.eu
Internet and mobile strategy consultant, involved in various services and projects. Currently working at Aircus, to help SME get maximum out of the internet.
Lead developer at @zerply
Digital Consultant specialized in Social Media, launched global projects for O2 and Samsung, Videogames Industry enthusiast. A pretty nice guy.
Designer in Apiary.
Founder-MusicFilmWeb. Strong marketing & management background w/ Vodafone, Nintendo, Midway, AGENCY.COM. MBA-University of Michigan.
Founder & CEO @lonely-sock, Worked at @electronic-arts, @ringier-axel-springer-media-ag
Founder & CEO of @startupjobs-cz
Connecting startups with talents
http://filip.mikschik.cz
Serial Entrepreneur finishing school @harvard
I am product guy, currently doing web, mobile design and frontend development.
http://blog.pavelbinar.cz/
CEO and Co-founder at Click and Study. Ex Director of User Engagement at WallStreetSurvivor. Background in Digital marketing (Strategic Creative Director at McCann, Frontier)
http://blog.pavleroder.com
Worked at @angelcam, @rollcontech-s-r-o
Simple, functional and fast software.
Founder @css-hat, @madebysource. Worked at @abdoc, @maidgency
Founder of @webexpo-prague Conference. Certified Scrum Master.
E=ag2
Founder Skimr
Studied at @wharton-school @university-of-pennsylvania, @university-of-edinburgh •
http://www.tellrank.com
Founded Slevomat, largest group buying platform in CEE (revenues over 150 mil USD in 2013) and other successful companies in CEE region
Founder of @openbrand.com, helping designers, agencies and their clients collaborate in a brand new way.
http://blog.openbrand.com
Entrepreneur living in the mountains. Analog photographer. Ranger.
http://www.filipmolcan.com/blog/
CEO/Founder of German Real Estate Development Company, Bc Business Administration, Germany, @university-of-san-francisco Master Certificate, CAP, Adobe Specialist
Entrepreneurship Enthusiast. Founder of two. Student at Aalto University. Start-ups promoter.
Prague, Czech Republic. Strong Design & Development background Worked at Seznam, Xacti, Myspace. Worked with Microsoft.
CTO of payplug.in, zenassets.com
CEO of @CSSHat, co-founder of abdoc.net. Living, breathing for business.
http://archive.lukashurych.cz
CEO of Advantage Solutions, author of @asap-is platform. Before led Bewotec Czech office.
Principal and co-founder of REMDOX companies, ZENRON TAX & LEGAL Consulting, has over 15 years (from 1999) experience in asset management, investment,consulting
Backend Development for DustCloud.
Worked at @mtv-networks, @warner-music-group @kpmg Photographer, Videographer www.janakusalova.com
Software engineering: hacking with web technologies, project and product management. Founder at FreemarketHub.com
http://yurykusik.wordpress.com
Owner at @uniplicator
Founder HaccasaRent • Worked at @ataccama
CEO, Founder at Primoco Investments Limited
CEO of The Vantage Group | Founder of Avedesian Enterprises
Team member of @uniplicator.
Founder Data Shakers
Software engineer at Pronto. Strong experience developing web applications, background in computer science. Participating TechPeaks. From Prague Czech Republic
http://lukas.dolezalu.cz
Founder of Startupr. Serial entrepreneur and adviser on Venture Capital, Exponent of EVA method - Valuation of companies.
http://blog.startupr.com/
Wayraboy looking for very innovative and disruptive early stage start-ups developing promising business opportunities to accelerate in @wayra.
Worked at @onus, @turing • Studied at @palacky-university
Entrepreneur. Hacker. Inventor.
Co-founder of @abdocNet. Projects:
@CSSPiffle @CSSHat @madebysource @subtlepattern http://madebysource.com
Worked at @nuance-communications
Founded Studentive & Guidilla. Product Designer. UI/UX. Business Graduate Student.
