CZECH PITCH AND NETWORKING EVENING #NYTechWeek
Hosted by CzechInvest
^◡^80 total spots
The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York and CzechInvest New York in collaboration with SOSA cordially invite you to a pitch and networking event with a delegation of Czech Tech startups.
Join us on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM at the historic Bohemian National Hall in New York City for a pitch competition featuring some of the most promising Czech startups.
Following the pitch presentations, we invite you to stay for an engaging networking session from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM with founders, investors, and members of the NYC startup community.
Participating Czech startups:
Lightly - Lightly is a deep-tech company developing Catcher, a portable device that helps law enforcement identify counterfeit and fentanyl-laced drugs in real time. Using AI-powered chemical fingerprinting and a global database, Catcher links cases, traces drug origins, and enables faster, smarter responses. Our technology is also scalable to sectors like pharma, healthcare, environment, and even space.
ClaimPartner - ClaimPartner transforms complex insurance policy documents into structured, actionable intelligence through AI-powered data extraction and reasoning, helping insurance brokers save time, reduce risk, and unlock new revenue opportunities.
PalmApp - PalmApp provides an AI platform for industrial and machinery companies, using custom voice-first agents to unify HR processes and machine workflows. It automates tasks across the employee lifecycle—from onboarding to shift scheduling and real-time machine troubleshooting. Cloud-native and modular, PalmApp combines conversational AI, predictive analytics, and blockchain-secured knowledge sharing to help teams and machines work smarter together.
Elredo - Elredo is a mobile app that helps people read more by building healthy reading habits – through audiobooks and smart features. Elredo offers a B2C subscription model and a B2B version as a digital library benefit for companies. Its unique features include gamification, personal reading goals, progress tracking, and content personalization – all designed to motivate consistent listening. With over 18,000 users, Elredo is currently the #1 app in the App Store’s Books category (CZ market).
Tonagena - Tonagena is a spin-off company of the Czech Technical University, dedicated to advancing electroporation technologies for biomedical research and clinical innovation. Tonagena delivers its state-of-the-art electroporation platforms — including the TonaPulse® high-precision pulse generator and modular electrode systems — and deliver custom R&D solutions that support breakthroughs in cardiac arrhythmia ablation and gene transfection. These technologies open new path for curative therapies in oncology and genetic medicine. Looking ahead, Tonagena is developing a proprietary portfolio of electroporation catheters and related devices to make cardiology procedures safer, faster, and more effective.
Yedem - Yedem is a B2B SaaS platform transforming corporate mobility. It helps global companies streamline commuting with smart parking, intelligent carpooling, and EV fleet solutions — cutting costs, chaos, and CO₂ emissions. Yedem native mobile apps offer a sleek, intuitive UI and combine AI, hardware integrations, and data analytics to enable smarter, more sustainable, and more convenient mobility decisions.
This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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