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Startup Weekend Prague 2012

The final presentations:
SingSomething; Bizz Wizz; Medical history application (maybe); Sunset Hill (2nd place); Bark Buddy (3rd place); Createmy.name; CrowdStudies; Blame it on the fish; SketchHatch; KiddyQ; CSS Hat (1st place)

Open House Over Google+ Hangout

We have decided to take our Open House one step further. Thus, we now also host the event over Google+ hangout. You can join us for chat and discussion at http://bit.ly/ohhangout, we would love to use the time to get to know you better, discuss your business ideas, and simply hangout. With Google+ hangout, you don’t need to leave your office anymore to meet the Credo Ventures team!

Mini BOOTCAMP for Startups

TechSquare and the European Entrepreneurship Foundation, in cooperation with Credo Ventures, would like to invite you to the first Mini BOOTCAMP for Startups held in Prague. The event is dedicated to young Czech entrepreneurs, with the aim to facilitate transfer of know-how from experienced entrepreneurs and investors to early stage startups. The workshop will be focused on building innovative companies with global market potential from the CEE region.

Something Ventured

Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists

TechSquare, Credo Ventures, European Entrepreneurship Foundation, and CVCA invite you to the Czech premiere and the only screening of SOMETHING VENTURED (2011). The event will take place on Thursday, January 26th from 8:30 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. at Kino Světozor.

The movie tells the story of the creation of an industry that went on to become the single greatest engine of innovation and economic growth in the 20th century. It is told by the visionary risk-takers who dared to make it happen…Tom Perkins, Don Valentine, Arthur Rock, Dick Kramlich and others. The film also includes some of our finest entrepreneurs sharing how they worked with these venture capitalists to grow world-class companies like Intel, Apple, Cisco, Atari, Genentech, Tandem and others.

TSQ Movie Night

Movie nights? We all have different taste so how in the world are we going to find something we all like and can watch together? Well, that´s the challenge that our landlord, TechSquare, has decided to tackle. I am guessing that the majority of the shows will have something to do with startups and entrepreneurship. That would probably be the safest bet since TechSquare is a business accelerator. But who knows . . . maybe, we will have to pass through Harry Potter-like movies. Hopefully not, the only time will tell. The best way to get started is to stop talking and start doing. That´s why TechSquare crew prepared already the second show, “Czech Made Man.” The story follows one unconventional career. The impossible is possible, falling standards, conventions, and rules. So mark your calendar for Nov. 2 @ 8pm and secure your seat at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162099253883429, the space is limited.

Credo Week: Aftermath

At the beginning of the summer, our team started to discuss the possibility of having an extended Open House event, where we would meet with entrepreneurs and start-ups in their home cities, across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We got the idea from a few US-based venture capital firms that held Open House events in London last year. Unexpectedly, those firms got stuck in London due to the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, one of Iceland’s active volcanoes, in April 2010. The eruption prevented them from flying back to the US so they decided to use their prolonged stay in London and meet with entrepreneurs.

Open House

Credo Ventures hosts regular informal Open House meet-ups. The purpose of Open House is to create a more open dialogue with the local start-up community.

Open House gives anyone an opportunity to meet Credo Ventures team, other entrepreneurs, check out the TechSquare space, and mingle with a group of awesome people. This is a great chance to ask key questions, and bench test your business plan.

For last minute updates, follow Credo Ventures on Twitter @CredoVentures and when you visit you can check in on Foursquare.

VC on the road: Credo Week in CEE

It is tough to be a venture fund in Eastern Europe. The region, broken down into more than 20 countries, has diverse economies, from struggling Moldova to prosperous Slovenia. Besides it is separated by languages, causing further communication difficulties. Yet Jan Habermann of Credo Ventures is optimistic that the Credo Week, a set of meetings between Venture fund and the entrepreneurs in Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia will be a productive networking event.