The eagerly awaited international startup event Czech Startup Week, initiated by the CzechInvest agency, will take place during the week of October 20-26, 2025. Czech Startup Week will bring together hundreds of Czech and foreign startup founders, investors, corporate representatives, universities, and young people interested in entrepreneurship over seven days in Prague.
The platform unites the most important events on the Czech startup scene into a single whole and presents the best of what is currently driving the world of innovation. Visitors can look forward to lectures, panel discussions, workshops, pitch presentations, networking, and other formats that promote the exchange of experiences and the creation of new collaborations.
The main goal of Czech Startup Week is to present Czechia to a foreign audience as a center of technological excellence and an attractive destination for new investments and strategic partnerships. All activities will therefore take place in Prague and in English. Participants can then purchase tickets for selected programs individually according to the instructions of the individual organizers.
"For one week, Prague will become the center of attention for European startups, where it definitely belongs," says Ivo Denemark, Director of the Startup and Investment Division at CzechInvest.
This year, Czech Startup Week will be accompanied by the largest domestic space industry festival, Czech Space Week. Space research and industry are also sectors with high added value, great prestige, and economic potential, where a lot of attention will be paid to space startups under the auspices of CzechInvest and the Czech Ministry of Transport.
Key events of Technology Incubation and ESA BIC Czech Republic
Technology Incubation #demoday
October 22, 2025, Prague Planetarium (Královská obora Stromovka), 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
An overview of the successes and pitch contest of the top inspirational startups from the 1st to 5th calls of Technological Incubation, the largest Czech project to support young companies from the CzechInvest agency, which currently connects over two hundred of the most progressive technological products and services.
Selected finalists will not only receive feedback from a panel of experts composed of prominent players in the domestic and international startup community, but also other valuable media and mentoring prizes that will help them grow further. More details about the event can be found here.
Tech Happy Hours
October 22, 2025, Prague Planetarium (Královská obora Stromovka), 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Technological Incubation event, created in collaboration with the space incubator ESA BIC Czech Republic, the startup platform Startup Kitchen, and the Czech Founders community, will offer inspiring lectures and panel discussions on global trends in space tech, defense, and artificial intelligence.
Among the most prominent guests visiting Prague are Vojtěch Horna from the globally successful venture capital fund Index Ventures, Arthur Jordão from the European Startup Nations Alliance, Veronika Šedajová, CTO and co-founder of the startup Atomiver, Vladimir Marhefka, commercial director of the Slovak company RV Magnetics, Oleksandr Bulatnikov, investor at Presto Tech Horizons, Tony Hasek, CEO of the startup Goldilock, and Vítek Horký from Czech Founders.
The panel, organized by Space Hub Technological Incubation and also part of Czech Space Week, will feature Tomáš Rousek, space architect from London-based studio XTend Design, and Jan Spratek, popularizer of space activities for ESERO.
Markéta Přenosilová, European startup expert from the CzechInvest agency, Arthur Jordão, Executive Director of the Europe Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA), Barbora Werdmölder, director of Czech Founders, entrepreneur and investor Vít Horký from Czech Founders, Vojtěch Horna, vice president of communications at the international fund Index Ventures, and Jaroslav Ton, CEO of Malcolm Finance. The main program will also include examples of good practice from the startup world from representatives of the Taiwanese delegation from Taiwania Capital, ASUS, UMC Capital, Might Electronics, GlintMED Accelerator, and BE Capital.
Would you like to meet the leaders of the business world from across the CEE region and be part of an international discussion on the trends that are shaping the future? Details on how to participate can be found at www.techhappyhours.com.
ESA BIC Launchpad
October 22, 2025, Prague Planetarium (Královská obora Stromovka), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
A festive networking event dedicated to innovation in the space industry and startups incubated in the ESA BIC Czech Republic business incubator. During the evening, ESA BIC Czech Republic will evaluate the successes of its incubated startups and present significant milestones, including new opportunities for cooperation in the field of space technologies.
Where else can you go to see our startups?
Engaged Investments Conference
A two-day international conference focused on venture capital and cross-border investments, which will bring together over 250 tech investors and 100 startup representatives from Central and Eastern Europe again this year. Selected finalists from Technology Incubation #demoday will also be part of the prestigious Top Startup Selection showcase of young companies. CzechInvest is a partner of the event.
You can find more events on the website czechstartups.gov.cz/en/czech-startup-week-2025
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