Naučno tehnološki park Čačak - Science Technology Park Čačak

What Naučno tehnološki park Čačak - Science Technology Park Čačak does

NTP Čačak (Science Technology Park Čačak) is a regional science-technology park and startup incubator established in 2011 in Čačak, Serbia, operated as a public-private partnership under founding members including the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the City of Čačak, FTN Čačak (Faculty of Technical Sciences), AF Čačak (Agricultural Faculty), and the Institute of Fruit Growing Čačak. The organization provides subsidized workspace, advanced manufacturing equipment, and incubation services to startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across central and western Serbia, with a particular focus on the Moravički, Raški, Zlatiborski, and Šumadijski districts. Its three physical locations in Čačak comprise the main headquarters (5,773 m² of office and production space including a 4,440 m² production hall), the Regional Innovation Startup Center (RISC) at Trg narodnog ustanka 2 (259 m² coworking plus a 250 m² conference hall), and an auxiliary training facility at Nikole Tesle 42. Member companies benefit from physical, virtual, and startup membership tiers billed monthly, with access to the NTP Lab (ABB IRB 120 industrial robot, ABB IRB 14000 collaborative robot, Festo electro-pneumatics training systems, electronics test equipment, Felix Pro 2 and Creality CR-10s PRO 3D printers), mentoring, networking, and international exposure through partnerships with DIH² (Horizon 2020), the Swiss Government (Tehnopark Srbija 2), GIZ, UNDP, EU PRO Plus, and the South-East European Science-Technology Park Alliance. The park operates three primary product lines: (1) infrastructure-based incubation through NTP Headquarters, RISC Startup Center, and NTP Lab; (2) talent and information platforms including the IQ Program CV database and Baza poslovnih informacija interactive business platform; and (3) project-driven programs such as Kampino summer startup camp, IT retraining, and the LANDS, S4AI_HUB, and CI-Hub consortium projects. Revenue is generated through a combination of monthly membership fees (physical, virtual, startup), coworking and conference space rentals, and project-based grants from EU institutions, Swiss SECO, GIZ, UNDP, and EBRD. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and enrollment is via email application.

Name

Naučno tehnološki park Čačak - Science Technology Park Čačak

Legal name

Naučno tehnološki park Čačak

Website

https://ntpcacak.rs

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NTP Čačak is a Serbian public-private science-technology park founded in 2011, providing subsidized workspace, NTP Lab robotics and 3D printing equipment, and incubation services to startups and SMEs across central and western Serbia through EU, Swiss, and GIZ-funded programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Science and Technology Park Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Makerspace, Innovation Lab & Fab Lab Operations (Tools, Safety, Programming) (EDAEAGAI)

Keywords

• Science technology park
• Startup incubation services
• Business incubation programs
• Coworking office space
• Industrial robotics training

Headquarters

HQ city

Čačak

HQ country

Serbia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Physical Membership Fees: Physical members pay membership fees for office space, production floor access, coworking hours, conference room use, NTP Lab equipment access, and administrative services. Fees are subsidized, particularly for startup members. Members also receive parking, mail handling, and networking benefits.
2. Virtual Membership Fees: Virtual members pay reduced recurring fees for access to networking, mentoring, CV database, newsletter promotion, social media exposure, and limited conference/coworking hours without occupying physical space.
3. Coworking and Conference Space Rental: Hourly or daily rental of dedicated desks (CW prostor), meeting rooms, and the 250m² conference hall (capacity 100) and 60-seat conference hall. The coworking space at the Startup Center (259 m²) is available to both members and external users at subsidized commercial rates.
4. Incubation and Predincubation Program Fees: Startups admitted through public calls access subsidized space, mentorship, training, and NTP Lab during incubation or pre-incubation phases. Programs are partly supported by government grants (EU, Swiss Government, GIZ, EBRD, UNDP) reducing direct cost to tenants.
5. EU and Government-Funded Project Grants: NTP Čačak receives direct project funding from EU programs (Horizon 2020 DIH2, EU PRO Plus), Swiss Government (Tehnopark Srbija 2), GIZ (green economy for SMEs), Serbian government ministries, and UNDP for activities including digital transformation of SMEs, IT retraining, startup support, and ICT/digital innovation hub development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NTP Čačak operates a multi-disciplinary science and technology park providing startups, SMEs, and innovators with subsidized workspace (offices, production hall, coworking), advanced laboratory equipment (ABB industrial robots, Festo electro-pneumatics, 3D printers, electronics), and structured pre-incubation and incubation programs. It also delivers training, mentoring, and digital transformation services to SMEs across central and western Serbia through EU, Swiss, and GIZ-funded projects.

