problems worth solving
Choose a countryThe register looks for problems where three things meet: what people want, what government wants, and what already works abroad.
What this diagram means Each circle is one kind of public evidence. A problem is most worth building for where all three overlap: people feel it, something is pushing buyers to act, and a similar product already sells abroad, so you aren’t guessing.
People want People are visibly asking for this, or complaining that it’s missing.
Government wants A new rule, a deadline or public money is pushing buyers to act.
Works abroad A company in another country already sells this, so there is proof that buyers pay for it.
Where all three meet The register looks for problems in this middle area. Not every problem on the list sits here; its opportunity score shows how strong the evidence is.
- Start this weekend8 problems
- Get in before the law passes5 problems
- For developers15 problems
- Something I can start alone12 problems
- Sell to towns, hospitals and the state16 problems
- Nobody does it here yet5 problems
- Sell to small businesses19 problems
- Big bets that need investors10 problems
- Sell to big companies8 problems
- A real company, no investors21 problems
- Already proven abroad25 problems
- All 43 problemsFilter them your way
Easy to enter, no investors, and nobody here does exactly this.
Many Czech e-shops break consumer rules without realising it, and any inspection can end in a fineRetailEasy
The problem
From 1 January 2027 every Czech e-shop must show a button for withdrawing from a contract, and a shop without one commits an offence. Inspectors caught 639 e-shops last year, with fines averaging about 20,000 CZK.
What you could build
Build an e-shop add-on that scans a shop's checkout and "eco" claims weekly and sends the owner a fix list.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small online shops and consumer law.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 10/12
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
A café can lose a table for 5 hours to one coffee, so laptop guests get turned awayRetailEasy
The problem
A Prague café owner pulled the wifi, saying a guest can turn a table into an office for 5 hours on one coffee.
What you could build
Build a booking app where cafés, hotels and gyms sell their quiet hours as work seats by the hour, as 3 companies already do in 3 other countries.
Good for
Someone who enjoys signing up cafés and hotels one by one, street by street.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech families looking for a care-home bed apply to home after home, then waitHealthEasy
The problem
Every home keeps its own waiting list, so families put their parent on list after list. By 2030 Czechia will have 690,000 people over 80, nearly half more than in 2023, so even more families will be searching.
What you could build
Build a placement service that finds free care-home beds and applies for families, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with care homes and families.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claimHealthEasy
The problem
A home visit sets the grade, and one grade higher can pay over 4 times as much a month. Guides describe the process as bureaucratic and opaque.
What you could build
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help families caring for a sick or elderly relative.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech builders are short of workers, and crews found online come with unchecked papersHousingEasy
The problem
Building labourers were the manual job Czech employers advertised most at the labour office in August 2026. Contractors who need crews with papers in order can lease them from agencies or use websites that check no documents.
What you could build
Build an online marketplace where contractors hire building crews with checked papers, then handle their documents and pay.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with builders and building crews.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech firms must now say their chatbots are AI, and a draft law sets finesLegalEasy
The problem
AI-made content must now be labelled too. Yet the Czech law naming who checks and fines firms is still a draft, past the EU's deadline.
What you could build
Build an online check that scans a small firm's website for chatbots and AI-made content that must be disclosed.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help small firms follow the new AI rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Since July, all but 11 Czech crypto firms must stop serving clientsFintechEasy
The problem
Unlicensed firms must hand their customers' coins and cash to a licensed firm or back to the customer. Those that keep trading risk fines above 100M CZK.
What you could build
Build a fixed-price service that winds down an unlicensed crypto firm: tells customers, moves their coins and cash, closes the records.
Good for
Someone who knows crypto wallets and exchanges and likes careful paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 3/12
Draft laws that will create these problems. Be ready on day one.
A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwaterEnvironmentHard
The problem
Each bill depends on the size of every roof and road, and today owners mostly fill that in themselves. Measuring the surfaces of just one town has cost over 1M CZK (which is way too much!).
What you could build
Build a service that measures roofs and paving from aerial photos and gives sewer operators a ready billing file, as 2 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can map from aerial photos and would like to work with sewer operators.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Draft law
Czech towns and hospitals face EU building-upgrade rules, and Czechia is already lateHousingHard
The problem
The EU has started proceedings against Czechia for missing its deadline, so Czech rules are coming. Owners with many buildings will have to decide which to fix first, and at what cost.
What you could build
Build software that reads an owner's energy data and ranks which building to renovate first and at what cost, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who understands building energy use and can sell to hospitals and towns through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12Draft law
Disputes against Czech lenders have quadrupled since 2023, and every one needs someone to answer itFintechModerate
The problem
Borrowers take lenders to the state's financial arbiter, mostly saying nobody checked they could repay. Every case needs documents and a legal answer written by hand, and this year is heading for about 20,000.
What you could build
Build case software for lenders that pulls the loan file, drafts the reply to the arbiter and tracks deadlines.
Good for
Someone who can build legal software and sell to banks and lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12Nobody does it here yetDraft law
Czech employers with 150+ staff would have to redesign how they set pay under a new lawLegalModerate
The problem
Czechia is late on the EU rules, and its draft would make every employer set pay by a written system. Applicants would learn the minimum pay, and firms with 150+ staff would report their pay gap by March 2028.
What you could build
Build software that reads a company's payroll export and produces the pay-gap report the draft law would require.
Good for
Someone who knows HR and payroll and can sell to larger employers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Draft law
Every Czech accountant would have to retrain under a new law planned for 2028B2BHard
The problem
Payroll offices already had to rework their software this year for a new monthly report. The planned law would also change the software firms keep their books on.
What you could build
Build an accounting firm where software reads client documents and licensed accountants check the work, starting with payroll.
Good for
Accountants who like software, or engineers with an accountant co-founder.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 3/12Draft law
Problems where the hard part is the code, not the sales.
Many Czech e-shops break consumer rules without realising it, and any inspection can end in a fineRetailEasy
The problem
From 1 January 2027 every Czech e-shop must show a button for withdrawing from a contract, and a shop without one commits an offence. Inspectors caught 639 e-shops last year, with fines averaging about 20,000 CZK.
What you could build
Build an e-shop add-on that scans a shop's checkout and "eco" claims weekly and sends the owner a fix list.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small online shops and consumer law.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 10/12
Czech hospitals each pay millions for their own software to share patient dataHealthVery hard
The problem
Hospital after hospital is buying its own software to share patient data, for up to 85M CZK. State auditors found the national version years behind.
What you could build
Build integration software that plugs into a hospital's systems and links them to other providers, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know hospital software and can wait out long public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech hospitals pay twice for every medical report. Grants worth 2.1bn CZK for hospital records close in December.HealthVery hard
The problem
Doctors type reports as free text, then other staff re-read them by hand. Two state grants pay named hospitals to upgrade, but both close to applications in December.
What you could build
Build report templates that doctors fill in inside the hospital's own software, so staff only confirm the codes, as companies in Germany already do.
Good for
Developers who can plug into hospital software.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech child-protection offices are hundreds of workers short, and paperwork eats the time of those leftGovtechHard
The problem
Social workers write up their home visits and client meetings by hand, and paperwork takes more of their time than almost anything else. Child-protection offices would need 20–30% more staff to keep up.
What you could build
Build an app that records a social worker's visit, with the client's consent, and drafts the note in the office's own case-file software for the worker to check, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who handle sensitive data and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech schools sharing electricity can pay 3 times its price in admin feesEnergyHard
The problem
One Czech energy community charges schools and care homes an admin fee 3 times the electricity price. It covers billing, but also accounting and legal advice.
What you could build
Build billing software that pulls sharing data from the national hub and bills each member, as 1 company already does in Switzerland.
Good for
Someone who builds software and would like to work with energy communities.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech shops get thousands of complaints about fake copies of their own sites. Weeks after they report the fakes, nothing has happened.LegalModerate
The problem
Criminals copy a known Czech shop's site and take people's money, and the real shop then fields thousands of refund demands. Its reports to the platforms, the inspectors and the police went weeks without a result.
What you could build
Build software that watches marketplaces, adverts and new web addresses for copies of a Czech shop's name and pages, collects the proof and files each removal request itself, as 5 companies already do in 4 other countries.
Good for
Someone who can build web crawlers and is comfortable dealing with lawyers and marketplaces.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech employers with 150+ staff would have to redesign how they set pay under a new lawLegalModerate
The problem
Czechia is late on the EU rules, and its draft would make every employer set pay by a written system. Applicants would learn the minimum pay, and firms with 150+ staff would report their pay gap by March 2028.
What you could build
Build software that reads a company's payroll export and produces the pay-gap report the draft law would require.
Good for
Someone who knows HR and payroll and can sell to larger employers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Draft law
Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.RetailModerate
The problem
Hosts send the same guest details to the foreign police, the town and the statistics office, each in its own way. A bill would replace this with one state register from January 2028.
What you could build
Build an online guest check-in that files each guest once to the foreign police, the town's fee records and the statistics office, and later to the new register, as 1 company already does in Spain.
Good for
Someone who can connect software to state systems and likes working with hosts.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech marketplaces and forums must tell users why each post was removed. A bill would let the regulator fine them up to 6% of turnover.LegalModerate
The problem
Czech marketplaces and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal to the user. Nobody can fine them yet, but a bill awaiting its last lower-house vote would allow fines up to 6% of turnover.
