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Business Consultants
for Science Based Innovations

We support universities & startups in bringing their technologies to market, companies in exploring innovation opportunities, and investors in assessing the value and potential of complex technologies.

Our Services

  • Answering questions such as:

    • Is there a market for your technology?

    • Where is this market located and what paths lead to it?

    • How much is the technology worth?

  • Answering questions such as:

    • Why people should buy your product?

    • How to raise money for your company?

    • How much is your company worth?

  • Answering questions such as:

    • What new technologies could help your business?

    • What is your competition doing?

    • Are you spending too much money on your company's IP?

    • Deep tech: decoded and de-risked.

    • Due diligence even in areas that others do not understand

    • Building stronger innovation ecosystems through policy insight, expert analysis, and institutional support

    • Setting innovation policy to create a functional innovation ecosystem

We analyze, validate, appraise, assess, and provide data-driven advice that leads to real results: we save you money and time and provide insight into complex IP and technology landscapes.

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International network

A strong international network of industry leaders, VC funds, outstanding researchers, and public sector professionals - connecting innovation across domains.

Tech insight with
business impact

Deep insight into cutting-edge technologies and their strategic business relevance, with years of experience navigating the needs of academia, start-ups, investors, and established enterprises.

IP-to-market
expertise

Proven ability to turn intellectual property into market-ready solutions, grounded in legal, technical, and especially business perspectives.

Monika Štěpánová

CEO, Lightly Technologies

"UNICO team is highly experienced, dependable, and solution-oriented. No matter the challenge, things are always handled constructively and in good spirit, which I truly appreciate.

Together, we’ve cooperated on projects involving technology transfer, licensing, IP protection, business validation, strategy development, and more. UNICO has consistently been a trusted partner, and I’m confident in recommending them to anyone seeking reliable, expert support in innovation and commercialization."

Kateřina Kadlecová

CEO, USSPA


"The meeetings were very empathetic and stimulating at the same time from the very beginning. UNICO provided us with a comprehensive view of IP protection and a quantification of our progress to date in this area.

It helped us to organize our priorities and attitudes towards patent protection in the future and optimizing our existing patent portfolio. We will definitely follow up on the project."

Ladislav Kotoulek

Managing Director, KAYSER

"In the search for alternative materials for the production of our core range, we have reached beyond the horizon of our vision. Thanks to UNICO, we were able to find a way out of the impasse and see the issue in a broader context. The collaboration was very insightful and showed us the direction we should take next. If we find ourselves in a similar situation in the future, we will confidently turn to UNICO again and find our way together...

Kiril Ribarov

Innovation Manager, ŠKODA

"Working with UNICO has given us a wealth of insight into patents and innovative solutions in Central Europe.
The UNICO team was able to prepare practical and clear outputs relevant for our innovators and innovation managers.

Thanks to the overall overview and the list of specific examples, their output was easy to grasp both for inspiration and for a substantive discussion of the possibility of using individual solutions. This pragmatism is much appreciated."

Miroslav Beblavý

CEO, CB ESPRI

"We used Technology & IP Risk Analysis at a time when we were closing a large number of projects at once and faced a lack of capacity in our analytics team. UNICO provided us with in-depth risk analysis in a short time in areas where they have unique expertise, so we greatly appreciated their insight."

Radoslav Vejchoda

Business Analyst & RIS3 Developer, CIRI HK

"Our cooperation with UNICO has been extremely beneficial. The analysis of technology trends provided valuable evidence not only for the comparison of regional actors with global technology trends, but also for the design of innovation education in selected sectors. Overall, we are satisfied with the expertise and professionalism of UNICO's services, which have contributed to accelerating innovation support in the Hradec Kralove region.

They provide us with meaningful data and evidence for strategic decision-making, thereby reducing the error rate of our strategic operations."

Tomáš Bobela

Project Manager, BPD Partners

"We cooperated with UNICO on scouting expert teams in the field of biotechnology. UNICO demonstrated that it has a current and deep insight into what is happening in applied science and where investment opportunities may lie. All of this was underpinned by a robust analytical approach based on a set of relevant indicators. UNICO personally introduced us to the selected teams we visited together. Scouting served as a great gateway to projects we might not have come across otherwise, and we will definitely use it again. "

Jakub Šulta

CEO, Carvago

"We were pleasantly surprised by the cooperation with the academic sector. UNICO has found a top scientific team for us and is helping us to manage the collaboration - to make it effective and deliver results that we can use in practice.

