Start-ups and spin-offs at BUT

BUT considers it important to create favourable conditions for the creation of start-ups or spin-offs by simplifying the procedures and procedures leading to their creation. It tries to achieve this by modifying the internal legislative conditions for their approval, methodical support and guidance of those interested, assistance in the preparation of business plans in cooperation with appropriate entities, such as the South Moravian Innovation Centre and the Brno Technology Park, but also through the chambers of commerce. It can also provide start-up capital or premises for incubation and ongoing business. At the same time, it strives to ensure that entrepreneurship at and with the university is not a hidden secret, but a positively evaluated activity that will be based on setting and respecting mutually correct conditions from the other side. Start-ups and spin-offs established at BUT singificantly contribute not only in technological development, but also in addressing current societal challenges - from environmental sustainability and climate change to digital transformation. The BUT is striving to establish on average at least 3-5 spin-offs or start-ups per year as a university.

The BUT cooperates with the South Moravian Innovation Centre in mentoring and possible incubation of start-up or spin-off companies within two technology incubators, which are directly part of the university campus and which are managed by the JIC. In addition to the technology incubators, together with the JIC, the BUT participates in the operation of the KUMST Creative Incubator focused on the development of creative entrepreneurship, which is operated by the JIC in the university building at Údolní 19.

The competitive advantage of the Brno University of Technology is provided by the Brno Technology Park, the first ever technology park in the Czech Republic, of which the Brno University of Technology is a co-owner with the City of Brno through a premium share. In cooperation with the city, the BUT is striving to find the optimal form of active cooperation between our university and the Technology Park in order to make the most of the synergies arising from the immediate neighbourhood. Important references in this sense are, for example, the Technische Universität München or Technische Universität Chemnitz in Germany, which are also surrounded by technology parks. The BUT is negotiating with the City of Brno on the possibility of possibly using an agreed part of the premises for the start-up location of start-up or spin-off companies founded by the university, including space for the creative activities of students. Another opportunity is another science and technology park, VTP Brno, a. s., established in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of South Moravia and built in the Pod Palackého vrchem area, in which the BUT owns a 12% stake and with which it is also looking for an optimal form of cooperation.