What you could build
Build Czech-language software that logs reports of illegal posts, sends users the reason for each removal, files it in the EU database and writes the yearly report, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who know content moderation and can sell to Czech marketplaces and forums.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech heat-pump and solar installers do subsidy paperwork by hand while quoting jobsEnergyEasy
The problem
Since June 2026, state heating and insulation grants go only to poorer households, and a renovation pass is now required. Installers handle that paperwork while sizing and pricing each job.
What you could build
Build an app for heat-pump and solar installers that sizes the system, prices the job and fills in the subsidy forms.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with heat-pump and solar installers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech firms must now say their chatbots are AI, and a draft law sets finesLegalEasy
The problem
AI-made content must now be labelled too. Yet the Czech law naming who checks and fines firms is still a draft, past the EU's deadline.
What you could build
Build an online check that scans a small firm's website for chatbots and AI-made content that must be disclosed.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help small firms follow the new AI rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Small Czech trucking firms on thin margins still handle paperwork by phone and e-mailMobilityEasy
The problem
A dispatcher takes each load by phone, and the office runs delivery papers and invoices through e-mail and old dispatch software. From July 2027, authorities can't demand paper if a certified digital record exists.
What you could build
Build a phone-and-web app for small trucking firms that reads delivery papers and turns them into invoices.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small trucking firms.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech home-care agencies run on phones and paper while nurses are scarceHealthEasy
The problem
Agencies book, move and confirm visits by phone, while Czech employers posted 380 new health and care vacancies in one month, nurses the most sought. Care services may now also help with medicines and stoma bags.
What you could build
Build a Czech-speaking phone assistant that books, moves and confirms visits in the home-care agency's own scheduling software.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with home-care agencies.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech wholesalers type incoming orders into their systems by handB2BEasy
The problem
Orders reach Czech wholesalers as e-mails, PDFs and spreadsheets, and staff type each line into their accounting software.
What you could build
Build software that reads orders arriving by e-mail, PDF or Excel and enters them into the wholesaler's accounting system.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with wholesalers and their accounting software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 2/12
Easy to enter, no investors needed.
Many Czech e-shops break consumer rules without realising it, and any inspection can end in a fineRetailEasy
The problem
From 1 January 2027 every Czech e-shop must show a button for withdrawing from a contract, and a shop without one commits an offence. Inspectors caught 639 e-shops last year, with fines averaging about 20,000 CZK.
What you could build
Build an e-shop add-on that scans a shop's checkout and "eco" claims weekly and sends the owner a fix list.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small online shops and consumer law.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 10/12
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
A café can lose a table for 5 hours to one coffee, so laptop guests get turned awayRetailEasy
The problem
A Prague café owner pulled the wifi, saying a guest can turn a table into an office for 5 hours on one coffee.
What you could build
Build a booking app where cafés, hotels and gyms sell their quiet hours as work seats by the hour, as 3 companies already do in 3 other countries.
Good for
Someone who enjoys signing up cafés and hotels one by one, street by street.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech families looking for a care-home bed apply to home after home, then waitHealthEasy
The problem
Every home keeps its own waiting list, so families put their parent on list after list. By 2030 Czechia will have 690,000 people over 80, nearly half more than in 2023, so even more families will be searching.
What you could build
Build a placement service that finds free care-home beds and applies for families, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with care homes and families.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech heat-pump and solar installers do subsidy paperwork by hand while quoting jobsEnergyEasy
The problem
Since June 2026, state heating and insulation grants go only to poorer households, and a renovation pass is now required. Installers handle that paperwork while sizing and pricing each job.
What you could build
Build an app for heat-pump and solar installers that sizes the system, prices the job and fills in the subsidy forms.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with heat-pump and solar installers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claimHealthEasy
The problem
A home visit sets the grade, and one grade higher can pay over 4 times as much a month. Guides describe the process as bureaucratic and opaque.
What you could build
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help families caring for a sick or elderly relative.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech builders are short of workers, and crews found online come with unchecked papersHousingEasy
The problem
Building labourers were the manual job Czech employers advertised most at the labour office in August 2026. Contractors who need crews with papers in order can lease them from agencies or use websites that check no documents.
What you could build
Build an online marketplace where contractors hire building crews with checked papers, then handle their documents and pay.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with builders and building crews.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech firms must now say their chatbots are AI, and a draft law sets finesLegalEasy
The problem
AI-made content must now be labelled too. Yet the Czech law naming who checks and fines firms is still a draft, past the EU's deadline.
What you could build
Build an online check that scans a small firm's website for chatbots and AI-made content that must be disclosed.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help small firms follow the new AI rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Small Czech trucking firms on thin margins still handle paperwork by phone and e-mailMobilityEasy
The problem
A dispatcher takes each load by phone, and the office runs delivery papers and invoices through e-mail and old dispatch software. From July 2027, authorities can't demand paper if a certified digital record exists.
What you could build
Build a phone-and-web app for small trucking firms that reads delivery papers and turns them into invoices.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small trucking firms.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech home-care agencies run on phones and paper while nurses are scarceHealthEasy
The problem
Agencies book, move and confirm visits by phone, while Czech employers posted 380 new health and care vacancies in one month, nurses the most sought. Care services may now also help with medicines and stoma bags.
What you could build
Build a Czech-speaking phone assistant that books, moves and confirms visits in the home-care agency's own scheduling software.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with home-care agencies.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Since July, all but 11 Czech crypto firms must stop serving clientsFintechEasy
The problem
Unlicensed firms must hand their customers' coins and cash to a licensed firm or back to the customer. Those that keep trading risk fines above 100M CZK.
What you could build
Build a fixed-price service that winds down an unlicensed crypto firm: tells customers, moves their coins and cash, closes the records.
Good for
Someone who knows crypto wallets and exchanges and likes careful paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 3/12
Czech wholesalers type incoming orders into their systems by handB2BEasy
The problem
Orders reach Czech wholesalers as e-mails, PDFs and spreadsheets, and staff type each line into their accounting software.
What you could build
Build software that reads orders arriving by e-mail, PDF or Excel and enters them into the wholesaler's accounting system.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with wholesalers and their accounting software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 2/12
Public tenders. Slow, but the money is there.
Czech city bus companies must now buy mostly clean buses, and one late delivery can cost them the EU grant that pays for themMobilityVery hard
The problem
Since January 2026 a law requires 60% of the city buses they buy to be clean, half with zero emissions. In 2023 an electric bus cost 14M CZK against 6M for diesel, and a late one can cost the grant.
What you could build
Build a company that finances electric buses and their batteries and builds and runs the depot chargers, charging city bus companies a fee per bus, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
People who can raise large sums and sell to city bus companies through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 11/12
6,000 Czech towns and firms have months left to meet a new cybersecurity lawLegalHard
The problem
Many small firms don't even know the law covers them, and the first deadlines hit in late 2026. A firm that misses its deadline can be fined up to 2% of its turnover (which is A LOT of money).
What you could build
Build a small security agency that does the security work, and writes EU grant applications for the towns that qualify.
Good for
Someone with cybersecurity skills who's interested in grants and public-sector sales.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 10/12
Czech public bodies must keep records in state-certified software from JanuaryGovtechVery hard
The problem
Ministries, hospitals and universities that miss the date risk a fine. This summer 19 public bodies tendered for records software.
What you could build
Build a migration service that moves a public body's records into certified software, every file and its history intact.
Good for
Someone who can migrate office data and sell through public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 9/12
Czech pupils who need extra help at school wait up to 18 months for an assessmentEducationHard
The problem
Counselling centres assess pupils who need extra help at school, and families wait around half a year, up to 18 months in places. The number of pupils getting that help rose 20% in a year.
What you could build
Build a service that gives small schools a psychologist and a special educator over video, so pupils get first help while they wait for an assessment, as 2 companies already do in the United States.
Good for
Someone with a psychology or special-education team who can sell to schools.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 9/12
Czech hospitals each pay millions for their own software to share patient dataHealthVery hard
The problem
Hospital after hospital is buying its own software to share patient data, for up to 85M CZK. State auditors found the national version years behind.
What you could build
Build integration software that plugs into a hospital's systems and links them to other providers, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know hospital software and can wait out long public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech hospitals pay twice for every medical report. Grants worth 2.1bn CZK for hospital records close in December.HealthVery hard
The problem
Doctors type reports as free text, then other staff re-read them by hand. Two state grants pay named hospitals to upgrade, but both close to applications in December.
What you could build
Build report templates that doctors fill in inside the hospital's own software, so staff only confirm the codes, as companies in Germany already do.
Good for
Developers who can plug into hospital software.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwaterEnvironmentHard
The problem
Each bill depends on the size of every roof and road, and today owners mostly fill that in themselves. Measuring the surfaces of just one town has cost over 1M CZK (which is way too much!).
What you could build
Build a service that measures roofs and paving from aerial photos and gives sewer operators a ready billing file, as 2 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can map from aerial photos and would like to work with sewer operators.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Draft law
Czech child-protection offices are hundreds of workers short, and paperwork eats the time of those leftGovtechHard
The problem
Social workers write up their home visits and client meetings by hand, and paperwork takes more of their time than almost anything else. Child-protection offices would need 20–30% more staff to keep up.
What you could build
Build an app that records a social worker's visit, with the client's consent, and drafts the note in the office's own case-file software for the worker to check, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who handle sensitive data and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12
Czech hospitals are overpaying for medicineHealthVery hard
The problem
Many hospitals buy medicine on their own. A state audit found one paying over 3 times what another paid for the same antibiotic.