Our colleagues from the CTU bring a new perspective and great ideas to the development of software for the digitalisation of the used car market - we are delighted with their high level of expertise, which will take the project forward."

Tomáš Slavík

CEO, PSP Technologies

"After three years of working on a joint development project, I perceive the following typical top 5 characteristics of Unico team members: they track the assigned topics and tasks and really do the work.
A true art of listening comes naturally to them. They have a nose for interesting topics, projects, great collaborators and contacts to interesting, unprofitable companies. Professional negotiation, great balance of agility, respect and assertiveness. And of course, knowledgeable, complete IP procurement."

Martin Smekal

Head of the TTC, CeTTAV

"We approached UNICO to prepare a market analysis related to the technology from two research institutes of the CAS. The results of the analysis were used to negotiate a cooperation and licensing agreement with the start-up Preagon Biotech. Thanks to the presented information, we now have an overview of the competition and legislative conditions on the market and we have also confirmed the possibilities of application of our technology. We value the cooperation with UNICO especially for the ability to find relevant source data and work with it analytically."

Philippe Dubost

Head of Industry Relationships,

"We recently collaborated with UNICO on a market analysis to support the foundation of our start-up in the psychometrics field, and the experience was very positive. What we particularly appreciated was their initiative to go beyond the agreed scope: they reached out to professionals in their own network to gather real-world feedback, which helped validate and enrich the analysis. They also shared useful tips and contacts that we could follow up on for prospecting. Overall, the collaboration was smooth, professional, and added real value to our project. I most definitely recommend working with the experts at UNICO."

Václav Skoblík

Division Director, UCED

"In order to keep UCED up-to-date with current technology trends, we repeatedly work with UNICO, which knows where to look and how to put the information we find into the business context of our projects. Thanks for the great collaboration."

Jafar Fathi

Researcher, IPP, CAS

"UNICO provided us with clear, actionable insights into the commercialization potential of advanced nanomaterials. Their structured approach and deep market understanding helped us clarify strategic priorities and identify key opportunities. Highly recommended for innovation-driven projects."

Petra Krumlová

Innovation Manager, Pilsner Urquell

"Ensuring patent purity was key at the beginning of development, where UNICO played a vital role. The collaboration was very inspiring and it was crucial that despite many challenges and obstacles, we kept pulling together and had the passion to see the project through to the end."

Antonín Heřmánek

Head of Research and Analysis Department, ERA

"I am satisfied with UNICO's service. We received the necessary information to make further decisions. I can say that we at ERA have a long experience of cooperation with Czech universities. Therefore, I can imagine that we could have achieved similar results of the university survey by our own efforts. But it would cost time and capacity of our development team. It was much more efficient to invest in cooperation with UNICO. I can recommend working with UNICO experts.

Petr Samek

Co-founder, ROUVY

"UNICO helped us to find a great academic partner for our R&D project, thanks to which we are integrating augmented reality support into our sports simulators based on the cutting-edge research of Prof. Herout from Brno University of Technology and his team."

Petr Souček

AI Senior Specialist, ČEPS

"UNICO's contract solution met all our expectations. The implementation was smooth, pleasant and professional. Thanks to the results of the scouting, we were able to establish contact with the suppliers according to our wishes. We look forward to the next opportunity for cooperation."

Julie Dobrovolná

CEO, ENTRANT

"Thanks to UNICO, I have the luxury of doing nothing but research. It's extremely beneficial, I don't have to get other expertise. We've had several cases of unhappy scientists trying to become businessmen. The academic world is so fast-paced these days and I can't imagine setting aside two days a week to learn the business."

Fady Al-Kheir

Group CEO, Energon

"When we approached UNICO for cooperation, we knew we wanted to invest in green hydrogen production. However, this area is really complex and technologically demanding. At UNICO, they prepared a cutting-edge analysis of all modern hydrogen production methods, both those that are already in use somewhere and those that are still patent pending. They also evaluated which methods were most suitable for our investment."

Petr Kostka

CEO, BioVendor

"UNICO saved us a lot of work and trouble. We took advantage of their technology scouting to find unique vendors for our project. They not only found the technology suppliers, but then facilitated the collaboration with the selected vendors who would be able to implement the technologies for us."

