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Budapest-based Riptides secures $3.3M in a round led by Czech KAYA VC and PortfoLion Capital Partners making it the biggest pre-seed round in Hungary

Hungarian security startup Riptides has raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding to launch its platform for secure non-human identity management. This marks one of the largest Pre-Seed rounds in Central and Eastern Europe ever, and Hungary’s biggest one to date.

April 23, 2025

Exaforce with a Czech Co-Founder unveils $75 Million in Series A Funding to Revolutionize Security and Operations With Agentic AI

Exaforce today announced $75 million in Series A funding led by marquee investors Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, and Thomvest Ventures to develop its Agentic SOC Platform that combines AI agents (called “Exabots”) with advanced data exploration to give enterprises a tenfold reduction in human-led SOC work, while dramatically improving security outcomes.

April 17, 2025

Jakob Ulrych

Idea of the Year 2025 kicks off, connecting innovative tech businesses to global markets

The 18th Annual Idea of the Year (Nápad roku) provides a wealth of opportunities to budding companies and innovators who participate. Here are only a few of the many benefits to getting involved: investments of up to EUR 2 million regardless of placement, mentoring from internationally successful entrepreneurs and investors, prizes worth thousands of Euros, and coverage in local media.

April 17, 2025

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Strava to Acquire Runna, A Leading Running Training App

Strava, the app for active people, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Runna, a UK-headquartered tech company developing personalized running training plans and coaching. The acquisition unites the world’s largest fitness community with a leading app in the fiercely competitive running training space, creating compelling value for users and shareholders of both companies.

April 17, 2025

Tom Cironis

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Seeking a recipe for success is no piece of cake, so our Startup Kitchen staff is here to help. We are a group of network-loving investors and talent scouts with a delicate taste for overlooked yet gifted founders. We are here for all startup apprentices that want to become master chefs. Our creative approach is just the cherry on top.

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Tomas Cupr and his TCF Capital has acquired a majority stake in a Czech promising startup Macromo

The investment vehicle of Rohlík founder Tomáš Čupr on Wednesday acquired a majority stake in startup Macromo in exchange for financing its further development. The move is part of Čupr’s plan to create a new longevity division, which also includes the pharmacy e-shop and the Pilulka chain, which he definitively took control of in March.

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The Czech startup community is full of extremely talented, hardworking, and ambitious people. From a personal perspective, it is a great privilege to be part of such a society. But supporting our startup community has also very important pragmatic aspect – the Czech economy must more “headquarterise” itself by shifting from a “cheap and simple German assembly plant” to a sophisticated technology powerhouse. Our startups will eventually do the job.

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