About StartupYard
StartupYard is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Prague, Czech Republic. As of Jul 2023, StartupYard has invested in 83 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Czech Republic based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Fungies Overall, StartupYard portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 7 acquisitions including key companies like Rossum, BudgetBakers and Dame jidlo. A lot of funds co-invest with StartupYard, with names like Credo Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. StartupYard has team of 13 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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StartupYard's List of Top Investments
StartupYard has a portfolio of 83 companies. Their most notable investments are in Intelligent Trading and Toteminteractive.Their portfolio spans across Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Slovakia and 15 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 22 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by StartupYard:
1. Rossum
AI-based platform for document processing. It provides software to digitize documents and automate collaboration. It uses neural network-based technology for text analysis. It offers tools to process invoices purchase orders, packing lists, and transactional files. Other features include tools for document receiving, ML-based information extraction, and processing.
Key facts about Rossum
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $104M
- Employee Count: 191 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Artisanal Ventures, Miton and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 19, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. BudgetBakers
Wallet is an app-based expense management platform for individuals. It optimizes the user monthly budget, tracks and analyses the user's income expenses. It combines an overview of financial records with features like multiple accounts, sharing with partner or family, debt control, budgets, receipts, warranties, data import and export and bank integration. The app is available for Android, iOS and WebApp platforms.
Key facts about BudgetBakers
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Prague (Czech Republic)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $7.77M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: StartupYard, Rockawaycapital and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Apr 14, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Dame jidlo
Dame Jidlo is the provider of a food ordering and delivery platform. Its web and app-based platforms enable users to browse through multiple cuisines and restaurants across several cities. They can perform filter-based searches for food selection, view customer reviews, order food online, make online payments and have their food delivered home. Its app is available across both Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Dame jidlo
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Prague (Czech Republic)
- Annual Revenue: $10M - $50M as on Dec 31, 2018
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 142 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Miton, bizthusiasm.com and 3 Others
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Gjirafa
Gjirafa is an Albanian search engine. It fetches, aggregates the data from all Albanian portals and a news aggregator. It aggregates news and information on used cars, buses, mobiles, real-estate, job vacancies, etc. Gjirafa uses advanced Natural Language Processing algorithms and searches data online.
Key facts about Gjirafa
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Pristina (Serbia)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $8.7M
- Employee Count: 376 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: StartupYard and Rockawaycapital
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 21, 2019, $*****
Neuron Soundware provides solutions for audio analysis, voice diagnostics, and sound manipulation. The company is using deep learning technology to create audio analytics software. This software can be helpful in diagnosing technical problems in heavy machinery and sensitive hardware, including 3D printers, car engines, air conditioning systems, etc.
Key facts about Neuron soundware
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Prague (Czech Republic)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $7.36M
- Employee Count: 15 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Airbus Official, EIC Fund and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 22, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
StartupYard's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
StartupYard has invested in 83 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Fungies and most recent follow-on round was in Click And Study.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
StartupYard's Investments by Stage
StartupYard has made 32 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $252K.StartupYard's Investments by Sector
StartupYard has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Vertical SaaS and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 77 Tech companies, 53 Software companies, 47 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 41 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
Consumer | 7 |
Retail | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 7 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 5 |
Others | 29 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
StartupYard's Investments by Geography
StartupYard has made most investments in Czech Republic (16), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 6 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Czech Republic | 16 |
United Kingdom | 6 |
Canada | 2 |
Hungary | 2 |
Slovakia | 2 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
StartupYard's recent investments
StartupYard has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by StartupYard:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 26, 2023 | United States | Seed | 2271 | [+5] | |
Nov 14, 2018 | Canada | Seed | 7507 | ||
Nov 01, 2018 | Israel | Seed | 1803 | - | |
Oct 30, 2018 | Czech Republic | Seed | 5492 | - | |
Oct 30, 2018 | Slovakia | Seed | 6788 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in StartupYard's Portfolio
1 of StartupYard's portfolio company became public - BudgetBakers.Here are StartupYard's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Apr 02, 2015 | Seed | 1213 |
Acquired companies in StartupYard's Portfolio
7 companies from StartupYard's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Rossum in May 2026 by Coupa for $*****.Here are StartupYard's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2026 | Feb 23, 2017 | Seed | 3754 | |
Feb 08, 2024 | Apr 09, 2018 | Seed | 5818 | |
May 26, 2022 | Apr 07, 2016 | Seed | 1726 | |
May 16, 2019 | - | - | 3308 | |
Aug 30, 2017 | - | - | 7258 |
Team profile of StartupYard
StartupYard has a team of 13 members including 3 Partners and 9 Principals located in Czech Republic and Spain. StartupYard's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in StartupYard:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | Prague | - | ||
Partner | - | |||
Principal | Valencia | - | ||
Principal | Hradec Kralove | - | ||
Principal | Prague | - | - | |
Principal | Chrudim | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - | |
Principal | Prague | - | ||
Principal | Prague | - | - | |
Principal | Prague | - | - |
Co-investors of StartupYard
Over the past 15 years, 25 investors have co-invested in StartupYard's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of StartupYard: 12 investors entered a company along with StartupYard. These include investors like Credo Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after StartupYard: A total of 13 investors have invested in StartupYard's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include General Catalyst (1 company), LocalGlobe (1 company) and Seedcamp (1 company).
Recent News related to StartupYard
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Fungies.io Pre Seed funding roundSilicon Valley Journals•Jul 27, 2023•Fungies, DEPO Ventures, Czech Founders, Necto Labs and 4 others
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Rossum raises $4.5 million to make manual data entry, across all sectors, a thing of the pastTech.eu•Nov 27, 2019•Rossum, LocalGlobe, Seedcamp, Miton Group and 2 others
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Introducing the StartupYard 2016 Startups - StartupYardStartupYard•Feb 18, 2016•Speedifly, StartupYard
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StartupYard investuje do devíti startupů, zatím největší skupinyTyinternety•Feb 17, 2016•Speedifly, StartupYard
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TeskaLabs Secures €337 K in Pre-Seed FundingTeskaLabs•Aug 19, 2015•TeskaLabs, Techstars, Credo Ventures, StartupYard
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