What you could build
Build a price-comparison service where hospital pharmacies share what they paid.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with hospitals and price data.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech schools sharing electricity can pay 3 times its price in admin feesEnergyHard
The problem
One Czech energy community charges schools and care homes an admin fee 3 times the electricity price. It covers billing, but also accounting and legal advice.
What you could build
Build billing software that pulls sharing data from the national hub and bills each member, as 1 company already does in Switzerland.
Good for
Someone who builds software and would like to work with energy communities.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech towns and hospitals face EU building-upgrade rules, and Czechia is already lateHousingHard
The problem
The EU has started proceedings against Czechia for missing its deadline, so Czech rules are coming. Owners with many buildings will have to decide which to fix first, and at what cost.
What you could build
Build software that reads an owner's energy data and ranks which building to renovate first and at what cost, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who understands building energy use and can sell to hospitals and towns through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12Draft law
Czech towns and firms that got a grant can be made to pay part of it back over one wrongly run tenderLegalHard
The problem
Tax offices check how grant money was spent, and most often find tenders run against the procurement law. In 2025 they ordered 977 paybacks, about 374,000 CZK each on average, plus late penalties.
What you could build
Build a checking service that compares each tender and each report a town or firm files under a grant with that grant's rules before it goes out, as similar services already do for grant reports, not tenders, in the United States and Poland.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech grant rules and public tenders, and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12
Czech towns and hospitals can wait 5 months to sign a contract when a losing bidder complainsGovtechHard
The problem
When a bidder asks the competition office to review a tender, the contract is often blocked until it decides, about 5 months on average. Bidders asked for 268 reviews in 2025, a third more than a year earlier.
What you could build
Build a service that checks a town's or hospital's tender conditions against the competition office's past rulings before the tender goes out, and defends the buyer if a bidder complains, as similar services already do in Germany and the United States.
Good for
Lawyers or tender administrators who want to sell to town halls and hospitals.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12
Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.GovtechHard
The problem
When a court decides an adult can't manage alone and nobody else can help, their town or village is made responsible. In a village with no staff, the mayor does it, which can mean signing hospital consents at weekends.
What you could build
Build case-management software for the town offices that take on this work, with a file per person, their money and the yearly accounts for the court, as 1 company already does in Sweden.
Good for
Someone who can sell software to town halls and understands social work.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 5/12
Czech towns buy solar panels one by one, and waste months doing itEnergyVery hard
The problem
Every town writes its own tender for the same thing: panels on a public roof. Some towns ran theirs again, and one moved its bid deadline 8 times in under 6 months.
What you could build
Build a buying service that pools many towns' solar roofs into one tender, as 1 company already does in the Netherlands.
Good for
Someone who knows public tenders and likes working with towns on solar.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 4/12
Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their ownEnvironmentVery hard
The problem
Czechia has hundreds of water utilities, and those fitting smart meters buy the meters, radio readers and software alone. This summer 7 signed or tendered separate deals.
What you could build
Build a service that fits smart meters for small water utilities and reads them remotely, as Czech firms already do.
Good for
Someone who can run meter-fitting crews and win water utility tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 2/12
No Czech company sells this today.
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech schools sharing electricity can pay 3 times its price in admin feesEnergyHard
The problem
One Czech energy community charges schools and care homes an admin fee 3 times the electricity price. It covers billing, but also accounting and legal advice.
What you could build
Build billing software that pulls sharing data from the national hub and bills each member, as 1 company already does in Switzerland.
Good for
Someone who builds software and would like to work with energy communities.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Disputes against Czech lenders have quadrupled since 2023, and every one needs someone to answer itFintechModerate
The problem
Borrowers take lenders to the state's financial arbiter, mostly saying nobody checked they could repay. Every case needs documents and a legal answer written by hand, and this year is heading for about 20,000.
What you could build
Build case software for lenders that pulls the loan file, drafts the reply to the arbiter and tracks deadlines.
Good for
Someone who can build legal software and sell to banks and lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12Nobody does it here yetDraft law
Czech marketplaces and forums must tell users why each post was removed. A bill would let the regulator fine them up to 6% of turnover.LegalModerate
The problem
Czech marketplaces and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal to the user. Nobody can fine them yet, but a bill awaiting its last lower-house vote would allow fines up to 6% of turnover.
What you could build
Build Czech-language software that logs reports of illegal posts, sends users the reason for each removal, files it in the EU database and writes the yearly report, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who know content moderation and can sell to Czech marketplaces and forums.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech families looking for a care-home bed apply to home after home, then waitHealthEasy
The problem
Every home keeps its own waiting list, so families put their parent on list after list. By 2030 Czechia will have 690,000 people over 80, nearly half more than in 2023, so even more families will be searching.
What you could build
Build a placement service that finds free care-home beds and applies for families, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with care homes and families.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
E-shops, cafés, installers. Fast decisions.
Many Czech e-shops break consumer rules without realising it, and any inspection can end in a fineRetailEasy
The problem
From 1 January 2027 every Czech e-shop must show a button for withdrawing from a contract, and a shop without one commits an offence. Inspectors caught 639 e-shops last year, with fines averaging about 20,000 CZK.
What you could build
Build an e-shop add-on that scans a shop's checkout and "eco" claims weekly and sends the owner a fix list.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small online shops and consumer law.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 10/12
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech sole traders can borrow 300,000 CZK and be chased for 1.4M CZK within 3 monthsFintechHard
The problem
Lenders sign people up as businesses, so the consumer-credit rules do not protect them, and a notary's deed lets the lender enforce without a court. More of those deeds end in fast enforcement every year.
What you could build
Build a check where a sole trader uploads a business-loan contract and sees the grounds to fight it, and a partner lawyer takes the case for a share of what is saved, as 2 companies already do in the United States.
Good for
Lawyers who fight lenders in Czech courts and can build or run simple software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A café can lose a table for 5 hours to one coffee, so laptop guests get turned awayRetailEasy
The problem
A Prague café owner pulled the wifi, saying a guest can turn a table into an office for 5 hours on one coffee.
What you could build
Build a booking app where cafés, hotels and gyms sell their quiet hours as work seats by the hour, as 3 companies already do in 3 other countries.
Good for
Someone who enjoys signing up cafés and hotels one by one, street by street.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.RetailModerate
The problem
Hosts send the same guest details to the foreign police, the town and the statistics office, each in its own way. A bill would replace this with one state register from January 2028.
What you could build
Build an online guest check-in that files each guest once to the foreign police, the town's fee records and the statistics office, and later to the new register, as 1 company already does in Spain.
Good for
Someone who can connect software to state systems and likes working with hosts.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech building permits take way too long (6–12 months)HousingModerate
The problem
Engineers preparing one chase opinions from many offices and utility companies, each on its own deadline. The state has cut red tape 4 times since 2022, with little effect.
What you could build
Build software for design offices that sends permit requests and tracks every answer deadline.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech building permits and can sell to design offices.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech car buyers stood in office queues over 1.2M times last year just to change a car's ownerMobilityModerate
The problem
Even when the paperwork starts online, the buyer must still go to one of 206 registration offices to finish it. The state expects to save about 2.4bn CZK a year by ending most of these visits.
What you could build
Build a registration service for car dealers, leasing firms and fleets that takes their papers under a power of attorney, files each change in bulk and returns plates and papers, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows car dealers or leasing firms and can run a reliable back office.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech families looking for a care-home bed apply to home after home, then waitHealthEasy
The problem
Every home keeps its own waiting list, so families put their parent on list after list. By 2030 Czechia will have 690,000 people over 80, nearly half more than in 2023, so even more families will be searching.
What you could build
Build a placement service that finds free care-home beds and applies for families, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with care homes and families.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech care homes are short of carers, and can't book cover for a single shiftHealthHard
The problem
More than half of surveyed Czech care services report being short of workers. Shift apps only offer spare shifts to a home's own staff, and agencies fill jobs, not shifts.
What you could build
Build an app where vetted nurses and carers pick up single shifts at care homes, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone ready to recruit carers and handle Czech employment rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Insulating a Czech house is a patchwork of firms, quotes and paid paperworkEnergyHard
The problem
The roof often goes to one firm and the walls to another, each surveying and pricing the house. Then comes the energy assessment and subsidy application, which a homeowner can pay a firm to handle.
What you could build
Build an insulation company whose own crews insulate the whole house at one fixed price and handle the subsidy, as 3 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can run building crews and handle state subsidy paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 5/12
Czech heat-pump and solar installers do subsidy paperwork by hand while quoting jobsEnergyEasy
The problem
Since June 2026, state heating and insulation grants go only to poorer households, and a renovation pass is now required. Installers handle that paperwork while sizing and pricing each job.
What you could build
Build an app for heat-pump and solar installers that sizes the system, prices the job and fills in the subsidy forms.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with heat-pump and solar installers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claimHealthEasy
The problem
A home visit sets the grade, and one grade higher can pay over 4 times as much a month. Guides describe the process as bureaucratic and opaque.
What you could build
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help families caring for a sick or elderly relative.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech builders are short of workers, and crews found online come with unchecked papersHousingEasy
The problem
Building labourers were the manual job Czech employers advertised most at the labour office in August 2026. Contractors who need crews with papers in order can lease them from agencies or use websites that check no documents.