Michal Mokroš

Business Development Specialist, VŠB TUO

“UNICO Analytics helped us determine the value of technology for transferring rights to a private company. Our entire collaboration was marked by excellent communication, reliable conduct, speed, and reasonable prices. Overall, UNICO's work was very good, and I would like to thank them again in this form.”

Jiří Přenosil

TT Manager, MENDELU

"UNICO was a great choice - they priced our technology license quickly and realistically. In addition, they found a manufacturer who invested in the development of our technology and bought the license. UNICO opened the way for our research to be put into practice - one of the most progressive wineries in the Czech Republic is now producing beverages carbonated with our grape bubbles instead of industrially produced CO2."

Tomáš Borovička

CEO, DataMole

"UNICO has mapped out for us the business potential of the AI anomaly detection technology we are developing. In less than a month, UNICO conducted validation with key people in manufacturing companies. UNICO helped us navigate the market and saved us time and money - the valuable feedback helped us rethink our strategy. In addition, the cooperation opened the door to potential clients in the Czech market."

Jan Douša

Researcher, VÚGTK

"Thanks to our cooperation with UNICO, we have found a solution to our specific situation in transferring the rights to the software we are developing, and we have been able to provide a sustainable model for its further development and use."

Pavel Popluhár

CEO & Co-founder, Edhance

"I had the opportunity to work with Vojtěch to set strategy, communication and negotiation within the investment seed round. We consulted operatively on the different stages and he was willing to connect us to other potential investors. I appreciate his human approach, very good knowledge of the environment and initiative."

Josef Žák

Researcher, ČVUT

"In the case of the commercialisation of the equipment, UNICO was the catalyst for all the processes. Thanks to UNICO's meticulous administrative work and proactive commercial activity, I was only able to take care of the technical part (production and development) of the facility. I know I can rely on UNICO."

Ivana Havránková

Head of Regional Office, CzechInvest

"UNICO is an important partner for the CzechInvest Agency in cooperation in the field of business support and innovation. In particular, cooperation in connecting companies and research organisations is important for the Agency."

Lukáš Hartych

Director, Membrain

"We used UNICO's services to monitor technological trends in the use of Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) technologies. In a relatively short period of time we obtained a well prepared report that both confirmed our findings and identified further opportunities for our R&D activities."

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Why UNICO

Reliability, Perspective, Brutal honesty and Precise data. No bullshit.

International
network

A strong international network of industry leaders, VC funds, outstanding researchers, and public sector professionals - connecting innovation across domains.

Tech insight with
business impact

Deep insight into cutting-edge technologies and their strategic business relevance, with years of experience navigating the needs of academia, start-ups, investors, and established enterprises.

IP-to-market
expertise

Proven ability to turn intellectual property into market-ready solutions, grounded in legal, technical, and especially business perspectives.

It’s all about a dialogue

dunes

"UNICO team is highly experienced, dependable, and solution-oriented. No matter the challenge, things are always handled constructively and in good spirit, which I truly appreciate.

Together, we’ve cooperated on projects involving technology transfer, licensing, IP protection, business validation, strategy development, and more. UNICO has consistently been a trusted partner, and I’m confident in recommending them to anyone seeking reliable, expert support in innovation and commercialization."

Monika Štěpánová

CEO, Lightly Technologies

dunes


"The meeetings were very empathetic and stimulating at the same time from the very beginning. UNICO provided us with a comprehensive view of IP protection and a quantification of our progress to date in this area.

It helped us to organize our priorities and attitudes towards patent protection in the future and optimizing our existing patent portfolio. We will definitely follow up on the project."

Kateřina Kadlecová

CEO, USSPA

dunes

"In the search for alternative materials for the production of our core range, we have reached beyond the horizon of our vision. Thanks to UNICO, we were able to find a way out of the impasse and see the issue in a broader context. The collaboration was very insightful and showed us the direction we should take next. If we find ourselves in a similar situation in the future, we will confidently turn to UNICO again and find our way together...

Ladislav Kotoulek

Managing Director, KAYSER

dunes

"Working with UNICO has given us a wealth of insight into patents and innovative solutions in Central Europe.
The UNICO team was able to prepare practical and clear outputs relevant for our innovators and innovation managers.

Thanks to the overall overview and the list of specific examples, their output was easy to grasp both for inspiration and for a substantive discussion of the possibility of using individual solutions. This pragmatism is much appreciated."

