Explore startups, investors, and ecosystem operators in Brno, Czech Republic.
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Free, annual community conference organized by Red Hat Czech Republic, focusing on open source, Linux, cloud, and containerization. Attracts 1,800+ developers to Brno's Faculty of Information Technology. An essential event for open-source startups and developer hiring in the CEE region.
European Ruby Conference hosted at Hotel Passage in Brno: two days of Ruby talks, community sessions, and international developer networking, preceded by an early-registration meetup on September 16.
Kiwi.com is a Brno-founded online travel agency that uses proprietary Virtual Interlining technology to combine flights from airlines that do not formally codeshare, creating unique multi-carrier itineraries unavailable on traditional booking platforms. The platform searches across 750+ carriers including low-cost airlines, trains, and buses to find the cheapest routes. Founded in 2012 by Oliver Dlouhy, the company grew rapidly and became one of the largest travel booking platforms in Europe, processing tens of millions of bookings annually. Kiwi.com also offers a Guarantee product that protects travelers on self-transfer connections.
Kontent.ai is a Brno-based headless CMS platform that decouples content creation from front-end presentation, enabling enterprises to manage and deliver content across websites, mobile apps, kiosks, and IoT devices through a unified API. Originally spun out of Kentico Software by founder Petr Palas, the platform combines structured content modeling with AI-powered features for personalization and workflow automation. Kontent.ai serves mid-market and enterprise customers globally, competing with Contentful and Storyblok in the composable digital experience space.
Mewery is a food-tech and biotech startup cultivating pork meat using microalgae-based processes. The hybrid approach reduces the cost and complexity of lab-grown meat by combining cell cultivation with plant inputs. This positions the company to deliver cultured meat products faster and at lower price points than traditional cellular agriculture methods. By 2026, Mewery is a notable Central European pioneer in sustainable protein.
Central Europe's largest industrial trade fair, held at the Brno Exhibition Centre with Industry 4.0 and the digital factory as core themes. A key venue for hardware, industrial-tech, and manufacturing-software founders.
Sewio is a Brno-based company specializing in ultra-wideband (UWB) real-time location systems (RTLS) for indoor tracking of assets, vehicles, and people in industrial environments. Its platform delivers centimeter-level positioning accuracy inside warehouses, factories, and logistics centers where GPS signals cannot reach. Sewio's technology is used for workflow optimization, safety zone enforcement, and forklift fleet management by manufacturers and logistics operators worldwide. The company is a recognized leader in the European RTLS market and was acquired by Siemens subsidiary Enlighted in 2022.
Conversational e-commerce platform combining live chat, chatbots and an AI shopping assistant (Mira) to engage visitors and convert leads; used on 100,000+ websites, with leading live-chat market share in Central Europe.