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Czech Kardi AI Secures a New Round and Appoints a New CEO

The Czech Kardi AI, which uses artificial intelligence and a smart chest strap to detect heart arrhythmias, has successfully closed a new €1.1M investment. The startup appoints a new CEO, Vlastimil Hrabal, who has served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) over the past year. 👯 Founders: Tomáš Skála, Stephen Burke, Pavel Digaňa, David Skala 📅 Founding year: 2022 🏭 Industry: AI, HealthTech 💥 Problem: Traditional heart monitoring methods, like the 24-hour Holter monitor, only detect arrhythmias in about 5% of...

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How PurposeTech Backs the Top 0.5% Founders In Health, Climate and Future of Work

By PurposeTech

PurposeTech, the Prague-based pre-seed fund, is targeting the top 0.5% of startup founders in Central […]

Investors

Thinking of Raising Capital or Expanding into the Middle East? Consider These 3 Ps

By Elena Ghinita

As Europe’s tech ecosystem navigates regulation hurdles, macroeconomic uncertainty, and a fragmented market landscape, more […]

Investors

The Chicken or Egg Problem: Do We Need Better Startups or More Capital on the Table?

By Elena Ghinita

The Czech startup ecosystem is caught in a familiar paradox: private investors would like to […]

Cybersecurity

Founders with Cisco Exit Make History with Hungary’s Largest Pre-Seed Round Ever

By Etien Yovchev

Riptides, a startup securing machine-to-machine trust, has raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding to launch […]

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Over €5B has been poured into CEE AI companies since 2021, with 2024 set to meet or exceed last year’s €850M. From 2025 onward, €1.4B+ in VC Funding will be available for the region’s AI startups. Big tech is increasingly looking at the region, with IBM, Intel, WP Engine, and Box having recently acquired AI firms in CEE and Google Cloud and Oracle showing higher interest in the region. Curious to learn more?

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