Kiril Ribarov

Innovation Manager, ŠKODA

dunes

"We used Technology & IP Risk Analysis at a time when we were closing a large number of projects at once and faced a lack of capacity in our analytics team. UNICO provided us with in-depth risk analysis in a short time in areas where they have unique expertise, so we greatly appreciated their insight."

Miroslav Beblavý

CEO, CB ESPRI

dunes

"Our cooperation with UNICO has been extremely beneficial. The analysis of technology trends provided valuable evidence not only for the comparison of regional actors with global technology trends, but also for the design of innovation education in selected sectors. Overall, we are satisfied with the expertise and professionalism of UNICO's services, which have contributed to accelerating innovation support in the Hradec Kralove region.

They provide us with meaningful data and evidence for strategic decision-making, thereby reducing the error rate of our strategic operations."

Radoslav Vejchoda

Business Analyst & RIS3 Developer, CIRI HK

dunes

"We cooperated with UNICO on scouting expert teams in the field of biotechnology. UNICO demonstrated that it has a current and deep insight into what is happening in applied science and where investment opportunities may lie. All of this was underpinned by a robust analytical approach based on a set of relevant indicators. UNICO personally introduced us to the selected teams we visited together. Scouting served as a great gateway to projects we might not have come across otherwise, and we will definitely use it again. "

Tomáš Bobela

Project Manager, BPD Partners

dunes

"We were pleasantly surprised by the cooperation with the academic sector. UNICO has found a top scientific team for us and is helping us to manage the collaboration - to make it effective and deliver results that we can use in practice.

Our colleagues from the CTU bring a new perspective and great ideas to the development of software for the digitalisation of the used car market - we are delighted with their high level of expertise, which will take the project forward."

Jakub Šulta

CEO, Carvago

dunes

"After three years of working on a joint development project, I perceive the following typical top 5 characteristics of Unico team members: they track the assigned topics and tasks and really do the work.
A true art of listening comes naturally to them. They have a nose for interesting topics, projects, great collaborators and contacts to interesting, unprofitable companies. Professional negotiation, great balance of agility, respect and assertiveness. And of course, knowledgeable, complete IP procurement."

Tomáš Slavík

CEO, PSP Technologies

dunes

"We approached UNICO to prepare a market analysis related to the technology from two research institutes of the CAS. The results of the analysis were used to negotiate a cooperation and licensing agreement with the start-up Preagon Biotech. Thanks to the presented information, we now have an overview of the competition and legislative conditions on the market and we have also confirmed the possibilities of application of our technology. We value the cooperation with UNICO especially for the ability to find relevant source data and work with it analytically."

Martin Smekal

Head of the TTC, CeTTAV

dunes

"We recently collaborated with UNICO on a market analysis to support the foundation of our start-up in the psychometrics field, and the experience was very positive. What we particularly appreciated was their initiative to go beyond the agreed scope: they reached out to professionals in their own network to gather real-world feedback, which helped validate and enrich the analysis. They also shared useful tips and contacts that we could follow up on for prospecting. Overall, the collaboration was smooth, professional, and added real value to our project. I most definitely recommend working with the experts at UNICO."

Philippe Dubost

Head of Industry Relationships,

dunes

"In order to keep UCED up-to-date with current technology trends, we repeatedly work with UNICO, which knows where to look and how to put the information we find into the business context of our projects. Thanks for the great collaboration."

Václav Skoblík

Division Director, UCED

dunes

"UNICO provided us with clear, actionable insights into the commercialization potential of advanced nanomaterials. Their structured approach and deep market understanding helped us clarify strategic priorities and identify key opportunities. Highly recommended for innovation-driven projects."

Jafar Fathi

Researcher, IPP, CAS

dunes

"Ensuring patent purity was key at the beginning of development, where UNICO played a vital role. The collaboration was very inspiring and it was crucial that despite many challenges and obstacles, we kept pulling together and had the passion to see the project through to the end."

Petra Krumlová

Innovation Manager, Pilsner Urquell

dunes

"I am satisfied with UNICO's service. We received the necessary information to make further decisions. I can say that we at ERA have a long experience of cooperation with Czech universities. Therefore, I can imagine that we could have achieved similar results of the university survey by our own efforts. But it would cost time and capacity of our development team. It was much more efficient to invest in cooperation with UNICO. I can recommend working with UNICO experts.

