StartupYard
startupyard.com Direct investor
StartupYard is an accelerator program based in Prague, Czechia, that provides mentorship, networking, and funding opportunities to early-stage deep-tech startups. It has supported over 130 startups and is backed by venture capital firms and angel investors.
StartupYard is an accelerator headquartered in Prague, Czechia, founded in 2011. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in deep-tech, AI, cybersecurity and IoT. 130 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We focus on deep-tech startups such as AI, cybersecurity, IoT, or another cutting-edge field with a strong potential for growth.”
— StartupYard, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Invests in
- Europe, 26 countries
- Sectors
- deep-tech, AI, cybersecurity, IoT
- Founded
- 2011
- Portfolio
- 130 companies
Team, as StartupYard publishes it
- Josef Matejka Founder, Nextech Ventures
- Michal Kratochvil CEO, BudgetBakers
- Philip Staehelin Chairman, DOT Glasses
- Michal Illich Founder, Zuri
- Petr Ocasek Founder, AngelCam
Names and roles exactly as listed on startupyard.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page StartupYard publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://startupyard.com/name, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count
- https://startupyard.com/for-investors/is_investor, layer, people
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