TRUESDAYS [September 8]

Before the autumn season kicks into full speed, we're bringing the community back together for the biggest speed-mentoring edition of 2026. 🚀

If you're building, fundraising, hiring or entering the Czech & CEE startup ecosystem — this is your room.

💡 What to expect:

🔥 Speed-Mentoring with investors & mentors — book up to 4 one-on-one sessions, 10 minutes each. Straight to the point, direct feedback from people who've built it, funded it, or scaled it. You choose who you meet — pick relevant, not random.

🔀 Business Mixer — four rounds, 10 minutes per round, a new table and a new group every time. No pitch deck, no pressure — just structured serendipity for founders, operators, freelancers and investors.

🍻 Open networking all night — at the bar and across the venue.

Schedule

17:45 — Doors open & registration

18:15 — Startup Speed-Mentoring (registration required). Up to 4 × 10-minute 1:1 sessions with investors and mentors.

Investor Speed-Dating – VC investors (sessions starts 18:15, 18:25, 18:35, 18:45):

• Jan Davídek – Investor, Purple Ventures — early-stage software VC (€40M fund), focus areas include smart energy and B2B/HR software.
• Arben Prenaj – Investor, Start it @ČSOB — Innovation Manager at one of Czechia's leading accelerators; acceleration, structure and corporate/bank connections.
• Jan Sova – Investor, J&T Ventures — early-stage VC backing startups across Czechia, Poland and Hungary.
• Petr Sochora – Angel Investor — angel and strategic consultant with deep CEE e-commerce, logistics and operations experience.
• Ondřej Lipold – Investor, Tensor Ventures — deep-tech VC backing AI and hard-tech founders.
• Aleš Bělohradský – Investor, Spinoffy — new Czech fund turning university and deep-tech research into companies; the right person for science-based and spin-off founders.
• Benedikt Fischer – Investor, SIC — innovation & investment lead at Středočeské inovační centrum, supporting early founders with funding, programs and connections in the Czech innovation scene.
• Kumar Amitesh – Investor, Startup Bay — global accelerator & venture studio; support and capital for early-stage founders.
• Kristián Krejsa – Investor, JSK Investments — investment case, growth plans and fundraising readiness.
• Chris Sheng – Growth Mentor, Investor, Mucker Capital — Growth Advisor at Mucker Capital (500+ VC-backed startups) & CEO of LeadrPro. Go-to-market and growth for early-stage founders.
• Douglas Wong – Angel Investor, EcoBoost SDG — Angel investor & mentor in impact (circularity, edtech, food). Serial founder — 24 companies, 3 exits. Ex-CFO of Apple CEE.

Founder Mentoring – Mentors & experts (sessions starts 18:15, 18:25, 18:35, 18:45):

• Michal Slavev – mentor.Michal — founders' growth mentor (Head of Mentors at Marc, ex-COO Testuj.to). No-bullshit help on B2B, growth and scaling.
• Domi Prekopova – Marc Impact Programme — impact office hours" for impact-driven projects: get feedback on