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JIC — South Moravian Innovation Centre (Jihomoravské inovační centrum)

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Regional innovation agency jointly founded by the City of Brno, the South Moravian Region and four Brno universities to bridge academic research and industry via incubators, an SME-university voucher scheme, and a CEE seed fund.

300+
Companies supported since founding (by 2018)
~CZK 30 billion
Combined annual revenue of supported portfolio (2018)
~6,500
People employed across supported portfolio (2018)
100
JIC Innovation Park incubated companies (by 2012)
~CZK 400 million (~€16.3M)
JIC Ventures fund capital
JIC — South Moravian Innovation Centre (Jihomoravské inovační centrum)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Jihomoravské inovační centrum (JIC), z.s.p.o.
Period
2003–present
Region (NUTS)
CZ06
Keywords
regional innovation agency, university tech transfer, business incubation, venture capital

Context

JIC was founded in 2003 as a joint venture of the City of Brno, the South Moravian Region and Brno's four public universities, running stage-specific programmes from early idea validation (ENTER) to scale-up support (PLATINN), two university-campus incubators, and innovation vouchers funding SME-university research collaboration.

Results

By its 15-year mark (2018), JIC reported supporting 300+ companies since founding, with combined annual revenues of roughly CZK 30 billion and ~6,500 people employed across its portfolio. The EU-cofinanced JIC Innovation Park (€12.5M total investment, €9.0M ERDF) had by 2012 incubated ~100 companies employing 300 people (44% in R&D), generating €21M in turnover. JIC Ventures (~CZK 400M/~€16.3M capital) targets ~20 CEE startups; JIC reports client exits over five years exceeding €41M combined value.

Conclusions

JIC's headline figures are self-reported rather than independently audited, and the most complete aggregate numbers date to 2012 and 2018 — no consolidated recent (2023-2025) annual report with updated totals was found; a 2012 EU-funded target of '5 globally leading companies and 2,000 jobs by 2015' could not be verified as met or missed.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
JIC programme managers across ENTER/PLATINN stages

Conditions for success

  • Joint public-university governance model
  • Innovation vouchers connecting SMEs directly to university research capacity

Common failure modes

  • No consolidated recent (2023-2025) financial reporting available to verify continued performance against original EU-funded targets

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes ERDF — European Regional Development Fund

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