The 2025 Innovation Festival welcomed the largest startup competition in the Czech and Slovak regions from the Ynovate network to Žilina for the first time. The first day of the festival offered an inspiring program for more than a hundred participants from startups, entrepreneurs and the public. INThe Ústí nad Labem startup MOREK Analytics sro, long-term supporter of ICUK, can boast of great success. It became the absolute winner in the final of the Ynovate Fest and won a ticket to Silicon Valley.
Their software tool enables easy conversion of CT scans into 3D models and 3D printing materials. This is extremely useful, for example, when planning surgical procedures or creating printed models of specific parts of a patient's body on which doctors can practice the operation in advance. MOREK Analytics thus fundamentally simplifies and makes the entire process accessible - from CT to visualization or physical output from a 3D printer.
The ICUK team has been cooperating with the startup for a long time - the startup received mentoring, strategic consultations and support in setting up a monetization model. We also helped with establishing contacts with venture capital funds. Their victory is confirmation for us that targeted and systematic support for innovative projects brings concrete results - and can even lead to international recognition.
"Congratulations to the entire MOREK Analytics team on this significant milestone. We are proud to have been a part of their journey from the initial idea to today's international success. We believe that participating in Silicon Valley will bring them new impulses and valuable contacts," said Jan Wedlich on behalf of ICUK in response to the competition result.
The winning startup received a trip and presentation from the organizers at the prestigious global startup event TechCrunch Disrupt (October 27-29, 2025) in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, where they were provided with participation in accompanying networking events with investors and other global startups.
A startup from the Ústí nad Labem region, nominated and supported by ICUK, has won the Ynovate network startup competition for the second time, and this is only the fourth time that the competition, to which startups from 12 innovation centers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia are nominated, has been held. Good Access from Ústí nad Labem (also) won for the first time at the first year of the festival.
Ynovate Fest 2025 press release.
