CZECH PITCH AND NETWORKING EVENING

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 start-ups. The event is a part of NYC Tech Week.

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).

PRINCIPIA - PRINCSTER is a pre-seed project by Principia Solutions, aiming to revolutionize software testing and system reliability through autonomous self-healing technology powered by generative AI. It targets reduced downtime, lower costs, and higher system resilience. Built on proven R&D, the team is now moving toward initial validation in critical infrastructure.

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.