Antonín Heřmánek

Head of Research and Analysis Department, ERA

dunes

"UNICO helped us to find a great academic partner for our R&D project, thanks to which we are integrating augmented reality support into our sports simulators based on the cutting-edge research of Prof. Herout from Brno University of Technology and his team."

Petr Samek

Co-founder, ROUVY

dunes

"UNICO's contract solution met all our expectations. The implementation was smooth, pleasant and professional. Thanks to the results of the scouting, we were able to establish contact with the suppliers according to our wishes. We look forward to the next opportunity for cooperation."

Petr Souček

AI Senior Specialist, ČEPS

dunes

"Thanks to UNICO, I have the luxury of doing nothing but research. It's extremely beneficial, I don't have to get other expertise. We've had several cases of unhappy scientists trying to become businessmen. The academic world is so fast-paced these days and I can't imagine setting aside two days a week to learn the business."

Julie Dobrovolná

CEO, ENTRANT

dunes

"When we approached UNICO for cooperation, we knew we wanted to invest in green hydrogen production. However, this area is really complex and technologically demanding. At UNICO, they prepared a cutting-edge analysis of all modern hydrogen production methods, both those that are already in use somewhere and those that are still patent pending. They also evaluated which methods were most suitable for our investment."

Fady Al-Kheir

Group CEO, Energon

dunes

"UNICO saved us a lot of work and trouble. We took advantage of their technology scouting to find unique vendors for our project. They not only found the technology suppliers, but then facilitated the collaboration with the selected vendors who would be able to implement the technologies for us."

Petr Kostka

CEO, BioVendor

dunes

“UNICO Analytics helped us determine the value of technology for transferring rights to a private company. Our entire collaboration was marked by excellent communication, reliable conduct, speed, and reasonable prices. Overall, UNICO's work was very good, and I would like to thank them again in this form.”

Michal Mokroš

Business Development Specialist, VŠB TUO

dunes

"UNICO was a great choice - they priced our technology license quickly and realistically. In addition, they found a manufacturer who invested in the development of our technology and bought the license. UNICO opened the way for our research to be put into practice - one of the most progressive wineries in the Czech Republic is now producing beverages carbonated with our grape bubbles instead of industrially produced CO2."

Jiří Přenosil

TT Manager, MENDELU

dunes

"UNICO has mapped out for us the business potential of the AI anomaly detection technology we are developing. In less than a month, UNICO conducted validation with key people in manufacturing companies. UNICO helped us navigate the market and saved us time and money - the valuable feedback helped us rethink our strategy. In addition, the cooperation opened the door to potential clients in the Czech market."

Tomáš Borovička

CEO, DataMole

dunes

"Thanks to our cooperation with UNICO, we have found a solution to our specific situation in transferring the rights to the software we are developing, and we have been able to provide a sustainable model for its further development and use."

Jan Douša

Researcher, VÚGTK

dunes

"I had the opportunity to work with Vojtěch to set strategy, communication and negotiation within the investment seed round. We consulted operatively on the different stages and he was willing to connect us to other potential investors. I appreciate his human approach, very good knowledge of the environment and initiative."

Pavel Popluhár

CEO & Co-founder, Edhance

dunes

"In the case of the commercialisation of the equipment, UNICO was the catalyst for all the processes. Thanks to UNICO's meticulous administrative work and proactive commercial activity, I was only able to take care of the technical part (production and development) of the facility. I know I can rely on UNICO."

Josef Žák

Researcher, ČVUT

dunes

"UNICO is an important partner for the CzechInvest Agency in cooperation in the field of business support and innovation. In particular, cooperation in connecting companies and research organisations is important for the Agency."

Ivana Havránková

Head of Regional Office, CzechInvest

dunes

"We used UNICO's services to monitor technological trends in the use of Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) technologies. In a relatively short period of time we obtained a well prepared report that both confirmed our findings and identified further opportunities for our R&D activities."

Lukáš Hartych

Director, Membrain

The Story of UNICO

Innovation: delivered.

Founded in 2017 to ensure that cutting-edge scientific discoveries do not remain hidden in academia, we have since offered our specific expertise to drive innovation.

Us in Numbers

$13M+

brought to universities

$11M

saved for companies

200+

innovation projects delivered

13

market-ready deep-tech start-ups

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