What you could build
Build an online marketplace where contractors hire building crews with checked papers, then handle their documents and pay.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with builders and building crews.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech firms must now say their chatbots are AI, and a draft law sets finesLegalEasy
The problem
AI-made content must now be labelled too. Yet the Czech law naming who checks and fines firms is still a draft, past the EU's deadline.
What you could build
Build an online check that scans a small firm's website for chatbots and AI-made content that must be disclosed.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help small firms follow the new AI rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Small Czech trucking firms on thin margins still handle paperwork by phone and e-mailMobilityEasy
The problem
A dispatcher takes each load by phone, and the office runs delivery papers and invoices through e-mail and old dispatch software. From July 2027, authorities can't demand paper if a certified digital record exists.
What you could build
Build a phone-and-web app for small trucking firms that reads delivery papers and turns them into invoices.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small trucking firms.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech home-care agencies run on phones and paper while nurses are scarceHealthEasy
The problem
Agencies book, move and confirm visits by phone, while Czech employers posted 380 new health and care vacancies in one month, nurses the most sought. Care services may now also help with medicines and stoma bags.
What you could build
Build a Czech-speaking phone assistant that books, moves and confirms visits in the home-care agency's own scheduling software.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with home-care agencies.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Since July, all but 11 Czech crypto firms must stop serving clientsFintechEasy
The problem
Unlicensed firms must hand their customers' coins and cash to a licensed firm or back to the customer. Those that keep trading risk fines above 100M CZK.
What you could build
Build a fixed-price service that winds down an unlicensed crypto firm: tells customers, moves their coins and cash, closes the records.
Good for
Someone who knows crypto wallets and exchanges and likes careful paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 3/12
Every Czech accountant would have to retrain under a new law planned for 2028B2BHard
The problem
Payroll offices already had to rework their software this year for a new monthly report. The planned law would also change the software firms keep their books on.
What you could build
Build an accounting firm where software reads client documents and licensed accountants check the work, starting with payroll.
Good for
Accountants who like software, or engineers with an accountant co-founder.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 3/12Draft law
Czech wholesalers type incoming orders into their systems by handB2BEasy
The problem
Orders reach Czech wholesalers as e-mails, PDFs and spreadsheets, and staff type each line into their accounting software.
What you could build
Build software that reads orders arriving by e-mail, PDF or Excel and enters them into the wholesaler's accounting system.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with wholesalers and their accounting software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 2/12
Licences, national systems, serious money.
Czech city bus companies must now buy mostly clean buses, and one late delivery can cost them the EU grant that pays for themMobilityVery hard
The problem
Since January 2026 a law requires 60% of the city buses they buy to be clean, half with zero emissions. In 2023 an electric bus cost 14M CZK against 6M for diesel, and a late one can cost the grant.
What you could build
Build a company that finances electric buses and their batteries and builds and runs the depot chargers, charging city bus companies a fee per bus, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
People who can raise large sums and sell to city bus companies through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 11/12
Czech public bodies must keep records in state-certified software from JanuaryGovtechVery hard
The problem
Ministries, hospitals and universities that miss the date risk a fine. This summer 19 public bodies tendered for records software.
What you could build
Build a migration service that moves a public body's records into certified software, every file and its history intact.
Good for
Someone who can migrate office data and sell through public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 9/12
Czech hospitals each pay millions for their own software to share patient dataHealthVery hard
The problem
Hospital after hospital is buying its own software to share patient data, for up to 85M CZK. State auditors found the national version years behind.
What you could build
Build integration software that plugs into a hospital's systems and links them to other providers, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know hospital software and can wait out long public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech hospitals pay twice for every medical report. Grants worth 2.1bn CZK for hospital records close in December.HealthVery hard
The problem
Doctors type reports as free text, then other staff re-read them by hand. Two state grants pay named hospitals to upgrade, but both close to applications in December.
What you could build
Build report templates that doctors fill in inside the hospital's own software, so staff only confirm the codes, as companies in Germany already do.
Good for
Developers who can plug into hospital software.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech hospitals are overpaying for medicineHealthVery hard
The problem
Many hospitals buy medicine on their own. A state audit found one paying over 3 times what another paid for the same antibiotic.
What you could build
Build a price-comparison service where hospital pharmacies share what they paid.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with hospitals and price data.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Insulating a Czech house is a patchwork of firms, quotes and paid paperworkEnergyHard
The problem
The roof often goes to one firm and the walls to another, each surveying and pricing the house. Then comes the energy assessment and subsidy application, which a homeowner can pay a firm to handle.
What you could build
Build an insulation company whose own crews insulate the whole house at one fixed price and handle the subsidy, as 3 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can run building crews and handle state subsidy paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 5/12
Czech towns buy solar panels one by one, and waste months doing itEnergyVery hard
The problem
Every town writes its own tender for the same thing: panels on a public roof. Some towns ran theirs again, and one moved its bid deadline 8 times in under 6 months.
What you could build
Build a buying service that pools many towns' solar roofs into one tender, as 1 company already does in the Netherlands.
Good for
Someone who knows public tenders and likes working with towns on solar.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 4/12
Czech banks must accept the EU's digital ID app by the end of 2027GovtechVery hard
The problem
Czechia launches the app at the end of 2026. Banks, phone companies and big platforms will have to accept it when customers prove who they are, and each needs a way to check it.
What you could build
Build a service inside a bank's customer sign-up that checks the EU digital ID app, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know digital identity and can sell to banks.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNeeds investors 3/12
Every Czech accountant would have to retrain under a new law planned for 2028B2BHard
The problem
Payroll offices already had to rework their software this year for a new monthly report. The planned law would also change the software firms keep their books on.
What you could build
Build an accounting firm where software reads client documents and licensed accountants check the work, starting with payroll.
Good for
Accountants who like software, or engineers with an accountant co-founder.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 3/12Draft law
Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their ownEnvironmentVery hard
The problem
Czechia has hundreds of water utilities, and those fitting smart meters buy the meters, radio readers and software alone. This summer 7 signed or tendered separate deals.
What you could build
Build a service that fits smart meters for small water utilities and reads them remotely, as Czech firms already do.
Good for
Someone who can run meter-fitting crews and win water utility tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 2/12
Banks, lenders, big employers. Bigger contracts.
Disputes against Czech lenders have quadrupled since 2023, and every one needs someone to answer itFintechModerate
The problem
Borrowers take lenders to the state's financial arbiter, mostly saying nobody checked they could repay. Every case needs documents and a legal answer written by hand, and this year is heading for about 20,000.
What you could build
Build case software for lenders that pulls the loan file, drafts the reply to the arbiter and tracks deadlines.
Good for
Someone who can build legal software and sell to banks and lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12Nobody does it here yetDraft law
Many Czech food buyers still take farm deliveries on spoken deals. One was fined 1,040,000 CZK, and by 2028 farm deliveries need a written contract.LegalModerate
The problem
The competition office looked at 488 food buyers and found spoken orders still common, and fruit collection points buying with no contract at all. From 19 August 2028 every farm delivery needs a written contract agreed first.
What you could build
Build software inside a produce buyer's own trading and weighing system that writes each delivery contract with the price rule the law wants, sends it for electronic signature before the load moves and files it, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows how grain and produce are bought and can sell to traders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech shops get thousands of complaints about fake copies of their own sites. Weeks after they report the fakes, nothing has happened.LegalModerate
The problem
Criminals copy a known Czech shop's site and take people's money, and the real shop then fields thousands of refund demands. Its reports to the platforms, the inspectors and the police went weeks without a result.
What you could build
Build software that watches marketplaces, adverts and new web addresses for copies of a Czech shop's name and pages, collects the proof and files each removal request itself, as 5 companies already do in 4 other countries.
Good for
Someone who can build web crawlers and is comfortable dealing with lawyers and marketplaces.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A new EU anti-money-laundering law hits Czech investment advisers in under 10 monthsFintechModerate
The problem
From July 2027, an EU rulebook replaces much of Czech anti-money-laundering law, so firms it covers must update client checks and policies. That comes on top of the central bank's paperwork.
What you could build
Build compliance software for advice networks that records why an investment suits each client and files central-bank reports.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with financial advisers and their compliance officers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech employers with 150+ staff would have to redesign how they set pay under a new lawLegalModerate
The problem
Czechia is late on the EU rules, and its draft would make every employer set pay by a written system. Applicants would learn the minimum pay, and firms with 150+ staff would report their pay gap by March 2028.
What you could build
Build software that reads a company's payroll export and produces the pay-gap report the draft law would require.
Good for
Someone who knows HR and payroll and can sell to larger employers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Draft law
Czech lenders can be fined 4M CZK for not checking that borrowers can afford to repay. A bill would extend the check to shoppers who pay later.FintechModerate
The problem
Some lenders take borrowers at their word on what they spend, and non-bank lenders were fined 19M CZK last year. From February 2027 a bill would add the check when shoppers pay in instalments or in one payment later.
What you could build
Build a service that reads a borrower's bank transactions, with consent, and gives the lender a documented check that the borrower can afford to repay, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows credit risk and bank data and can sell to lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech marketplaces and forums must tell users why each post was removed. A bill would let the regulator fine them up to 6% of turnover.LegalModerate
The problem
Czech marketplaces and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal to the user. Nobody can fine them yet, but a bill awaiting its last lower-house vote would allow fines up to 6% of turnover.