Founder @lingvus, team's visionary with 10+ years of experience in developing and managing e-commerce and social web projects
Managing Partner @dataculture . Previously Director at @penn-schoen-berland
http://antaryaami.svbtle.com
VP Marketing @usersnap
http://talkweb.eu/blog
Worked at @dhl • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @coursera-4
http://www.traveljo.com
Founder and CEO of @foodlogic
Willing to do some awsome and sexy stuff to get a job...
@oxford-university PPE, @juniper-inc Intern
Founder KoalaPhone and HexaLines • Enterpreneur, Mobile and game developer, UX designer • Studied at @czech-technical-university, @charles-university-in-prague
Co-founder Hlidacky.cz, Ruby on Rails developer
Growth & traffic acquisition, worked in app/software distribution @hitfox, Berlin and private equity @EnerCap, Prague
http://seedstager.tumblr.com/
Investment Director at ARX Equity Partners, a CEE focused private equity fund.
Passionate brand director, UX designer and CSS3 lover. Co-fouder of CSSPiffle and @abdoc.net.
http://blog.petrbrzek.cz
Project Manager at LEEF, focusing on cleantech deployment. Strong track record of innovative project development and management in education and energy.
http://global-classroom.org/
BizDev at B3 Holding, Czech based Family Office investing in renewable energy, chemicals and cleanweb.
Undergrad at University of Michigan; Marketing background; Interested in social innovation.
Founder Educasoft
Independent UI/UX, Web, Product & Graphic Designer
Worked at @citibank, @symfonie-p2p-ltd
Founder @spectu-2
http://blog.spectu.com
Founder Designeros.com
http://designeros.tumblr.com/
Founded JetMinds s.r.o, acquired by Vendavo Inc.
Co-Founder at @resumesimo.com
CEO of Kerio Technologies
Internet marketing and business professional and co-founder of H1.cz, the biggest performance marketing company in CEE. Now developing Bonami.cz - Czech Fab.
Programming > 15 years, BA Honours in IT management (now finishing MSc), Agile Methodology author, consulting and mentoring startups in Czech.
http://bitbucket.org/jiriknesl
MSc student in CS AI; passionate fullstack developer; several apps in AppStore; solid theoretical CS background
CEO Web Cloud s.r.o. Background in Psych., CS & Econ. Founder The Age Gap • Studied at @mcgill-university, @charles-university, @VŠE
CEO of Gollos. 10 year in software development.
VP Customer Acquisition for AVG Technologies. Worked at Zone Labs, Covario, Ernst & Young. Focused on consumer software, online advertising, mobile.
Strong business background (Deloitte Consulting, Grant Thornton Advisory). Founder of Start Grow Succeed (mentoring startups), B2B for many CEE startups.
Founder Liftago • Worked at @kpmg
Web Developer interested in Java/Spring and Ruby on Rails
@beatbeat
Founder SUNKINS a.s., franchisor, 50+ branches
Founder @spectu-2
Engagement Manager Offshore/Nearshore at Ness Technologies
Graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a double major in Global Studies and Italian. Currently work as an English teacher in Prague, Czech Republic.
Young tech enthusiast looking to engage professionally with Cryptocurrencies
Poking around the CEE startup scene as one of the Miton Investment guys. Always looking for new e-commerce projects that can storm Europe.
Worked at @beatbeat
Maritime archaeologist and researcher specialised in ancient trade and shipwrecks.
More than 9 years of experience in IU/UX design, web & mobile development. Educational & work stay in France. Acceleration program StartupYard 2014.
Market Entry specialist and startup advisor. Currently European Director of Sales for Planned Systems International, Inc.
Founder BagPix • Worked at @livescore-com • Studied at @university-of-milan
Founder Mews Systems • Studied at @university-college-london
CEO & Founder Playfresco , Software and hardware engineer.
CTO of ShopMee. Senior software developer with experience from Games/Application/Mobile areas.
