This emerged from a meeting between members of the government and representatives of the Czech startup ecosystem as part of the so-called startup tripartite. It took place today for the second time, the first meeting was held in the spring. In addition to government representatives and the Commissioner for Startups Martin Jiránek, interesting business representatives also participated, including the founder and CEO of Resistant AI Martin Rehák, CEO of Safetica Mirek Křen, Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer at CTU Jakub Nešetřil, and Petr Šíma from Depo Ventures, who also acts as a representative of Czech angel investors.
A separate item on the agenda was the startup agenda of the emerging agency CzechBusiness, which follows on from the merger of the CzechInvest and CzechTrade agencies. The new institution is to unify support for business, export, and innovation and strengthen the services provided to startups in their development and expansion into foreign markets.
The startup tripartite will meet again in the fall. This is to be addressed in the legislative process of the Startup Act and follow-up measures. The discussions are inspired by foreign experiences. The motivator is the Spanish system, the definition of startups and the setting of rules there have previously been mentioned as a model by actors preparing the startup law.