JIC Ventures has joined the pre-seed round of Czech medtech startup HTG Medical, which automates urine output monitoring in intensive care units. The round was led by Garage Angels together with Electron Capital Partners, with existing investors Jinej fond and Dendis Capital also taking part. The €450,000 investment comes as the company...

MAIA Labs, a Czech deep tech company, has received CE certification under the EU Medical Device Regulation for ColoMAIA II, its AI-powered colonoscopy assistant, clearing it for commercial sale across Europe.

JIC Ventures has invested in Webout, a Czech startup that has built an automated platform for real-time hyper-personalised video – and is now taking it to the US market. The Brno-born fund joined a €1.65 million seed round led by Seed Starter SK with Energy Venture Pals also participating. Co-founder Michal Orsava has already...

Six weeks after launching its new fund, JIC Ventures has made its first startup investment – in FaceUp, a technology platform that helps companies build an ethical culture and prevent risk. The fund joined a Series A round totalling $5 million, led by Croatian fund Fil Rouge Capital, bringing not only capital but also knowing the...

The innovation agency JIC has officially launched the new venture capital fund JIC Ventures, which will invest in early-stage technology startups from the Czech Republic and Central Europe. The EUR 16 million fund aims to contribute to the transformation of the Czech economy. The official launch in Brno took place in the presence of President...

The Brno Region is emerging as one of Europe’s rising technology hubs, according to the latest annual data report published by JIC, the Czech innovation agency. Driven by sectors that are increasingly relevant to the continent’s competitiveness, resilience and security, the Czech second-city region is building...