Founder @squaricon-1, Squaricon
Product manager at Electronic Tour Guide
Founder The FarStar Company • Worked at @nasa-jpl • Studied at @orange-coast-college
MSc in IT management; First line of code written 20 years ago; Was leading multiple teams
Ruby On Rails developer. Worked for leading companies in Italy and the UK, now proudly part of the great 360cities team.
Worked at @simpletix • Studied at @university-of-new-mexico
Founder of kMaps LLC and Creator of kMaps application. Creates business strategies and development processes. Software dev. with extensive background in C++
http://kmaps.co/?author=2
bsasstrous. highly-caffeinated promoter. worked at @TEOCO Corporation @ Moocho @ Rockstar Energy Drink @sweetgreen @ 3 construction companies @ nonprofits
Search engine and data science guy.
http://sibiryakov.eu
Web developer, Python, C++, FEE CTU student, @tabfoundry builder
Villain
http://www.jacamat.com
Founder of AskYou, Graphic & Webdesigner, SW engineer, Student
CVUT FME, CSS, Javascript, Printing Business,php, mysql, micka, Matlab, CSS, Maple, AutoCAD
http://www.neuple.com
Front-end developer, 5 years experience (mostly freelance), hundred of websites. Interested in business, startups, lean/bootstrapping.
Worked at @neuple • Studied at @czech-technical-university, Front end developer, Security Specialist, Network administrator, HTML, CSS, .Net, hosting,web sever manager,C++
Passionate leader, TEDx speaker, Mensa member, brough 5 project from idea to reality, studied in Finland, Singapore and Slovakia, M.Sc. from Information Systems
I have knowledge & practical experience in the FMCG, chain management businesses, with the guidance of units operators in the Czech Republic & CEE countries.
Full Stack Startup Engineer
http://www.jakubskvara.cz
Engineer by heart, one of early Netretail employees/shareholders (sold to Naspers), amateur investor
full stack Rails developer, mobile app builder, entrepreneur
Co-founder of @arounded
Founder @brokeria;
Working as Front End Developer at @gitoon and studying at @university-of-economics-prague
CEO at Owl Illustration Agency, founder of Minty
http://www.owlillustration.com/blog/
Online business consultancy, project management and client acquisition. Solutions in Online business strategy
Worked at @beatbeat
Full stack web/mobile developer
smile
CEO of Place For Theatre, Video records of theatres from Central Europe. Former editor in chief, Winner of Enterprising head competition.
International Java developer with passion for technologies
Ruby and JavaScript expert / founder of Smootrip.com / M.S. in Service Science, Management and Engineering
http://blog.davidsevcik.com
Founder of Copreso. UI/UX designer at gentleface.com. Worked at Acronis and Parallels.
Founder of @ishopping-1 , Co-founder of @maqtoob , occasional consultant for those, who do not hesitate to ask for help.. "beauty is in simplicity"
Founder @eepay Studying at @university-of-new-york-in-prague
Master degree student at Charles Univerity, Entrepreneur in Software development, Worked at Medical Softwares development
Student of Informatics with strong base in mathematics and theoretical informatics; try to follow new trends and learn new technologies in web development.
fullstack programming-ninja
English independent music professional, start-up investor and serial entrepreneur based in Prague, Czech Republic.
I work in IT for more than 5 years, I was co-founder of many online projects
Master's degree from Theoretical Computer Science. Worked as a freelancer for 10 years, including two tech startups.
CS student, Software Engineer, Python developer
Co-founder and CEO at @myschoolnotebook-com
Product Designer at @madebysource
International Business Development, Sales Management
Worked at Turbosoft ltd. Studied Bc. at Palacky University Olomouc.
you CAN .. we DOO .. CANDOO
http://candoo.tumblr.com
Started the first Hostel & successful business in Lviv, Ukraine (2007) rated by World Bank's ease of doing business index at 145 of 183, below sierra leone.
Founder Dataddo.com
Founder, CEO of Billberries. Worked at Glogster - CEO, Czech Arilines - Prezident, CEZ - Vice-prezident, eBanka - CEO, Komercni banka - Vice-prezident
Experienced web application developer. Focused on perfection & reliability, have sense of UX.
