Ynovate - innovation development network

Ynovate: Professional innovation network

We are a network of eight professional innovation centres established. By seeking synergies, cooperating directly with entrepreneurs, and sharing contacts, we support the birth and development of innovative, ambitious, and sustainable businesses.

Creating a network of experts

Bringing entrepreneurs together with experts and mediating consultations or mentoring is an essential service provided by innovation agencies. By sharing contacts among innovation agencies, we provide a lot wider range of know-how, so our clients may get the very support they need. Through sharing examples of good practice we help entrepreneurs find a new direction and a new perspective of the world around.

Interconnecting start-ups and corporations

We bring together leaders with leaders. Thanks to long-term relations with entrepreneurs from all over the country we know very well who is looking for technology or software solutions and who is working on them as well. Through interconnecting companies and institutions across regions, the clients of innovation agencies may join the projects or selection procedures they would have never learnt about otherwise.

Sharing know-how

Innovation centres are continuously evolving, inspiring each other by their achievements and learning from each other’s mistakes. This way, we can more efficiently implement new services or solve unforeseen problems.

Bringing businesses and investors together

Investors often want to invest into specific types of businesses, and lots of businesses are looking for investors. Using a shared network covering most of our country, we can help both the investors and entrepreneurs find their ideal matches.

Where to find innovation agencies involved in Ynovate

Our goal is to connect innovators across the country. Our innovation agencies are established directly by regions and cities, and they build strong connections with local companies, universities, and institutions. We currently have members in nine regions of the Czech Republic and two in Slovakia.

Our members

How we work together

We foster the development of regional innovation ecosystems through long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs and experts from a wide range of fields. By connecting regional innovation centers, we leverage synergies between these ecosystems, thereby cultivating the business environment across the Czech Republic and Slovakia and enhancing their competitiveness.

Client Stories

Success stories

Connecting client networks with Innovation Centres – Devinn

Thanks to its participation in the Engineering Fair in Brno and contact with Lucie Kanioková from JIC Brno, the Devinn company established cooperation with the Lipo.ink Innovation Center.

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Interconnecting with experts and investors across regions – Samohyb

Thanks to the Ynovate network, the Samohyb company from Ústí nad Labem established cooperation with an expert from another region. The Ústí nad Labem region lacks experts in support the development of foreign trade.

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Co-organizing events and interconnecting various activities – Flenexa

In 2020, the owners of Flenexa participated in a workshop organized by the Innovation Center of the Olomouc Region and JIC, and thanks to that they established cooperation with expert Jiří Imrýšek.

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Know-how sharing – Prototype and Verify and INO:EX

The cooperation of JIC and SIC innovation centres made it possible to establish a new program to support companies dealing in the development of a prototype or verifying its market potential. JIC passed on its know-how from the Prototype and Verify (Prototypuj a ověřuj) project to the Central Bohemia Innovation Centre (SIC) which then created a...

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More than 200 experts in the Ynovate network

Thanks to the collaboration between innovation agencies and the shared Ynovate expert network, we connect clients with the exact assistance they need. Our experts are successful entrepreneurs or professionals in their fields who possess experience, contacts and a willingness to share them. We have carefully vetted all our experts, so we can vouch for their professional and consulting capabilities. Here are the experts shared across the network:

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