Support for start-ups, R&D entities, research institutes and entities implementing programmes financed by European funds
Start-ups, new technologies
Beginnings are difficult, especially when we go into the unknown. We have an idea, the decision is made, we take the first (most important) step… and it often turns out that next steps are not so easy. Often the vision itself is vivid and valuable, but we are overwhelmed by what is around – a decision which legal form to choose, formal requirements and numerous other questions to which no easy answers can be offered.
We do not want you to be lost entrepreneurs from the Rand Fishkin’s book. We do not want you to resign from changing the world (even a tiny part of it) only because you feel overwhelmed by what should be only an addition on the road to your goal. “The hard thing about hard things” (as Ben Horowitz wrote) may be simplified if you do not try to carry everything on your shoulders and embark on that adventure with adequate support.
We wish to help you comprehensively in growing your business from the very beginning, from your initial idea. We support start-ups and their founders at every level of their growth.
At the same time, we are realists – we know that not every dream may be fulfilled at once. If you realise that your idea will not be a success, we will ensure that your business is closed safely so that you may promptly start a new project.
We do not tell fairy tales, but we do love beautiful stories and… we do believe in unicorns!
- we will advise you which legal form to choose for your business, help you set up and register your business;
- we will work on shaping and describing relations between partners/shareholders and put those arrangements in the partnership/company deed;
- we will help regulate the issue of contributing IP to the company;
- we will prepare all needed documents, regulations, policies and agreements required by law – we will create comprehensive corporate documentation for your partnership/company;
- we will help you with personal data protection, and if needed we will provide you with a dedicated Data Protection Officer (outsourcing of personal data protection);
- we will help you lawfully regulate relations with employees and co-workers;
- we will provide you with comprehensive services for the legal bodies of your business – we will take care of formal and legal issues, due course and organisation of management board, shareholders’ and supervisory board meetings etc.;
- we will see to the formalities before the National Court Register, Central Statistical Office and other public administration bodies;
- we will support you when you have to deal with important matters at the Social Insurance Institution or tax offices;
- we will help you obtain funds for innovations, and then will support you on a regular basis in implementation and accounting of grants and subsidies;
- we will assist you with public procurement law matters, we will ensure that you apply the rule of competitiveness safely to your funds, and in the event of an audit we will justify the correctness of your decisions and procedures;
- when you are ready, we will support you in launching the product and regulating relations with your business partners;
- you may count on us when searching for investors and when an investment round comes – we understand those processes, we know people with whom you will talk, we may help you contact funds and investors that you care about most;
- we will draw up a term-sheet and an investment agreement or verify them in terms of your interests, and will help you in negotiation processes – we have sat on both sides of the table many times before;
- we will fight hard when necessary, representing you before courts and authorities;
- we want to go with you till the happy end – we will help when it is time to exit the investment or when you decide to go public;
- if it turns out necessary, we will guide you through the division, liquidation or bankruptcy of your company;
- we will also support your start-up in its day-to-day operations;
We will do everything to help you climb your own summit.
R&D entities, innovative companies and research institutes
Sometimes research and development and creating new quality are the aim and sense. We understand this.
No matter whether this is basic research, development of innovative concepts, development of scientific inventions with an aim to commercialise them, or combining scientific research with highly specialised hospital or engineering activities – we always want to accompany you in this. Without research and innovation, and without exploring theoretical issues, it is not possible to improve safety and well-being.
We want you to focus on your passion. We want to help you do your job more efficiently and comfortably, support you in acquiring funds, equipping laboratories with new equipment and facilitate the financing of new projects.
We want to better understand the world and make it easier for ourselves and others to function in it, to overcome today’s limitations. This will not be possible without you and without science and research.
- we will provide comprehensive legal services for the entire research process;
- we will draw up the consortium agreements, contract research agreements and arrange independent research activity, and we will support you in their ongoing implementation;
- we will create agreements with authors and secure intellectual property;
- we will help you legally regulate relations with employees and co-workers;
- we will prepare all needed and legally required documents, rules, policies and agreements – we will create comprehensive documentation for your entity and your projects;
- we will help you with personal data protection, and if needed we will provide you with a dedicated Data Protection Officer (outsourcing of personal data protection);
- we will assist you in the preparation of research projects (those financed by public funds, private grants and EU structural and investment funds);
- we will help you obtain funds for innovation, and then will support you on a regular basis in implementation and accounting of grants and subsidies;
- we will develop an optimal structure for the project, prepare necessary documents and agreements connected with an application for additional funding;
- we will support you in public aid matters;
- we will assist you with public procurement law matters, we will ensure that you apply the rule of competitiveness safely to your funds, and in the event of an audit we will justify the correctness of your decisions and procedures;
- we will help with commercialisation matters and handle that process – licence agreements, sale of rights, formation of the company and in-kind contribution of a commercialised idea;
We will assist you in acquiring funding for your goals and settling them efficiently.
Third sector and public science supporters
We see sense in supporting those who want to change the world. Supporting prominent scientists and research teams, and supporting innovative undertakings are undoubtedly an excellent tool for positive changes.
Recent times have shown how much good we can do this way (and how many negative consequences may be avoided). But for the tremendous effort of scientists and innovative entities, we would cope worse with climate challenges, water pollution or Covid crisis, and we would develop AI, blockchain and alternative energy sources much slower.
Those activities have the necessary momentum and effectiveness thanks to the interest shown by bodies and institutions willing to support them financially. You – non-governmental organisations, market players and state institutions – are the ones who create conditions for development, give space and means.
In our vision we act globally, we want to see areas in which we work as a whole, therefore, we support also those who fish pearls from the sea of good ideas by awarding grants and subsidies.
- we will support you in your relations with beneficiaries and in ongoing project activities – no matter whether you are a managing or an implementing institution, or an intermediate body in the process of implementing funds, or a non-governmental organisation;
- we will assist you in the creation of assumptions and documentation for grant programmes and EU funding programmes;
- we will create and implement regulations for programmes, guidelines for beneficiaries or implementing institutions, and principles for controlling and supervising project implementation;
- we will support you in shaping legal relations with beneficiaries or subordinate institutions properly within the fund distribution process;
- we will help you with control and supervisory activities within support programmes carried out by you;
- we will help you with personal data protection, and if needed we will provide you with a dedicated Data Protection Officer (outsourcing of personal data protection);
- we will help you legally regulate relations with employees and co-workers;
- we will provide you with comprehensive services for legal bodies of your business (regardless of your legal form) – we will take care of formal and legal issues, due course and organisation of management board meetings, committees of directors, investment committees, supervisory board meetings and foundation board meetings etc.;
- we will see to the formalities before the National Court Register, Central Statistical Office and other public administration bodies;
- we will support you when you will have to deal with important matters at the Social Insurance Institution or tax offices;
- we will assist you with public procurement law matters, we will ensure that you apply the rule of competitiveness safely to your funds, and in the event of an audit we will justify the correctness of your decisions and procedures;
We will be your support in creating financial aid programmes and will help verify what effects they had on beneficiaries.