What you could build
Build Czech-language software that logs reports of illegal posts, sends users the reason for each removal, files it in the EU database and writes the yearly report, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who know content moderation and can sell to Czech marketplaces and forums.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech banks must accept the EU's digital ID app by the end of 2027GovtechVery hard
The problem
Czechia launches the app at the end of 2026. Banks, phone companies and big platforms will have to accept it when customers prove who they are, and each needs a way to check it.
What you could build
Build a service inside a bank's customer sign-up that checks the EU digital ID app, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know digital identity and can sell to banks.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNeeds investors 3/12
Harder to enter, but self-funded.
6,000 Czech towns and firms have months left to meet a new cybersecurity lawLegalHard
The problem
Many small firms don't even know the law covers them, and the first deadlines hit in late 2026. A firm that misses its deadline can be fined up to 2% of its turnover (which is A LOT of money).
What you could build
Build a small security agency that does the security work, and writes EU grant applications for the towns that qualify.
Good for
Someone with cybersecurity skills who's interested in grants and public-sector sales.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 10/12
Czech pupils who need extra help at school wait up to 18 months for an assessmentEducationHard
The problem
Counselling centres assess pupils who need extra help at school, and families wait around half a year, up to 18 months in places. The number of pupils getting that help rose 20% in a year.
What you could build
Build a service that gives small schools a psychologist and a special educator over video, so pupils get first help while they wait for an assessment, as 2 companies already do in the United States.
Good for
Someone with a psychology or special-education team who can sell to schools.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 9/12
A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwaterEnvironmentHard
The problem
Each bill depends on the size of every roof and road, and today owners mostly fill that in themselves. Measuring the surfaces of just one town has cost over 1M CZK (which is way too much!).
What you could build
Build a service that measures roofs and paving from aerial photos and gives sewer operators a ready billing file, as 2 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can map from aerial photos and would like to work with sewer operators.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Draft law
Czech child-protection offices are hundreds of workers short, and paperwork eats the time of those leftGovtechHard
The problem
Social workers write up their home visits and client meetings by hand, and paperwork takes more of their time than almost anything else. Child-protection offices would need 20–30% more staff to keep up.
What you could build
Build an app that records a social worker's visit, with the client's consent, and drafts the note in the office's own case-file software for the worker to check, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who handle sensitive data and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12
Czech schools sharing electricity can pay 3 times its price in admin feesEnergyHard
The problem
One Czech energy community charges schools and care homes an admin fee 3 times the electricity price. It covers billing, but also accounting and legal advice.
What you could build
Build billing software that pulls sharing data from the national hub and bills each member, as 1 company already does in Switzerland.
Good for
Someone who builds software and would like to work with energy communities.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech towns and hospitals face EU building-upgrade rules, and Czechia is already lateHousingHard
The problem
The EU has started proceedings against Czechia for missing its deadline, so Czech rules are coming. Owners with many buildings will have to decide which to fix first, and at what cost.
What you could build
Build software that reads an owner's energy data and ranks which building to renovate first and at what cost, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who understands building energy use and can sell to hospitals and towns through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12Draft law
Disputes against Czech lenders have quadrupled since 2023, and every one needs someone to answer itFintechModerate
The problem
Borrowers take lenders to the state's financial arbiter, mostly saying nobody checked they could repay. Every case needs documents and a legal answer written by hand, and this year is heading for about 20,000.
What you could build
Build case software for lenders that pulls the loan file, drafts the reply to the arbiter and tracks deadlines.
Good for
Someone who can build legal software and sell to banks and lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12Nobody does it here yetDraft law
Many Czech food buyers still take farm deliveries on spoken deals. One was fined 1,040,000 CZK, and by 2028 farm deliveries need a written contract.LegalModerate
The problem
The competition office looked at 488 food buyers and found spoken orders still common, and fruit collection points buying with no contract at all. From 19 August 2028 every farm delivery needs a written contract agreed first.
What you could build
Build software inside a produce buyer's own trading and weighing system that writes each delivery contract with the price rule the law wants, sends it for electronic signature before the load moves and files it, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows how grain and produce are bought and can sell to traders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech sole traders can borrow 300,000 CZK and be chased for 1.4M CZK within 3 monthsFintechHard
The problem
Lenders sign people up as businesses, so the consumer-credit rules do not protect them, and a notary's deed lets the lender enforce without a court. More of those deeds end in fast enforcement every year.
What you could build
Build a check where a sole trader uploads a business-loan contract and sees the grounds to fight it, and a partner lawyer takes the case for a share of what is saved, as 2 companies already do in the United States.
Good for
Lawyers who fight lenders in Czech courts and can build or run simple software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech towns and firms that got a grant can be made to pay part of it back over one wrongly run tenderLegalHard
The problem
Tax offices check how grant money was spent, and most often find tenders run against the procurement law. In 2025 they ordered 977 paybacks, about 374,000 CZK each on average, plus late penalties.
What you could build
Build a checking service that compares each tender and each report a town or firm files under a grant with that grant's rules before it goes out, as similar services already do for grant reports, not tenders, in the United States and Poland.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech grant rules and public tenders, and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12
Czech towns and hospitals can wait 5 months to sign a contract when a losing bidder complainsGovtechHard
The problem
When a bidder asks the competition office to review a tender, the contract is often blocked until it decides, about 5 months on average. Bidders asked for 268 reviews in 2025, a third more than a year earlier.
What you could build
Build a service that checks a town's or hospital's tender conditions against the competition office's past rulings before the tender goes out, and defends the buyer if a bidder complains, as similar services already do in Germany and the United States.
Good for
Lawyers or tender administrators who want to sell to town halls and hospitals.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12
Czech shops get thousands of complaints about fake copies of their own sites. Weeks after they report the fakes, nothing has happened.LegalModerate
The problem
Criminals copy a known Czech shop's site and take people's money, and the real shop then fields thousands of refund demands. Its reports to the platforms, the inspectors and the police went weeks without a result.
What you could build
Build software that watches marketplaces, adverts and new web addresses for copies of a Czech shop's name and pages, collects the proof and files each removal request itself, as 5 companies already do in 4 other countries.
Good for
Someone who can build web crawlers and is comfortable dealing with lawyers and marketplaces.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A new EU anti-money-laundering law hits Czech investment advisers in under 10 monthsFintechModerate
The problem
From July 2027, an EU rulebook replaces much of Czech anti-money-laundering law, so firms it covers must update client checks and policies. That comes on top of the central bank's paperwork.
What you could build
Build compliance software for advice networks that records why an investment suits each client and files central-bank reports.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with financial advisers and their compliance officers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech employers with 150+ staff would have to redesign how they set pay under a new lawLegalModerate
The problem
Czechia is late on the EU rules, and its draft would make every employer set pay by a written system. Applicants would learn the minimum pay, and firms with 150+ staff would report their pay gap by March 2028.
What you could build
Build software that reads a company's payroll export and produces the pay-gap report the draft law would require.
Good for
Someone who knows HR and payroll and can sell to larger employers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Draft law
Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.RetailModerate
The problem
Hosts send the same guest details to the foreign police, the town and the statistics office, each in its own way. A bill would replace this with one state register from January 2028.
What you could build
Build an online guest check-in that files each guest once to the foreign police, the town's fee records and the statistics office, and later to the new register, as 1 company already does in Spain.
Good for
Someone who can connect software to state systems and likes working with hosts.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech lenders can be fined 4M CZK for not checking that borrowers can afford to repay. A bill would extend the check to shoppers who pay later.FintechModerate
The problem
Some lenders take borrowers at their word on what they spend, and non-bank lenders were fined 19M CZK last year. From February 2027 a bill would add the check when shoppers pay in instalments or in one payment later.
What you could build
Build a service that reads a borrower's bank transactions, with consent, and gives the lender a documented check that the borrower can afford to repay, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows credit risk and bank data and can sell to lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech marketplaces and forums must tell users why each post was removed. A bill would let the regulator fine them up to 6% of turnover.LegalModerate
The problem
Czech marketplaces and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal to the user. Nobody can fine them yet, but a bill awaiting its last lower-house vote would allow fines up to 6% of turnover.
What you could build
Build Czech-language software that logs reports of illegal posts, sends users the reason for each removal, files it in the EU database and writes the yearly report, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who know content moderation and can sell to Czech marketplaces and forums.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech building permits take way too long (6–12 months)HousingModerate
The problem
Engineers preparing one chase opinions from many offices and utility companies, each on its own deadline. The state has cut red tape 4 times since 2022, with little effect.
What you could build
Build software for design offices that sends permit requests and tracks every answer deadline.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech building permits and can sell to design offices.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech car buyers stood in office queues over 1.2M times last year just to change a car's ownerMobilityModerate
The problem
Even when the paperwork starts online, the buyer must still go to one of 206 registration offices to finish it. The state expects to save about 2.4bn CZK a year by ending most of these visits.
What you could build
Build a registration service for car dealers, leasing firms and fleets that takes their papers under a power of attorney, files each change in bulk and returns plates and papers, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows car dealers or leasing firms and can run a reliable back office.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech care homes are short of carers, and can't book cover for a single shiftHealthHard
The problem
More than half of surveyed Czech care services report being short of workers. Shift apps only offer spare shifts to a home's own staff, and agencies fill jobs, not shifts.
