We create globally successful companies
We are an innovation agency founded in 2003 by the City of Brno together with the South Moravian Region and Brno universities. We have been creating globally successful companies for more than 20 years. Why? Because we believe that the development of high value-added businesses strengthens the economic stability of Europe and is one of the most effective solutions to global challenges.
What do we want to achieve by 2030?
1 global unicorn
We will support the creation of a company valued at over $1 billion.
10 globally successful companies
We will help companies with a turnover of over CZK 500 million to become major players on global markets.
20 companies with successful exits
We provide support for companies that achieve strategic sales.
30% women at the head of startups
We will strengthen diversity and equal opportunities in business.
40 academic spinoffs
We connect research results with practice and turn them into innovative companies.
50 million euros of investment
We facilitate access to finance for our clients.
2003
2003
2003? For some, it's history. After all, it was the year Apple launched its iTunes Store, you could make your first ever Skype call, and LinkedIn was born. And South Moravia? That's a different story. The region's fragile economy was to be put on its feet by the region's first regional innovation strategy. And the JIC was one of the first projects to be implemented.
2004
2004
Václav Muchna knocked on the door of the only one year old JIC. Back then, as a student, he came up with the idea for a print management system for companies. Today, Y Soft employs hundreds of people and operates on several continents.
2007
2007
Flowmon Networks grew out of a university project and had its first offices at JIC. The sale of the company in 2021 brought additional capital and experience to South Moravia. Jura Tobola is passing this on to other entrepreneurs as our senior consultant.
2010
2010
The international StarCube accelerator has supported 62 startups that have received investments worth more than 122 million crowns. Among them was Oliver Dlouhy's inconspicuous project called Skypicker.cz. He decided to make buying airline tickets more accessible and easier. His company is now known around the world as Kiwi.com.
2010
2010
GINA's early days were marked by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Zbyněk Poulíček, together with Boris Procházka and Petra Cerna, developed software that would help connect emergency and security forces.
2014
2014
We opened INTEMAC, where we help manufacturing and technology companies with digitalization, automation and robotization. We have helped dozens of companies in the region to invent, design or build completely new solutions.
2015
2015
We have launched JIC Ventures, an investment vehicle that supports promising companies to grow faster. Its goal is not just financial gain. Successful companies help the development of the whole region.
2015
2015
The roots of Brno's success in the field of computer speech analysis date back to 2006. A group of scientists from the Faculty of Information Technology at the BUT developed a phoneme recognition system. With JIC at its back, the scientific project grew into the company Phonexia.
2017
2017
We opened the first FabLab in the Czech Republic. A non-stop publicly accessible digital workshop offering the opportunity to work with a 3D printer, cutting plotter, laser cutter or CNC milling machine.
2018
2018
We are creating a professional network of innovation centres that will operate under the Ynovate brand from 2021. By finding synergies, working directly with entrepreneurs and sharing contacts, we jointly support the creation and development of innovative, ambitious and sustainable entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic.
2019
2019
In 2019, we created the JIC+ platform for the community of people who own and run businesses. They share their experiences, learn from each other. The community offers a safe space for dialogue and learning.
2020
2020
We are opening a creative hub KUMST - a background for creatives, which was missing in Brno until now. Its aim is to connect professionals across the creative industries, develop their ability to make a living from their work and support other industries.
2021
2021
We are starting to organize Velvet Innovation meetups, short informal meetings where participants learn about what's coming up in the #brnoregion innovation ecosystem, share successes of past projects and look for opportunities to collaborate.
2022
2022
Gamebaze, the first game incubator in the Czech Republic, is launched. It serves gaming startups and studios, offering them industry training events, consulting sessions with experts from various industries, as well as physical space and facilities.
2003
2003? For some, it's history. After all, it was the year Apple launched its iTunes Store, you could make your first ever Skype call, and LinkedIn was born. And South Moravia? That's a different story. The region's fragile economy was to be put on its feet by the region's first regional innovation strategy. And the JIC was one of the first projects to be implemented.
The KUMST creative hub creates an environment for creative professionals to create and do business freely. It provides creatives with a place to create, network and get advice from more experienced creatives.
Velvet Innovation is a platform for meeting representatives of companies, public institutions or universities and scientific teams involved in the growth of the South Moravian innovation ecosystem #brnoregion.
FabLab Brno is the first digital workshop for makers in the Czech Republic. They can find laser cutters, 3D printers or a CNC milling machine. In addition to the one at JIc, we also have a mobile workshop in a truck called FabLab University.
Ynovate is a network of professional innovation centres that support the creation and development of innovative, ambitious and sustainable businesses by finding synergies, working directly with entrepreneurs and sharing contacts.
#brnoregion is the brand we use to promote the South Moravian Region and the city of Brno as the right place for innovative business, research and development.
Brno.AI is an open platform that finds applications for AI, creates space for collaboration and helps develop the AI community in #brnoregion.
We founded our subsidiary JIC Ventures to support promising founders with vision and potential. For example, we have investments in NenoVision, Bastl Instruments and Wereld.
INTEMAC is a research and innovation center we founded to support Industry 4.0 in manufacturing and technology companies.