Software Engineer.
[email protected]
Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience taking care of all phases of software development.
http://workwithplay.com
Passionate entrepreneur; CEMS alumni; launched 2 companies in 2 countries; gained experience in Russia, Czech Republic, USA and Singapore
Co-Founder of @waymi. Founder & CEO of Odyzeo.com (online business optimization), formerly Co-Founder & CEO of Millennium (leading supplier of web solutions, 4 years Deloitte Technology Fast 50 CE winner).
Visual Designer focused on Mobile Applications and Web Dashboards. Now working as a Product Designer at Socialbakers (over 30M$ raised)
CEO and founder @unikum and @Footshop.cz
co-founder @the Book Point
Founder @costlocker
Young designer from Eastern Slovakia rocking the socks off of cyberspace with ideas come to life, by means of design and intricate dream building. www.dusko.sk
https://medium.com/@DesignerDusko
Owner/Director at Ludopoli GmbH. Senior Lecturer (Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins College, London).
http://www.ludopoli.com/
Experienced leading multinational-multicultural teams in, more than 10 years experience in marketing, business development, product and project management. .
http://kavehkalantar.blogspot.cz
Project Hunter at @starthead
Expert in payment systems and flexible complex solutions with 15 years of IT experience.
Enthusiastic online marketer and content manager
Co-founder at Mr.Fox and friends studio @Mr.Fox and friends. Unity3D, iOS developer and designer.
http://www.mrfoxandfriends.com/blog
Co-founder, Head of Sales of Billberries. Worked at Glogster, Czech Airlines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (USA-New York, GB-London).
Business Data Lobbyist @daty. Specialities: Public relations, social networking.
Coding enthusiast, cakephp lover, php developer
http://www.meraklibilisimci.com
Dominika is Czech and lives in Prague. Dominika is @fondomat's Czech liaison and all-round great assistant.
Family-First Microentrepreneur
https://lojzuv.wordpress.com/
I have been writing beautiful iOS applications for the last 4 years. I believe there is nothing more rewarding than being able collaborate with others to solve design problems and create software that is used by millions of people.
Founder @creolife • Working @AVAST Software, Worked @Livescore.com, @eSky.pl and more... • Studied at @university-of-silesia-in-katowice, Poland
http://www.asyncro.com/
IT Professional and Entrepreneur
Founder @insalgo • Studied at @politechnika-gdanska
Founder @am-sd-s-r-o • Worked at @siemens, @nokia-siemens-networks
Founder of SportCentral. Won Internet Effectiveness Award 2012, 3rd in Global Management Challenge in the world. Experience in leadership, software, marketing.
http://www.startuphelp.cz
Founder Insalgo • Studied at @politechnika-gdanska
10+ year in senior/management position within Digital Agency, leading people, managing company operations, negotiation with key clients
co-founder unit and sofa, co founder of september projects,
Founder of Noteslate, CEO, Designer
Senior Graphic Designer, 5 years of professional experience as graphic designer and 5 years of professional experience working in startups companies.
Pioneer of dead ends
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Travel Expenses Administrator @covidien, Worked as Top Executive Director Assistant @coke Plant “Przyjazn” Ltd, Financial Specialist @coke Plant “Przyjazn” Ltd
Headline should be - hello.
Zend Framework developer who loves to work in a team
http://blog.tomasfejfar.cz
Service Architect @ Concur
Founder Livento Investments
Студент, техногик, немного каппер. Пишу о том, что сочту нужным.
Czech background with US Business education (Wharton), work in Consulting (BCG) and strong interest in startups
http://barbsandjan.wordpress.com
I am jack of all trades,with strengths in Tech,economy and analytics.I can improve every process to it's maximum limits even when topic is not familiar.
Founder @firemedia and Tweezio.
http://blog.krizmarek.cz
Full stack software developer. Programming and startup enthusiast. CTU Prague.
