Credo Ventures
Prague, Czech Republic · Invests in Europe; US; UK · Website
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Back the most ambitious founders from Central and Eastern Europe at the very earliest stages — before product, before revenue. CEE is a world-class talent pool producing generational companies, and Credo's edge is local knowledge and 17+ years of founder relationships.
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No thesis-driven exclusions. Sector-agnostic, though avoids later-stage investments in the core fund (handled by Credo Crossover).
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $280M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
10 contacts on file
Portfolio
Eleven Labs is an AI audio technology company that empowers individuals and businesses to create accessible content, engaging educational tools, and immersive entertainment experiences. Their innovative solutions include voice cloning and AI-generated speech, all while prioritizing safety and responsible use to prevent misuse of their technology.
UiPath is an automation platform that drives AI transformation through agentic automation, enabling businesses to optimize their workflows and processes.
Productboard is the intelligent product management platform that helps future-ready product teams deliver exceptional products with clarity and confidence. It synthesizes customer insights at scale and helps teams ship what matters most.
Resistant AI is the industry-leading document fraud detection system with more than 200M documents analyzed for fraud. It detects fraud in all types of documents, including bank statements, pay stubs, IDs, and utility bills, in various formats (PDFs, images) and languages.
BetterStack offers a comprehensive observability platform that includes incident management, uptime monitoring, error tracking, log management, and infrastructure monitoring, all at a competitive price compared to traditional solutions like Datadog.
Pricefx is a cloud-native pricing software company that provides an AI-powered Enterprise Pricing Intelligence Platform designed to help businesses optimize pricing strategies, manage price settings, and drive profitable growth.
Deepnote is a collaborative data workspace where data science and analytics teams turn to solve their hardest problems. It fully integrates AI into a beautiful notebook environment to enable both technical and non-technical users to work with their data.
Manta is a company leveraging artificial intelligence to manage risks and enhance performance in real estate portfolios. It offers a platform to consolidate, manage, and secure property investments.
Displate is the leading marketplace for top-quality metal posters, offering a wide range of designs from various fandoms, including anime, gaming, and movies. They provide a unique mounting system for easy installation and customization options for customers.
Upheal provides an electronic health record (EHR) solution tailored for therapists, integrating AI for note-taking, scheduling, and billing.
Recent activity
- Jan 2026
Mode Inspect
Seed · Participated
- Dec 2025
Duvo
Seed · Participated
- Oct 2025
Resistant AI
Series B · Participated
- Oct 2025
Delta Green
Series A · Participated
- Sep 2025
Supernova
Series A · Participated
- Aug 2025
Kontext
Seed · Participated
Credo Ventures in the news
The Recursive
CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: Credo Ventures Launches Over €74M New Fund
5 months ago
MLQ.ai
Credo Ventures Closes $88M Fifth Fund for CEE Pre-Seed Investments
5 months ago
techfundingnews.com
ElevenLabs, UiPath backer Credo Ventures closes $88M fund to back CEE pre-seeds
5 months ago
start-up.ro
Credo Ventures launches Stage 5. $88 million to help founders in CEE and Diaspora in pre-seed stages
5 months ago
Credo Ventures Launches Over €74M New Fund to Back CEE Startups at Pre-Seed
5 months ago
Tech.eu
Credo Ventures raises $88M Fund 5 to double down on pre-seed in CEE and its global diaspora
5 months ago
Top 10 Venture Capital Firms in Prague (2026)
8 months ago
Top 10 Venture Capital Firms in Czech Republic (2026)
8 months ago
businesscloud.co.uk
Germany World Cup hero joins ElevenLabs exec’s VC fund
9 months ago
Carles Reina raises $15m solo GP fund Baobab Ventures
9 months ago
Carles Reina launches €12.9 million solo GP fund Baobab Ventures to back early-stage AI and robotics startups
9 months ago
The 10 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of April 2024
Apr 2024
Defense Startup Picogrid Raises $12M to Connect Defense Systems
Mar 2024
en.ain.ua
Polish mental care app Mindgram raises €2.5M in new funding
Feb 2024
Eastern Europe’s First Cultivated Meat Makes the Case for Microalgae Cells
Feb 2023
Ondrej Bartos on Credo Ventures’ 4th Fund for CEE, Joined by Sequoia and Atomico
Oct 2022
Czech Credo Ventures raises its fourth fund of €75m and doubles down on Poland
Oct 2022
Observability startup Better Stack lands $18.6M in new cash
Jul 2022
Manta, a data observability startup, raises $35M to grow its workforce
May 2022
Early investors in UiPath on track to make a 220,000% return
Feb 2021
Potential CEE winners in a post-Covid world, according to VCs
Aug 2020
Index and Credo lead a $2.75M seed in anti-fraud tech, Resistant AI
Apr 2020
The CEE ecosystem has matured tremendously: Interview with Credo Ventures co-founder Ondrej Bartos
Sep 2019
Credo Ventures, Interview with VC Vladislav Jez
Apr 2014
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