GREEN LIGHT is a business support program
We will help you and your idea to succeed, you just have to choose one of two options - Start or Accelerator
GREEN LIGHT
Start
Do you have a business idea in mind?
Come to us for advice!
GREEN LIGHT
Accelerator
Does your project already have specific outlines?
The Accelerator will launch your project!
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GREEN LIGHT
Do you have a business idea, but you don't know how to bring it to life? We know how to do it and will help you with it - from the idea to a functioning business!
Green Light is currently the most comprehensive acceleration program in the Moravian-Silesian Region organized by the Innovation Support Centre of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava. Depending on the stage you are in, you can choose from two program options - Start or Accelerator.
We create the best start-up conditions
for connecting with investors and companies
- 7 years of existence
- 82 startups financed
- 341 evaluated projects
- 39 million invested
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Lecturers and mentors

Co-founder of Lifeliqe and Corinth - XR of educational platforms for primary and secondary schools. The arrival of his startup in Silicon Valley in 2011 brought a meeting with Steve Balmer in just a few weeks. In the next two years, they were selected among the top 3 Microsoft partners in education in the world. Among other things, the product is pre-installed in HP computers for schools. The success was followed by a strategic partnership with HTC Vive (VR) and Hololens (AR). Finally, the project was noticed by the professional community and an invitation to speak at Harvard or Stanford about new trends in education (XR) came.

Miloš manages and invests in small and medium-sized companies, including startups. He is mainly interested in B2B startups, to which he can meaningfully help within their group and find partners. He provides angel, pre-seed and seed money, while preferring the "hands-on approach", where he tries to help the founders as much as possible in everyday corporate life. During the development, he focuses mainly on German-speaking markets.

Lukáš helps excellent people and companies to excel. He is the founder of Presenation.com, cultivating public speaking, and works as a presentation skills lecturer. He trained hundreds of people in companies such as Microsoft, LEGO and Konica Minolta and prepared speakers for world conferences and startup competitions in America, Europe and Asia. He shared his experience at TEDxEAL in Denmark and more than 15,000 very satisfied participants went through his online courses.

Adam has many years of experience in leading business teams and business development, both from the environment of international corporations, as well as from small companies and his own business. He has been involved in startups for 10 years and focuses on verifying ideas, developing strategies and developing the personal potential of startupists.

Honza was at the birth of GREEN LIGHT, invented the program, participated in its further development and led it for several years. As an experienced mentor, he currently supports GL and networKING. You can meet Honza in the popular Ostravian club DOCK, of which he is a co-owner, as well as at various events aimed at reviving public space in the city center. He participates in many of them organizationally, other times he sells goodies which he cooks and bakes himself.

Mentor and consultant focusing on quality management systems, product conformity assessment, testing, preparation of technical documentation and marketing. A unique specialization are medical devices. After more than 15 years in many managerial roles within medium-sized companies, he is now Managing and Executive Director of the CZ testing institute. He helps start-up companies to go through the frequently complicated process of certification, registration and authorization, processing of expert analyses and correct testing.

Jaroslav, together with companies and their leaders, strives to build an agile and innovative culture where it makes sense and where people are in favor of it. He has gained experience for over 15 years in various roles from IT developer to product manager in several companies and his projects. His approach is a lot about team building, coaching, mentoring, shading and simulations. He co-founded two startups: QuickJOBS, the mobile marketplace for recruiting young people, and the technology SimplyIT.cloud. He also co-founded a business incubator, is a mentor in other incubators and competitions, and organized business activities and taught for university students in Ostrava. He co-organized and created conferences inAgile, Product inAgile, HRin, Conferences on talent, and Ostrava TEDx. He also likes to share his experience in books, e-books and articles on LinkedIn and his blog www.differ.cz.

Financial plans, accounting and taxes are her living, because together with her partner she founded a company focusing on accounting and tax consulting. Pavlína is a certified tax advisor, she specializes in the accounting of capital companies. She is also constantly educating herself in all areas so that she does not miss any news that can help her clients. The area of finance is something very important in Pavlína's presentation, but at the same time quite understandable, and not only because she very much makes point of a personal approach.

Oskar and his colleagues founded the successful startup Supernova, in which they jointly develop a tool to simplify the creation of mobile applications. Last year, they received an investment from the world's leading VCs to further develop and expand the user base. Supernova was also the only Czech startup to participate in the YCombinator accelerator in Silicon Valley. Oskar claims that good ideas are all around us, all you have to do is discover them and get down to them properly. With this idea and also with his experience he would like to help projects in GREEN LIGHT.

Founder and director of a software company with more than 15 years of history and a number of awards. Honza is primarily an innovator. Although he has experience in running a classic company, his heart beats especially for startup projects. He gained interesting experience with his startup while working in San Francisco and Boston. Jan is a GL mentor and his motivation is to help projects avoid unnecessary mistakes and accelerate their progress.

Martin is a professional logistician, industrial consultant, university teacher, scientist, traveler and entrepreneur. He specializes in industrial logistics, supply chain management and business process improvement, works at FMST VŠB-TUO and ŠKODA AUTO UNIVERSITY in Mladá Boleslav and has extensive experience from projects implemented for large companies, including ŠKODA AUTO a.s., Siemens s.r.o., ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s., a number of foreign internships in France, Finland, Russia and China and his own business. He is also the co-organizer of the unique spiritual Healing Festival. He enjoys mentoring projects and teams that see problems as opportunities to improve their own skills, and solving them brings them joy.

Agile coach, mentor and trainer working in the development studio ProRocketeers from Ostrava which deals with the development of custom web applications in the form of team-as-a-service and the development of its own startups in the field of medicine and the forestry industry. Matěj went on a career in IT, from business on his own to the role of CTO. He has experience as a developer, technical leader and as the head of the development department with two hundred people. He led several agile transformations - internally and externally. He has long focused on meaningful management of people and products in IT. From the startup area, we can mention the development and launch of the WOODR product for the forestry industry. Furthermore, within ProRocketeers, he participates in a startup in the medical field, with a combination of his own HW and mobile devices of the client and a doctor, significantly expanding the possibilities of remote neurorehabilitation. Matěj will be happy to provide his rich experience in the development of IT products and a network of contacts for the most meaningful direction of your idea.

Advisio was founded in 2006, since then it has developed into a large agency that offers comprehensive services in the field of digital marketing. Their customers include, for example, Super zoo, inSPORTline or Marlenka. Every year, Advisio itself organizes a meeting called MarketingON where it invites speakers who always have something to say about online marketing. They also organize professional trainings, an A-level digital academy and various individual trainings for the public.

Young lawyers who are passionate about new technologies and do not hesitate to help start-up entrepreneurs. The law in their presentation is not a mess of incomprehensible paragraphs and sentences, but quite fun. They can help with the establishment of the company and all the documentation around, but of course they also deal with other legal areas. As they claim, they started in a slightly startup way, so they understand all enthusiasts and are proud to be able to celebrate business success with them.
Projects

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Do you want to consult your idea? Make an appointment with us. We will be happy to discuss your idea and advise you on the next steps.
Contact usContact
GREEN LIGHT Coordinator
Tereza Mučková
+420 597 329 215
tereza.muckova@vsb.cz
Business Support Team Leader
Andrea Šimoníková
+420 731 663 328
andrea.simonikova@vsb.cz
PR manager
Lenka Kolarčíková
+420 597 329 190
lenka.kolarcikova@vsb.cz
Address
Innovation Support Centre
Studentská 6202/17
708 00 Ostrava-Poruba