Startup Kitchen

27/10/2025

🦾🎤 Meet Megi Mejdrechová, a developer of advanced robotics and computer vision technologies, a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, and CTO & Co-Founder of RoboTwin s.r.o., who has recently raised an investment round from BD Partners, Y Soft Ventures, EIT Manufacturing, and Joerg Dr. Rupp.

Her company automates production in factories and teaches robots to imitate human work - without complex programming, but with the help of artificial intelligence. It integrates workers into the automation process, who teach the robot simply by recording their movements.

And Megi joined us in the latest episodes of hosted by Katerina Syslova.

Enjoy the episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QOWopWzGDq2nOQgZCPwYd

💲 Robotwin is also an alumnus of Start it ČSOB Accelerator, which is a 5-month program led by Marketa, Arben, & the Team from ČSOB bank that supports innovative startups by providing them with mentorship, expert advice, and networking opportunities to develop their go-to-market strategies and sustainable business models.

Their next cohort's application deadline is 31.10.2025.

24/10/2025

🔥 A quick report from Hours 2025 🔥 It showcased the latest innovations in or industries, featured speakers like Yemi A.D., Inês Magriço, Lola Onipko, Jaroslav Ton 🔜 TransLogistica Poland, Vit Horky, Vojta Rocek, Ray Tai, Jakub Císař, Filip Dousek, 🔒Tony Hasek, Veronika Šedajová, Marketa Prenosilova and other world-renowned investors.

Tech Happy Hours were organised by Technologická inkubace by CzechInvest, ESA BIC Czech Republic, Czech Founders and our Kitchen. And could not be pulled together without Tereza Kubicová 👍

More here 👉

The second edition of the technology event TECH HAPPY HOURS brought together nearly 500 Czech and European participants — including startup enthusiasts, venture capital investors, leading corporations, top technical universities, and young people passionate about entrepreneurship — and once agai...

24/10/2025

WHAT. A. DAY at 2025!

And it had it all.

🔹 We stir up the Central European Tech scene,
🔹 discussed 28th Regime, Taiwan, Exit strategies of startups,
🔹 DefenceTech in Ukraine with Lola Onipko,
🔹 Yemi A.D.'s Space Journey,
🔹 Governmental support of entrepreneurship in CZE,
🔹 Katerina's comparison of spacesuits and women's underwear,

And great networking. It is always a pleasure to see the CEE community come to Prague ♥️💚

🏆 And congratulations to the by Technologická inkubace winners:
1st Place: Scicake
2nd Place: HTG Medical
3rd Place: Galochrom s.r.o.
Jury Award: shealed

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ♥️

21/10/2025

🔥🎪 Our venue for is getting ready to welcome you tomorrow

👉 Planetum - Hvězdárna a planetárium hl. města Prahy

Get ready to stir up the Central European tech scene!

🔹 Arrive early to allow enough time to collect your badge at the registration desk, leave your coat in the cloakroom, refresh yourself, and start networking.
🔹 We recommend using public transportation, as parking near the Planetum venue is limited.
🔹 Dress code: Startup casual.

Tech Happy Hours, the leading startup event organized by the Technologická inkubace by CzechInvest, ESA BIC Czech Republic and us, in cooperation with Czech Founders.

🧨And it is less than 24 hours away✨🎃

21/10/2025

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet Yemi A.D., Artist, Choreographer, Serial Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Moonshot Platform, Co-Founder of United Founders, and also Founder of JAD Productions s.r.o., and a Space enthusiast.

Aaaaaand also a Speaker at the Flagship Event TECH HAPPY HOURS 👉 on Wed 22.10. in the glamorous Planetarium Prague.

THH is organised by Technologická inkubace by CzechInvest, Czech Founders, our own Kitchen, and ESA BIC Czech Republic.

20/10/2025

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet 🔒Tony Hasek, Founder of Goldilocks, a new breed of security appliance that is controlled remotely, invisibly to the network, and allows you to disconnect either entire networks or selected segments at the physical level.

Aaaaaand also a Speaker at the Flagship Event TECH HAPPY HOURS 👉 on Wed 22.10. in the glamorous Planetarium.

THH is organised by Technologická inkubace by CzechInvest, Czech Founders, our own Kitchen, and ESA BIC Czech Republic.