What you could build
Build an app where vetted nurses and carers pick up single shifts at care homes, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone ready to recruit carers and handle Czech employment rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.GovtechHard
The problem
When a court decides an adult can't manage alone and nobody else can help, their town or village is made responsible. In a village with no staff, the mayor does it, which can mean signing hospital consents at weekends.
What you could build
Build case-management software for the town offices that take on this work, with a file per person, their money and the yearly accounts for the court, as 1 company already does in Sweden.
Good for
Someone who can sell software to town halls and understands social work.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 5/12
At least 3 companies do it elsewhere.
6,000 Czech towns and firms have months left to meet a new cybersecurity lawLegalHard
The problem
Many small firms don't even know the law covers them, and the first deadlines hit in late 2026. A firm that misses its deadline can be fined up to 2% of its turnover (which is A LOT of money).
What you could build
Build a small security agency that does the security work, and writes EU grant applications for the towns that qualify.
Good for
Someone with cybersecurity skills who's interested in grants and public-sector sales.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 10/12
Many Czech e-shops break consumer rules without realising it, and any inspection can end in a fineRetailEasy
The problem
From 1 January 2027 every Czech e-shop must show a button for withdrawing from a contract, and a shop without one commits an offence. Inspectors caught 639 e-shops last year, with fines averaging about 20,000 CZK.
What you could build
Build an e-shop add-on that scans a shop's checkout and "eco" claims weekly and sends the owner a fix list.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small online shops and consumer law.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 10/12
Czech hospitals pay twice for every medical report. Grants worth 2.1bn CZK for hospital records close in December.HealthVery hard
The problem
Doctors type reports as free text, then other staff re-read them by hand. Two state grants pay named hospitals to upgrade, but both close to applications in December.
What you could build
Build report templates that doctors fill in inside the hospital's own software, so staff only confirm the codes, as companies in Germany already do.
Good for
Developers who can plug into hospital software.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech child-protection offices are hundreds of workers short, and paperwork eats the time of those leftGovtechHard
The problem
Social workers write up their home visits and client meetings by hand, and paperwork takes more of their time than almost anything else. Child-protection offices would need 20–30% more staff to keep up.
What you could build
Build an app that records a social worker's visit, with the client's consent, and drafts the note in the office's own case-file software for the worker to check, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who handle sensitive data and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech hospitals are overpaying for medicineHealthVery hard
The problem
Many hospitals buy medicine on their own. A state audit found one paying over 3 times what another paid for the same antibiotic.
What you could build
Build a price-comparison service where hospital pharmacies share what they paid.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with hospitals and price data.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech schools sharing electricity can pay 3 times its price in admin feesEnergyHard
The problem
One Czech energy community charges schools and care homes an admin fee 3 times the electricity price. It covers billing, but also accounting and legal advice.
What you could build
Build billing software that pulls sharing data from the national hub and bills each member, as 1 company already does in Switzerland.
Good for
Someone who builds software and would like to work with energy communities.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech towns and hospitals face EU building-upgrade rules, and Czechia is already lateHousingHard
The problem
The EU has started proceedings against Czechia for missing its deadline, so Czech rules are coming. Owners with many buildings will have to decide which to fix first, and at what cost.
What you could build
Build software that reads an owner's energy data and ranks which building to renovate first and at what cost, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who understands building energy use and can sell to hospitals and towns through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12Draft law
Disputes against Czech lenders have quadrupled since 2023, and every one needs someone to answer itFintechModerate
The problem
Borrowers take lenders to the state's financial arbiter, mostly saying nobody checked they could repay. Every case needs documents and a legal answer written by hand, and this year is heading for about 20,000.
What you could build
Build case software for lenders that pulls the loan file, drafts the reply to the arbiter and tracks deadlines.
Good for
Someone who can build legal software and sell to banks and lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12Nobody does it here yetDraft law
Many Czech food buyers still take farm deliveries on spoken deals. One was fined 1,040,000 CZK, and by 2028 farm deliveries need a written contract.LegalModerate
The problem
The competition office looked at 488 food buyers and found spoken orders still common, and fruit collection points buying with no contract at all. From 19 August 2028 every farm delivery needs a written contract agreed first.
What you could build
Build software inside a produce buyer's own trading and weighing system that writes each delivery contract with the price rule the law wants, sends it for electronic signature before the load moves and files it, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows how grain and produce are bought and can sell to traders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech shops get thousands of complaints about fake copies of their own sites. Weeks after they report the fakes, nothing has happened.LegalModerate
The problem
Criminals copy a known Czech shop's site and take people's money, and the real shop then fields thousands of refund demands. Its reports to the platforms, the inspectors and the police went weeks without a result.
What you could build
Build software that watches marketplaces, adverts and new web addresses for copies of a Czech shop's name and pages, collects the proof and files each removal request itself, as 5 companies already do in 4 other countries.
Good for
Someone who can build web crawlers and is comfortable dealing with lawyers and marketplaces.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A café can lose a table for 5 hours to one coffee, so laptop guests get turned awayRetailEasy
The problem
A Prague café owner pulled the wifi, saying a guest can turn a table into an office for 5 hours on one coffee.
What you could build
Build a booking app where cafés, hotels and gyms sell their quiet hours as work seats by the hour, as 3 companies already do in 3 other countries.
Good for
Someone who enjoys signing up cafés and hotels one by one, street by street.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A new EU anti-money-laundering law hits Czech investment advisers in under 10 monthsFintechModerate
The problem
From July 2027, an EU rulebook replaces much of Czech anti-money-laundering law, so firms it covers must update client checks and policies. That comes on top of the central bank's paperwork.
What you could build
Build compliance software for advice networks that records why an investment suits each client and files central-bank reports.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with financial advisers and their compliance officers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech employers with 150+ staff would have to redesign how they set pay under a new lawLegalModerate
The problem
Czechia is late on the EU rules, and its draft would make every employer set pay by a written system. Applicants would learn the minimum pay, and firms with 150+ staff would report their pay gap by March 2028.
What you could build
Build software that reads a company's payroll export and produces the pay-gap report the draft law would require.
Good for
Someone who knows HR and payroll and can sell to larger employers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Draft law
Czech building permits take way too long (6–12 months)HousingModerate
The problem
Engineers preparing one chase opinions from many offices and utility companies, each on its own deadline. The state has cut red tape 4 times since 2022, with little effect.
What you could build
Build software for design offices that sends permit requests and tracks every answer deadline.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech building permits and can sell to design offices.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech car buyers stood in office queues over 1.2M times last year just to change a car's ownerMobilityModerate
The problem
Even when the paperwork starts online, the buyer must still go to one of 206 registration offices to finish it. The state expects to save about 2.4bn CZK a year by ending most of these visits.
What you could build
Build a registration service for car dealers, leasing firms and fleets that takes their papers under a power of attorney, files each change in bulk and returns plates and papers, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows car dealers or leasing firms and can run a reliable back office.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech families looking for a care-home bed apply to home after home, then waitHealthEasy
The problem
Every home keeps its own waiting list, so families put their parent on list after list. By 2030 Czechia will have 690,000 people over 80, nearly half more than in 2023, so even more families will be searching.
What you could build
Build a placement service that finds free care-home beds and applies for families, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with care homes and families.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Insulating a Czech house is a patchwork of firms, quotes and paid paperworkEnergyHard
The problem
The roof often goes to one firm and the walls to another, each surveying and pricing the house. Then comes the energy assessment and subsidy application, which a homeowner can pay a firm to handle.
What you could build
Build an insulation company whose own crews insulate the whole house at one fixed price and handle the subsidy, as 3 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can run building crews and handle state subsidy paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 5/12
Czech heat-pump and solar installers do subsidy paperwork by hand while quoting jobsEnergyEasy
The problem
Since June 2026, state heating and insulation grants go only to poorer households, and a renovation pass is now required. Installers handle that paperwork while sizing and pricing each job.
What you could build
Build an app for heat-pump and solar installers that sizes the system, prices the job and fills in the subsidy forms.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with heat-pump and solar installers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claimHealthEasy
The problem
A home visit sets the grade, and one grade higher can pay over 4 times as much a month. Guides describe the process as bureaucratic and opaque.
What you could build
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help families caring for a sick or elderly relative.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech builders are short of workers, and crews found online come with unchecked papersHousingEasy
The problem
Building labourers were the manual job Czech employers advertised most at the labour office in August 2026. Contractors who need crews with papers in order can lease them from agencies or use websites that check no documents.
What you could build
Build an online marketplace where contractors hire building crews with checked papers, then handle their documents and pay.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with builders and building crews.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Small Czech trucking firms on thin margins still handle paperwork by phone and e-mailMobilityEasy
The problem
A dispatcher takes each load by phone, and the office runs delivery papers and invoices through e-mail and old dispatch software. From July 2027, authorities can't demand paper if a certified digital record exists.
What you could build
Build a phone-and-web app for small trucking firms that reads delivery papers and turns them into invoices.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small trucking firms.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech home-care agencies run on phones and paper while nurses are scarceHealthEasy
The problem
Agencies book, move and confirm visits by phone, while Czech employers posted 380 new health and care vacancies in one month, nurses the most sought. Care services may now also help with medicines and stoma bags.
What you could build
Build a Czech-speaking phone assistant that books, moves and confirms visits in the home-care agency's own scheduling software.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with home-care agencies.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Every Czech accountant would have to retrain under a new law planned for 2028B2BHard
The problem
Payroll offices already had to rework their software this year for a new monthly report. The planned law would also change the software firms keep their books on.
