JIC
jic.cz Direct investor
JIC is an innovation agency founded in 2003 by the City of Brno, the South Moravian Region, and Brno universities. It supports startups through incubation, acceleration, and investment, and has helped over 1300 companies.
JIC is an accelerator headquartered in Brno, Czechia, founded in 2003. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in deep-tech, life sciences, biotechnology and manufacturing. 1300 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest in them, connect them with international partners and help them find optimal paths to funding, growth and successful exits.”
— JIC, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Invests in
- South Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe
- Sectors
- deep-tech, life sciences, biotechnology, manufacturing, technology, game development, creative industries, AI
- Founded
- 2003
- Portfolio
- 1300 companies
Team, as JIC publishes it
- Martin Dokoupil Start-up Consultant
- Martin Zadražil Start-up Consultant
- Miloš Sochor Start-up Investment Expert
Names and roles exactly as listed on jic.cz. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 4 co-investors found.
- 28DIGITAL 1 shared company: eitdigital.eu
- Startup Reaktor 1 shared company: eitdigital.eu
- Alpine Space Ventures Management GMBH 1 shared company: esa.int
- Beyond Earth Ventures 1 shared company: esa.int
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page JIC publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.jic.cz/en/name, type, hq_city, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, portfolio_count, people, status, confidence
- https://www.jic.cz/en/about-usis_investor, layer, hq_country, invests_in_geographies, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded
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Record 6907 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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