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Actually working at concur
Experienced Digital Manager and New Biz Enthusiast
Senior PHP developer
My passions are traveling (50+ countries) and life hacking. What do I think about life anyway? Cool kids can't die!
Founder and CEO at Lord Charles Ltd. since 2013. Enterpreneur at promotional agency and online stores in Czech since 2009.
Co-founder of Slevomat in Czech Republic (Groupon clone in Eastern Europe, however, profitable), IT and video games industries before...
Treat Me Mean, I need the Reputation
Founded Active24 (former Globe Internet, sold to Active 24 ASA), part of DCG.IS iceland holding (running financial and internet services on Iceland)
Freelance DevOps Engineer/(System|Network) Administrator. Lovin'n'working it since high-school ;]
love startups
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Over 6 years of experience in online marketing, sales and web development. Corporate marketing experience (2,5yrs in IBM). Currently looking for a change.
Mobile App Developer at Booking.com, Senior Android Developer at Liftago, Founder of Generify.io, worked as Chief Android Developer at eMan, mobile apps agency
{I avoid ordinary and live a nomadic life; I can't sing, but I do listen} Rantipole Events Person. Music and Arts Lover.
Currency and interest rate trader in various international banks. Founded and was CIO of a London-based Hedge Fund from 2003 to 2008. Now manage family money.
Seasoned executive seeking positions in the entertainment, radio, film, event production and technology businesses.
Entrepreneur, Worked for several IT companie and searching for Co-founders.
Entrepreneur, Product Developer, Project Manager, Web Developer from Prague, Czech Republic
Making your websites and apps better.
FinTech Enthusiast, Startup scene Admirer, Crowdsourcing Explorer, Social Networks Rookie
I am an small angel and visionarist who was right with most trends predictions, now I want to help startups.
during retirement started worked as investment adviser, than became investor
Freelance android developer
Communication & public relations guru
Founder @adweco
Founded MEMOS Group, eWay System
Investor in Invenias.
+10 years as Software Entrepreneur
Nothing does not seem impossible.
Designer, Art director & creative director in advertising agencies for corporate advertising ATL & BTL @jwt, @eurorscg strategic planning
Founder @memrify MSc. student of at VU Amsterdam, a student of Marketing at VSE Prague. Strong marketing background. Programming enthusiast.
Worked at @payplus
Upon request
Founder COFFEE MAIL
young creative developer
DOM tree crawler
Dělám do online marketingu a provozuji pár věcí z oblasti online retailu. Občas taky učím na VŠE, konzultuju a školím.
Ambitious student looking for a job or internship in business field bringing an extended background in tourism, can-do attitude and attention to detail to gain experience in the field and develop professional qualifications.
Independent iPhone & Mac Developer. Occasionally, I design. In the end, I really just enjoy making and building things.
Co-founder - Event & PR Manager at @askyou
http://blog.askyou.eu
CEO at Dr. Pilulka s.r.o.
Managing Partner, Nydrle.Digital which is leading on-line full-service communication agency in Czech and Slovak Republic. Part of WPP since summer 2011.
commercial scout for the CEE region
http://http://tomasmichalek.cz/blog/
Mobile User Interface & Icon designer, freelance, building Instashare & Jolicloud
http://www.instashareapp.com
Java, Android, JavaFX developer. Interested in agile management and public speaking. Love my family and cooking.
I have been and integral part of the development of the CEE Internet scene from 1997 to the present and have a unique and valuable overview of trends.
http://artrazor.wordpress.com
http://venca.posterous.com
Prague CZ, experienced Account Manager with experience in premium tourism, education management and IT & Telecommunication. MBA graduate.
freelance developer (Objective-C, iOS, Python, Django and JavaScript/HTML5 lover); lomographer; Mac lover; amateur actor;
Founder of @libimseti-cz largest Czech dating site (250k daily users)
Founder @formees, @rightclick
Angel Mentor
Business manager at CLEEVIO - we specialise in iOS, Android, Java, Symbian, BB . . .
Enterpreneur at SNIO
Founder @tapforapp • Worked at @tapfroapp