Venture Capital

Credo Ventures

Credo Ventures is a Prague-based early-stage VC focused on Central and Eastern Europe. The firm manages about EUR 250m across four funds and is currently investing out of Fund IV, writing initial checks up to roughly EUR 5m.

Credo backs founders from pre-seed to Series A and has supported breakout CEE companies including UiPath, Productboard, and ElevenLabs. Key partners include Ondrej Bartos and Vladislav Jez, alongside partners such as Tomas Burian and Michal Cernocky. The firm is known for hands-on support and long-term follow-on capital in the region.

Czech RepublicPraguePre-Seed to Series ATechnologyAIDeep Tech

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Location

Prague, Czech Republic

Category

Venture Capital

Stage

Pre-Seed to Series A

Profile

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Portfolio startups

Startups this investor has backed

UiPath

Bucharest, Romania · Startup

UiPath is a public company (NYSE: PATH) founded in Bucharest and now headquartered in New York, with major operations in Romania. The company has evolved from RPA tooling into an AI-powered business automation platform and in 2024 introduced its agentic automation platform to orchestrate AI agents and workflows. UiPath remains one of Europe’s most visible tech alumni stories, combining global scale with Romanian roots.

StartupPublicAutomationEnterprise SoftwareAI

Productboard

Prague, Czech Republic · Startup

Productboard provides the operating system for product teams, helping companies collect user feedback, prioritize features, and align roadmaps. Dual-headquartered in Prague and San Francisco, it is widely adopted by global enterprises and scale-ups alike. By 2026, Productboard is a category leader in product management software and a major employer of Czech engineering talent. Its platform underpins product decision-making for thousands of teams worldwide.

StartupLate StageSaaSProductivityEnterprise Software

ElevenLabs

London, United Kingdom · Startup

AI voice synthesis platform creating realistic multilingual speech for dubbing, audiobooks, and virtual agents.

StartupGrowthAIAudio

ElevenLabs

Warsaw, Poland · Startup

A decacorn AI audio company co-founded by Polish-raised engineers, focusing on AI-powered voice technology and generation.

StartupDecacornAIAudioVoice Technology

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