What you could build
Build an accounting firm where software reads client documents and licensed accountants check the work, starting with payroll.
Good for
Accountants who like software, or engineers with an accountant co-founder.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 3/12Draft law
Czech wholesalers type incoming orders into their systems by handB2BEasy
The problem
Orders reach Czech wholesalers as e-mails, PDFs and spreadsheets, and staff type each line into their accounting software.
What you could build
Build software that reads orders arriving by e-mail, PDF or Excel and enters them into the wholesaler's accounting system.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with wholesalers and their accounting software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 2/12
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Filter themCzech city bus companies must now buy mostly clean buses, and one late delivery can cost them the EU grant that pays for themMobilityVery hard
The problem
Since January 2026 a law requires 60% of the city buses they buy to be clean, half with zero emissions. In 2023 an electric bus cost 14M CZK against 6M for diesel, and a late one can cost the grant.
What you could build
Build a company that finances electric buses and their batteries and builds and runs the depot chargers, charging city bus companies a fee per bus, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
People who can raise large sums and sell to city bus companies through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 11/12
6,000 Czech towns and firms have months left to meet a new cybersecurity lawLegalHard
The problem
Many small firms don't even know the law covers them, and the first deadlines hit in late 2026. A firm that misses its deadline can be fined up to 2% of its turnover (which is A LOT of money).
What you could build
Build a small security agency that does the security work, and writes EU grant applications for the towns that qualify.
Good for
Someone with cybersecurity skills who's interested in grants and public-sector sales.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 10/12
Many Czech e-shops break consumer rules without realising it, and any inspection can end in a fineRetailEasy
The problem
From 1 January 2027 every Czech e-shop must show a button for withdrawing from a contract, and a shop without one commits an offence. Inspectors caught 639 e-shops last year, with fines averaging about 20,000 CZK.
What you could build
Build an e-shop add-on that scans a shop's checkout and "eco" claims weekly and sends the owner a fix list.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small online shops and consumer law.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 10/12
Czech public bodies must keep records in state-certified software from JanuaryGovtechVery hard
The problem
Ministries, hospitals and universities that miss the date risk a fine. This summer 19 public bodies tendered for records software.
What you could build
Build a migration service that moves a public body's records into certified software, every file and its history intact.
Good for
Someone who can migrate office data and sell through public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 9/12
Czech pupils who need extra help at school wait up to 18 months for an assessmentEducationHard
The problem
Counselling centres assess pupils who need extra help at school, and families wait around half a year, up to 18 months in places. The number of pupils getting that help rose 20% in a year.
What you could build
Build a service that gives small schools a psychologist and a special educator over video, so pupils get first help while they wait for an assessment, as 2 companies already do in the United States.
Good for
Someone with a psychology or special-education team who can sell to schools.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 9/12
Czech hospitals each pay millions for their own software to share patient dataHealthVery hard
The problem
Hospital after hospital is buying its own software to share patient data, for up to 85M CZK. State auditors found the national version years behind.
What you could build
Build integration software that plugs into a hospital's systems and links them to other providers, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know hospital software and can wait out long public tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech hospitals pay twice for every medical report. Grants worth 2.1bn CZK for hospital records close in December.HealthVery hard
The problem
Doctors type reports as free text, then other staff re-read them by hand. Two state grants pay named hospitals to upgrade, but both close to applications in December.
What you could build
Build report templates that doctors fill in inside the hospital's own software, so staff only confirm the codes, as companies in Germany already do.
Good for
Developers who can plug into hospital software.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
A draft Czech law would charge towns almost 5bn CZK a year for rainwaterEnvironmentHard
The problem
Each bill depends on the size of every roof and road, and today owners mostly fill that in themselves. Measuring the surfaces of just one town has cost over 1M CZK (which is way too much!).
What you could build
Build a service that measures roofs and paving from aerial photos and gives sewer operators a ready billing file, as 2 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can map from aerial photos and would like to work with sewer operators.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Draft law
Czech child-protection offices are hundreds of workers short, and paperwork eats the time of those leftGovtechHard
The problem
Social workers write up their home visits and client meetings by hand, and paperwork takes more of their time than almost anything else. Child-protection offices would need 20–30% more staff to keep up.
What you could build
Build an app that records a social worker's visit, with the client's consent, and drafts the note in the office's own case-file software for the worker to check, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who handle sensitive data and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12
Czech work permits for foreign staff get stuck, and agencies still do every file by handLegalEasy
The problem
Every renewal or job change means a new file, prepared case by case. The ministry got 3,518 complaints in 2024 that foreigners' cases sat untouched.
What you could build
Build software for employers and their agencies that prepares work-permit files, tracks each case and warns before permits expire.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with employers who hire foreign workers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech hospitals are overpaying for medicineHealthVery hard
The problem
Many hospitals buy medicine on their own. A state audit found one paying over 3 times what another paid for the same antibiotic.
What you could build
Build a price-comparison service where hospital pharmacies share what they paid.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with hospitals and price data.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 8/12
Czech schools sharing electricity can pay 3 times its price in admin feesEnergyHard
The problem
One Czech energy community charges schools and care homes an admin fee 3 times the electricity price. It covers billing, but also accounting and legal advice.
What you could build
Build billing software that pulls sharing data from the national hub and bills each member, as 1 company already does in Switzerland.
Good for
Someone who builds software and would like to work with energy communities.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 8/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech towns and hospitals face EU building-upgrade rules, and Czechia is already lateHousingHard
The problem
The EU has started proceedings against Czechia for missing its deadline, so Czech rules are coming. Owners with many buildings will have to decide which to fix first, and at what cost.
What you could build
Build software that reads an owner's energy data and ranks which building to renovate first and at what cost, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who understands building energy use and can sell to hospitals and towns through tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12Draft law
Disputes against Czech lenders have quadrupled since 2023, and every one needs someone to answer itFintechModerate
The problem
Borrowers take lenders to the state's financial arbiter, mostly saying nobody checked they could repay. Every case needs documents and a legal answer written by hand, and this year is heading for about 20,000.
What you could build
Build case software for lenders that pulls the loan file, drafts the reply to the arbiter and tracks deadlines.
Good for
Someone who can build legal software and sell to banks and lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12Nobody does it here yetDraft law
Many Czech food buyers still take farm deliveries on spoken deals. One was fined 1,040,000 CZK, and by 2028 farm deliveries need a written contract.LegalModerate
The problem
The competition office looked at 488 food buyers and found spoken orders still common, and fruit collection points buying with no contract at all. From 19 August 2028 every farm delivery needs a written contract agreed first.
What you could build
Build software inside a produce buyer's own trading and weighing system that writes each delivery contract with the price rule the law wants, sends it for electronic signature before the load moves and files it, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows how grain and produce are bought and can sell to traders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech sole traders can borrow 300,000 CZK and be chased for 1.4M CZK within 3 monthsFintechHard
The problem
Lenders sign people up as businesses, so the consumer-credit rules do not protect them, and a notary's deed lets the lender enforce without a court. More of those deeds end in fast enforcement every year.
What you could build
Build a check where a sole trader uploads a business-loan contract and sees the grounds to fight it, and a partner lawyer takes the case for a share of what is saved, as 2 companies already do in the United States.
Good for
Lawyers who fight lenders in Czech courts and can build or run simple software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
Czech towns and firms that got a grant can be made to pay part of it back over one wrongly run tenderLegalHard
The problem
Tax offices check how grant money was spent, and most often find tenders run against the procurement law. In 2025 they ordered 977 paybacks, about 374,000 CZK each on average, plus late penalties.
What you could build
Build a checking service that compares each tender and each report a town or firm files under a grant with that grant's rules before it goes out, as similar services already do for grant reports, not tenders, in the United States and Poland.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech grant rules and public tenders, and can sell to town halls.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12
Czech towns and hospitals can wait 5 months to sign a contract when a losing bidder complainsGovtechHard
The problem
When a bidder asks the competition office to review a tender, the contract is often blocked until it decides, about 5 months on average. Bidders asked for 268 reviews in 2025, a third more than a year earlier.
What you could build
Build a service that checks a town's or hospital's tender conditions against the competition office's past rulings before the tender goes out, and defends the buyer if a bidder complains, as similar services already do in Germany and the United States.
Good for
Lawyers or tender administrators who want to sell to town halls and hospitals.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 7/12
Czech shops get thousands of complaints about fake copies of their own sites. Weeks after they report the fakes, nothing has happened.LegalModerate
The problem
Criminals copy a known Czech shop's site and take people's money, and the real shop then fields thousands of refund demands. Its reports to the platforms, the inspectors and the police went weeks without a result.
What you could build
Build software that watches marketplaces, adverts and new web addresses for copies of a Czech shop's name and pages, collects the proof and files each removal request itself, as 5 companies already do in 4 other countries.
Good for
Someone who can build web crawlers and is comfortable dealing with lawyers and marketplaces.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A café can lose a table for 5 hours to one coffee, so laptop guests get turned awayRetailEasy
The problem
A Prague café owner pulled the wifi, saying a guest can turn a table into an office for 5 hours on one coffee.
What you could build
Build a booking app where cafés, hotels and gyms sell their quiet hours as work seats by the hour, as 3 companies already do in 3 other countries.
