Czech Startup Week: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
Czech Startup Week is the platform that brings together the most significant events of the Czech startup scene under one roof and presents the very best of what is moving the world of innovation today.
The essentials from the organiser's own pages: when, where, how big, and how founders get in. Speakers, investor lists and past editions are on the official site.
- Next edition
- Oct 19–23, 2026 · Czech Startup Week 2026 source
- Where
- Multiple venues across Prague; the 2026 calendar lists XPORT VŠE, OX Club and Work Lounge., Prague, Czech Republic
- Format
- in-person
- Startup pass
- Choose individual events and register or buy tickets directly from each event’s organiser; no central startup pass or startup application is published. The on-stage #DemoDay is for selected Technology Incubation and ESA BIC Czech Republic startups. source
- Technology Incubation & ESA BIC CZ #DemoDay
- Media and mentoring prizes (2025); no amount published. source
- Cadence
- Annual, October
Next edition
| Dates | Oct 19–23, 2026 source |
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| Edition | Czech Startup Week 2026 |
| Venue | Multiple venues across Prague; the 2026 calendar lists XPORT VŠE, OX Club and Work Lounge., Prague, Czech Republic |
How founders get in
| Startup programme | Choose individual events and register or buy tickets directly from each event’s organiser; no central startup pass or startup application is published. The on-stage #DemoDay is for selected Technology Incubation and ESA BIC Czech Republic startups. source |
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Technology Incubation & ESA BIC CZ #DemoDay
| Prize | Media and mentoring prizes (2025); no amount published. source |
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Meeting investors there
Founders can meet investors through event-specific networking and the Engaged Investments Conference, which the organiser says brings investors to Prague alongside smaller meetings. source
| Investors attending | Over 250 tech investors (2025, Engaged Investments Conference within the week). source |
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Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Official links and socials
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to Technology Incubation & ESA BIC CZ #DemoDay.
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 8, 2026: