Experts Scouting

"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."

"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."

"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...

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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. "

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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.

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

“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.”

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."