Fundraising FoxStartupYard
AcceleratorPrague · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
StartupYard runs a remote, three-month accelerator program aimed at early-stage deep-tech founders in Central and Eastern Europe. It focuses on startups in fields such as AI, cybersecurity, and IoT that have at least a working prototype and a transactional business model, excluding eCommerce and advertising-based models. The program combines hands-on mentorship from veteran tech founders, personalized workshops, and access to an extensive investor network to help startups go to market and raise capital. Highly selective, it accepts under 3% of applicants and is privately funded by Credo Ventures, Rockaway Capital Partners, and business angels.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
Brings over 30 years of experience running internet startups to help new entrepreneurs succeed.
Ensures StartupYard delivers strong support and value to both portfolio companies and investors.
Connects startups with suitable investors, organizes events, and develops new ideas to strengthen the StartupYard ecosystem.
Manages legal and financial operations, helping startups build on a solid foundation.
What they invest in
from 9 of 17 portfolio companiesSaaS ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Fintech ×3Enterprise Software ×2Healthtech ×2Cloud Computing ×1Consumer ×1Crypto & Web3 ×1
HQs:Czechia×4United States×2United Kingdom×1Georgia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 7 portfolio companiesWhere their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history
SID Venture Partners ×2
Portfolio companies · 17 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeBy year:2019 · 12015 · 12 dated
BudgetBakers creates financial apps for personal money management, serving users seeking improved engagement with their finances.
ConsumerFintechSaaSPrague, CZ
Jan Muller(Founder)inMichal Kratochvil(CEO)in
Co-investorsRockaway Ventures
Carebot develops artificial intelligence software that assists physicians in detecting and interpreting medical imaging findings, aiming to reduce diagnostic errors and physician workload.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesPrague, CZ
Matěj Misař(CEO)inDaniel Kvak(CTO)in
Co-investorsBHM GroupJIC Ventures
CityPay.io is a fintech company building a crypto ecosystem that lets businesses accept cryptocurrency payments online and in physical stores (via POS terminals and QR codes) with conversion to national currency, while offering individuals a crypto wallet to manage their assets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Beka Kemertelidze(Founder)inEralp Hatipoglu(Founder)
Co-investorsTetherPresto Ventures
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Datrics provides AI-powered medical coding software that processes healthcare insurance claims for providers, aiming to reduce errors and speed up claim handling.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Volodymyr Sofinskyi(Founder)inKirill Kirykov(Founder)inAnton Vaisburd(Founder)in
Co-investorsICU VenturesSID Venture PartnersY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesAltaclub VCAltaIR Capital+2 more
Albanian-language search engine and internet platform that has become a leading internet player in the Balkans.
Wilmington, US
Cahani Mergim(Executive Officer, Director)inStaehelin Philip(Director)
BoardZabrodsky Dusan(Director)
Co-investorsRockaway VenturesRockaway Capital
InvestBay is a Czech real estate crowd-investing platform that lets retail investors co-own fractional shares of properties, including foreign resort real estate, starting from small amounts.
FintechMarketplacesPropTech
Retino provides software that automates post-purchase operations for online stores, including returns, claims, refunds, exchanges, and parcel tracking.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Rossum provides an AI-powered platform for intelligent document processing, using AI agents and a proprietary transactional LLM to ingest, read, validate, and transform data from transactional documents such as invoices, then trigger approvals, communications, and integration with downstream ERP systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Petr Baudis(Founder)inTomas Gogar(Founder)inTomas Tunys(Founder)
Co-investorsDig Ventures Management LimitedGeneral CatalystLocalGlobeMITONOlima VenturesVerissimo Ventures
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Stacktape is a platform-as-a-service that deploys applications to a user's own AWS account, provisioning containers, Lambda functions, RDS, Redis and other AWS services without requiring DevOps expertise.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsTensor Ventures
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TeskaLabs develops SIEM, log management, and PKI cybersecurity solutions for enterprise mobile applications.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTLondon, GB
Ales Teskain
Co-investorsTechstarsCredo VenturesTechstars London 2016
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CaseLensDishBoardFungiesNeuron SoundwarePersoneoTeamsharqYdoca
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsRossumacq. by Coupa
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has StartupYard made?
- StartupYard has 17 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does StartupYard invest at?
- StartupYard invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does StartupYard focus on?
- StartupYard focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Healthtech, IoT.
- Where is StartupYard located?
- StartupYard is headquartered in Prague, CZ.
- Who does StartupYard co-invest with?
- StartupYard most often shares deals with Rockaway Ventures, General Catalyst, LocalGlobe, among 16 tracked co-investors.
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