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Credo Ventures Stage 5

Geography: Czech Republic
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $88M
Focus: AI/ML, Deep Tech and Enterprise Software
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Credo Ventures Stage 5

Credo Ventures Stage 5 is an $88M pre-seed fund to remain CEE's first check for technical founders. Backed by a track record including UiPath and ElevenLabs. Headquartered in Prague with presence in Warsaw.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionCzech Republic

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Deep Tech

Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Technical CEE-origin founder building a global company at pre-seed stage

CEE pre-seed

technical founders

AI & deep tech

diaspora founders

category-defining global leaders

Bullish Signals

$88M Fund V closed; first-check pre-seed mandate reconfirmedlinkedin_social

Two decacorn co-leads (UiPath, ElevenLabs) prove exceptional pre-seed pattern recognitionlinkedin_social

Diaspora strategy unlocks Silicon Valley ambition with CEE engineering talentlinkedin_social

Six partners, ~30 companies ensures deep hands-on engagement per founderlinkedin_social

16-year track record; matured CEE ecosystem with second/third-gen operators risinglinkedin_social

More breakout companies emerging; CEE talent proving generational capabilitylinkedin_social

Explicitly positioning as fund-of-choice for next wave category-defining CEE founderslinkedin_social

Fund V doubles down on first-check, pre-seed leadership, early-consensus backinglinkedin_social

Contrarian Signals

Increasing global fund competition for CEE deals could erode sourcing edgeexternal

Heavy concentration risk in a relatively small regional ecosystemexternal

Founder Do's

Highlight your CEE roots or diaspora connection explicitly

Demonstrate global ambition from day one, not just regional play

Show deep technical differentiation, especially in AI or deep tech

Leverage Credo's network back in CEE for engineering talent hiring

Reach out early — they want to co-lead pre-seed before others notice you

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch if you have no CEE connection — geography is core to their thesis

Don't come without a technical co-founder or strong engineering DNA

Don't position as a regional-only business — global scale is mandatory

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$88M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Ondrej Bartos, Jan Habermann

Ondrej BartosFounding Partner

Jan HabermannFounding Partner

Maciek GnutekPartner

Jakub KrikavaPartner

Max Kolowrat-KrakowskyPartner

Matej MicekPartner

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