About us

Who are we?

Point One is a business incubator at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. We offer expert consultations, workshops, mentoring sessions and well-equipped facilities for budding entrepreneurs as part of several comprehensive incubation programmes.

What projects do we support?

Our primary goal is to develop and support sustainable business. The degree of innovation of the submitted solution and the commercial potential of the project are crucial for us. We prefer projects with a focus close to that of our university, especially:

Food industry

  • New food formulations
  • Nutrition and health
  • New food processing technologies
  • Food preservation
Smart farming

  • Precision farming
  • New ways of fortification or plant protection
  • Monitoring and diagnostics
Environmental protection

  • Circular economy
  • Upcycling
  • Biomaterials
  • CO2 reduction
  • Renewable sources of energy
  • Environmental friendly technologies and solutions
Other

  • Nanotechnology (process technologies and applications)
  • Biotechnology (process technologies and applications)
  • Advanced materials
  • Advanced manufacturing and processing
  • Industry 4.0

Who can use Point One services?

To use our services you need to become a Point One member. Although we mainly support students, graduates, employees and scientists at the Czech University of Life Sciences interested in starting their own business, we also leave the door open to people with no ties or previous experience with our University. Membership is conditional on successful completion of an admission process, which you can find out more about here.

What values do we follow?

  • We are partners

    We are not split into superiors and inferiors, we are united by a mutual bond of trust and respect between partners.

  • We are a community

    We enjoy spending time together, sharing our experiences, passing on our know-how and helping each other.

  • We do what we love

    And enable budding entrepreneurs to turn their hobbies into profitable businesses.

  • We work on what makes sense to us

    We do not support projects contradicting our values – multilevel marketing, reselling, or ethically and morally questionable projects.

  • We take a personalized approach

    We treat each member according to their needs.

  • We are part of the ČZU

    Therefore, we recognize and respect the values of the University.