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Pražský inovační institut
Pražský inovační institut, or the Prague Innovation Institute, is a public benefit organization established in January 2020 by the City of Prague. It focuses on enhancing the region's competitiveness through innovation.
Overview
What Pražský inovační institut does
What Pražský inovační institut is
Pražský inovační institut, or the Prague Innovation Institute, is a public benefit organization established in January 2020 by the City of Prague. It focuses on enhancing the region's competitiveness through innovation.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2020
- Approximate age
- About 6 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 10, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Pražský inovační institut as a community
Community overview
The Prague Innovation Institute (Pii) is a regional innovation agency based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was established to support early-stage entrepreneurs in transforming innovative ideas into successful business ventures. Pii serves as a connector between public administration, academia, and business, focusing on the advancement of education and the improvement of the urban environment in Prague. The institute is funded by the City of Prague.
Community focus
Pii invests in and supports projects across various sectors, including biotechnology, artificial intelligence, space technologies, and creative industries. It also emphasizes education and urban innovation. The organization aims to enhance the innovation ecosystem in Prague by fostering connections among people, resources, and expertise.
Member value
Members benefit from access to various programs designed to support startups and entrepreneurs, including mentorship, networking opportunities, and resources for turning innovative ideas into successful businesses.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- April 13, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- EuropeLatin America
Community activity
Events and activity
Pii organizes various events, including 'Návštěva budoucnosti', scheduled from April 13, 2026, to June 30, 2026, focusing on space missions; 'From Lab Bench to Market', a conference on April 23, 2026, aimed at early career researchers and scientists; and 'Networking Innovate Prague', a networking event on April 15, 2026.
Notable members
Key team members include Tomáš Lapáček (CEO), Zuzana Drhová (Project Lead for Circular Economy and Urban Innovation), and Silvia Jirásková (RIS3 Manager for Prague).
Common questions
What to know about Pražský inovační institut
Upseed classifies Pražský inovační institut under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 10, 2026
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