Good for
Someone who enjoys signing up cafés and hotels one by one, street by street.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 7/12
A new EU anti-money-laundering law hits Czech investment advisers in under 10 monthsFintechModerate
The problem
From July 2027, an EU rulebook replaces much of Czech anti-money-laundering law, so firms it covers must update client checks and policies. That comes on top of the central bank's paperwork.
What you could build
Build compliance software for advice networks that records why an investment suits each client and files central-bank reports.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with financial advisers and their compliance officers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech employers with 150+ staff would have to redesign how they set pay under a new lawLegalModerate
The problem
Czechia is late on the EU rules, and its draft would make every employer set pay by a written system. Applicants would learn the minimum pay, and firms with 150+ staff would report their pay gap by March 2028.
What you could build
Build software that reads a company's payroll export and produces the pay-gap report the draft law would require.
Good for
Someone who knows HR and payroll and can sell to larger employers.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Draft law
Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.RetailModerate
The problem
Hosts send the same guest details to the foreign police, the town and the statistics office, each in its own way. A bill would replace this with one state register from January 2028.
What you could build
Build an online guest check-in that files each guest once to the foreign police, the town's fee records and the statistics office, and later to the new register, as 1 company already does in Spain.
Good for
Someone who can connect software to state systems and likes working with hosts.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech lenders can be fined 4M CZK for not checking that borrowers can afford to repay. A bill would extend the check to shoppers who pay later.FintechModerate
The problem
Some lenders take borrowers at their word on what they spend, and non-bank lenders were fined 19M CZK last year. From February 2027 a bill would add the check when shoppers pay in instalments or in one payment later.
What you could build
Build a service that reads a borrower's bank transactions, with consent, and gives the lender a documented check that the borrower can afford to repay, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows credit risk and bank data and can sell to lenders.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech marketplaces and forums must tell users why each post was removed. A bill would let the regulator fine them up to 6% of turnover.LegalModerate
The problem
Czech marketplaces and forums must handle reports of illegal posts and explain each removal to the user. Nobody can fine them yet, but a bill awaiting its last lower-house vote would allow fines up to 6% of turnover.
What you could build
Build Czech-language software that logs reports of illegal posts, sends users the reason for each removal, files it in the EU database and writes the yearly report, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Developers who know content moderation and can sell to Czech marketplaces and forums.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech building permits take way too long (6–12 months)HousingModerate
The problem
Engineers preparing one chase opinions from many offices and utility companies, each on its own deadline. The state has cut red tape 4 times since 2022, with little effect.
What you could build
Build software for design offices that sends permit requests and tracks every answer deadline.
Good for
Someone who knows Czech building permits and can sell to design offices.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech car buyers stood in office queues over 1.2M times last year just to change a car's ownerMobilityModerate
The problem
Even when the paperwork starts online, the buyer must still go to one of 206 registration offices to finish it. The state expects to save about 2.4bn CZK a year by ending most of these visits.
What you could build
Build a registration service for car dealers, leasing firms and fleets that takes their papers under a power of attorney, files each change in bulk and returns plates and papers, as 3 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who knows car dealers or leasing firms and can run a reliable back office.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Czech families looking for a care-home bed apply to home after home, then waitHealthEasy
The problem
Every home keeps its own waiting list, so families put their parent on list after list. By 2030 Czechia will have 690,000 people over 80, nearly half more than in 2023, so even more families will be searching.
What you could build
Build a placement service that finds free care-home beds and applies for families, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with care homes and families.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12Nobody does it here yet
Czech care homes are short of carers, and can't book cover for a single shiftHealthHard
The problem
More than half of surveyed Czech care services report being short of workers. Shift apps only offer spare shifts to a home's own staff, and agencies fill jobs, not shifts.
What you could build
Build an app where vetted nurses and carers pick up single shifts at care homes, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Someone ready to recruit carers and handle Czech employment rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 6/12
Insulating a Czech house is a patchwork of firms, quotes and paid paperworkEnergyHard
The problem
The roof often goes to one firm and the walls to another, each surveying and pricing the house. Then comes the energy assessment and subsidy application, which a homeowner can pay a firm to handle.
What you could build
Build an insulation company whose own crews insulate the whole house at one fixed price and handle the subsidy, as 3 companies already do in Germany.
Good for
Someone who can run building crews and handle state subsidy paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 5/12
Czech village mayors must handle the money and hospital consents of adults who can't manage alone. A bill would let them hand this on from July 2027.GovtechHard
The problem
When a court decides an adult can't manage alone and nobody else can help, their town or village is made responsible. In a village with no staff, the mayor does it, which can mean signing hospital consents at weekends.
What you could build
Build case-management software for the town offices that take on this work, with a file per person, their money and the yearly accounts for the court, as 1 company already does in Sweden.
Good for
Someone who can sell software to town halls and understands social work.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNo investors needed 5/12
Czech heat-pump and solar installers do subsidy paperwork by hand while quoting jobsEnergyEasy
The problem
Since June 2026, state heating and insulation grants go only to poorer households, and a renovation pass is now required. Installers handle that paperwork while sizing and pricing each job.
What you could build
Build an app for heat-pump and solar installers that sizes the system, prices the job and fills in the subsidy forms.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with heat-pump and solar installers.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claimHealthEasy
The problem
A home visit sets the grade, and one grade higher can pay over 4 times as much a month. Guides describe the process as bureaucratic and opaque.
What you could build
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help families caring for a sick or elderly relative.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech builders are short of workers, and crews found online come with unchecked papersHousingEasy
The problem
Building labourers were the manual job Czech employers advertised most at the labour office in August 2026. Contractors who need crews with papers in order can lease them from agencies or use websites that check no documents.
What you could build
Build an online marketplace where contractors hire building crews with checked papers, then handle their documents and pay.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with builders and building crews.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 5/12
Czech firms must now say their chatbots are AI, and a draft law sets finesLegalEasy
The problem
AI-made content must now be labelled too. Yet the Czech law naming who checks and fines firms is still a draft, past the EU's deadline.
What you could build
Build an online check that scans a small firm's website for chatbots and AI-made content that must be disclosed.
Good for
Someone who'd like to help small firms follow the new AI rules.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Small Czech trucking firms on thin margins still handle paperwork by phone and e-mailMobilityEasy
The problem
A dispatcher takes each load by phone, and the office runs delivery papers and invoices through e-mail and old dispatch software. From July 2027, authorities can't demand paper if a certified digital record exists.
What you could build
Build a phone-and-web app for small trucking firms that reads delivery papers and turns them into invoices.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with small trucking firms.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech home-care agencies run on phones and paper while nurses are scarceHealthEasy
The problem
Agencies book, move and confirm visits by phone, while Czech employers posted 380 new health and care vacancies in one month, nurses the most sought. Care services may now also help with medicines and stoma bags.
What you could build
Build a Czech-speaking phone assistant that books, moves and confirms visits in the home-care agency's own scheduling software.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with home-care agencies.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 4/12
Czech towns buy solar panels one by one, and waste months doing itEnergyVery hard
The problem
Every town writes its own tender for the same thing: panels on a public roof. Some towns ran theirs again, and one moved its bid deadline 8 times in under 6 months.
What you could build
Build a buying service that pools many towns' solar roofs into one tender, as 1 company already does in the Netherlands.
Good for
Someone who knows public tenders and likes working with towns on solar.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 4/12
Czech banks must accept the EU's digital ID app by the end of 2027GovtechVery hard
The problem
Czechia launches the app at the end of 2026. Banks, phone companies and big platforms will have to accept it when customers prove who they are, and each needs a way to check it.
What you could build
Build a service inside a bank's customer sign-up that checks the EU digital ID app, as 2 companies already do in 2 other countries.
Good for
Engineers who know digital identity and can sell to banks.
At a glance
Paid by large firmsNeeds investors 3/12
Since July, all but 11 Czech crypto firms must stop serving clientsFintechEasy
The problem
Unlicensed firms must hand their customers' coins and cash to a licensed firm or back to the customer. Those that keep trading risk fines above 100M CZK.
What you could build
Build a fixed-price service that winds down an unlicensed crypto firm: tells customers, moves their coins and cash, closes the records.
Good for
Someone who knows crypto wallets and exchanges and likes careful paperwork.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 3/12
Every Czech accountant would have to retrain under a new law planned for 2028B2BHard
The problem
Payroll offices already had to rework their software this year for a new monthly report. The planned law would also change the software firms keep their books on.
What you could build
Build an accounting firm where software reads client documents and licensed accountants check the work, starting with payroll.
Good for
Accountants who like software, or engineers with an accountant co-founder.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNeeds investors 3/12Draft law
Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their ownEnvironmentVery hard
The problem
Czechia has hundreds of water utilities, and those fitting smart meters buy the meters, radio readers and software alone. This summer 7 signed or tendered separate deals.
What you could build
Build a service that fits smart meters for small water utilities and reads them remotely, as Czech firms already do.
Good for
Someone who can run meter-fitting crews and win water utility tenders.
At a glance
Paid by the public sectorNeeds investors 2/12
Czech wholesalers type incoming orders into their systems by handB2BEasy
The problem
Orders reach Czech wholesalers as e-mails, PDFs and spreadsheets, and staff type each line into their accounting software.
What you could build
Build software that reads orders arriving by e-mail, PDF or Excel and enters them into the wholesaler's accounting system.
Good for
Someone who'd like to work with wholesalers and their accounting software.
At a glance
Paid by small firmsNo investors needed 2/12