20/10/2025

Former TechCrunch editor-at-large Mike Butcher ✍️ is launching Pathfounders, a new startup-focused title on newsletter platform beehiiv covering global tech and VC. The team kicks off with two full-time staffers and two weekly columnists — Butcher and senior reporter Amelia Isaacs coming from Digital Frontier — plus two weekly columnists; Chris Stokel-Walker and Kit Eaton who wrote for top outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Gizmodo.

More here 👉

Like Techcrunch, Pathfounders will cover the start-up scene.

20/10/2025

⚡ Investment Announcement ⚡ The investment platform Kilde, built in Singapore by Czech entrepreneur Radek Jezbera, has surpassed USD 130 million in AUM. The fast-growing and profitable fintech company has now received a second investment from Czech Purple Ventures.

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The investment platform Kilde, built in Singapore by Czech entrepreneur Radek Jezbera, has surpassed USD 130 million (CZK 2.7 billion) in assets under management (AUM). The fast-growing and profitable fintech company has now received a second investment from Purple Ventures. The fund first invested....

17/10/2025

🎤 The newest Podcast episode is out - what else could we focus on - then the upcoming and its Flagship event, Engaged Investments Conference, organised by DEPO Ventures and J&T Ventures, and led by Eliška Vámošová, who visited us for a quick chat with Fergus O'Sullivan about the event itself, critical infrastructure, or Thailand.

Engaged Investment Conference is a "pressure", as Eliska says😀, but mainly a leading VC conference that connects up to 500 active investors from VC funds like Rockaway Ventures, Credo Ventures, Purple Ventures, Bek Ventures, Tilia Impact Ventures, Project A, Luminova Ventures, Look AI Ventures, JIC - business with a purpose, i5growth, SCE Freiraum Ventures, or Warsaw Equity Group, Inovo.vc and ambitious founders from the CEE region.

Among the Keynote Speakers, there are Louis Frach from Left Lane Capital, Bence Gergely from PortfoLion Capital Partners, Jakob Stein from Creandum, Pavel Mucha from Aspire11, Peter Lasinger from 3VC, or Ska Sijia Du from Karma Ventures and others.

Enjoy the Full Episode 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4p65pkuYMFVZ9KZyZxgkUn

16/10/2025

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet Vojtech Horna, Vice President of Communications at global Index Ventures with investments like Figma, Wiz, Revolut, Scale AI, Notion, Discord, Adyen, Roblox, Datadog, Slack, Dropbox, and many others, where Vojta oversees global communications for Index, including policy and government relations across Europe.

At Index, Vojtech co-founded and leads the Not Optional policy campaign, which is backed by 500 CEOs and founders and successfully drove legislative reforms across Europe, including the UK, Germany, and France. Previously, Vojta founded the London office of U.S.-based consultancy Atomic, which was later acquired by Grayling.

Aaaaaand also a Speaker at the Flagship Event TECH HAPPY HOURS 👉 on Wed 22.10. in the glamorous Planetarium.

THH is organised by Technologická inkubace by CzechInvest, Czech Founders, and our own Kitchen, and ESA BIC Czech Republic.

16/10/2025

⚡ Investment Announcement ⚡ Ondrej Vlcek’s New AI Startup AISLE™, co-founded together with top AI scientist Stanislav Fort and Head of Security Jaya Baloo, emerges from Stealth to change the Rules of Cybersecurity.

It is backed by Angel investors, including Google’s Chief Scientist and legendary engineer Jeff Dean, Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf, Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel, Microsoft Chief Product Officer and former Google VP Aparna Chennapragada, podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, and one of the most influential researchers in modern machine learning and former Director of ML at Apple Ian Goodfellow.

More here 👉 https://startupkitchen.community/ondrej-vlceks-new-ai-startup-aisle-emerges-from-stealth-to-change-the-rules-of-cybersecurity/

16/10/2025

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet Vit Horky, who has founded five companies—sold two, learned a lot from one that didn't work out, and now channeling that experience into helping others move fast, learn faster, and enjoy the ride at United Founders, alongside great partners in France, Germany, the USA, Austria, Slovakia, and Czechia.

Aaaaaand also a Speaker at the Flagship Event TECH HAPPY HOURS 👉 https://techhappyhours.com/ on Wed 22.10. in the glamorous Planetum - Hvězdárna a planetárium hl. města Prahy.

THH is organized by Technologická inkubace by CzechInvest, Czech Founders and our own Kitchen, and ESA BIC Czech Republic.