Product overview

NTP Čačak (Science Technology Park Čačak) is a science and technology park infrastructure providing an integrated ecosystem of physical workspace, business incubation, and innovation support services for technology companies and startups in the Čačak region of Serbia. The core offering consists of physical infrastructure — the NTP Sedište headquarters (5,773 m² of office and production space), the RISC NTP Čačak Startup Center (coworking, offices, conference facilities), and the NTP Lab (robotics, electronics, and 3D printing equipment) — combined with business development programs including pre-incubation, incubation, the IQ job matching program, and the Kampino summer startup camp. The Baza poslovnih informacija platform provides market intelligence for regional SMEs, while the LANDS project extends the ecosystem into environmental monitoring technology. Member startups such as 759 Studio (Red Dot Award 2026 winner for Sequi), Vigour (fitness technology), Ares Development (AI-powered security), Fragment (recycled glass surfaces), F&A (handball platform), Rick's Solutions (environmental platform), and Svet u razmeri (architectural scale models) represent the innovation portfolio enabled by this infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RISC NTP Čačak: Regionalni Inovacioni Startap centar (Regional Innovation Startup Center) - part of NTP Čačak infrastructure providing support for young people to start and develop their own businesses
• NTP Lab
• Razvoj biznisa
• IQ program

Products and services

• NTP Sedište (NTP Headquarters) Main headquarters at Dr Dragiše Mišovića 169, providing 5,773 m² of combined office and production space with state-of-the-art equipment for technology development companies. Includes a production/manufacturing hall of over 4,440 m² (with 3,000 m² allocated for tech development companies), 60-seat conference hall, and NTP Lab facilities.
• NTP Startap centar (RISC NTP Čačak) Regional Innovation Startup Center at Trg narodnog ustanka 2, providing coworking space (259 m²), private offices, conference facilities (250 m² with capacity for 100), meeting rooms, and business development support for early-stage startup teams.
• NTP Lab Fully equipped laboratory with ABB IRB 120 and ABB IRB 14000 collaborative robots, Festo electro-pneumatics training systems, electronics testing equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators), and 3D printing capabilities (Felix Pro 2 and Creality CR-10s Pro). Provides access for SMEs and startups for automation, prototyping, and product development training.
• IQ Program Job matching and CV database program that connects young educated people with successful companies, providing professional practice opportunities and competency development for candidates in the Čačak region.
• Baza poslovnih informacija (Interactive Business Information Platform) Interactive platform for business information and innovative solutions designed to improve information sharing and cooperation among SMEs in the Moravica district, reaching over 1,000 SMEs.
• Kampino Summer Startup Camp Annual three-day intensive summer startup camp for young people aged 18-30, providing entrepreneurship training, team building, and opportunities for selected teams to develop ideas within NTP Čačak, supported by the Swiss Government through Tehnopark Srbija 2.
• LANDS Project (Lands and Soil Sensors System) International project on land and soil sensor systems in which NTP Čačak participates, aimed at increasing the impact of cutting-edge ICT technologies in disaster prevention across European partner countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• One startup member (759 Studio) won the Red Dot Award 2026, an internationally recognized design accolade
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and flagship.

• LANDS Project (Lands and Soil Sensors System)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024NTP Čačak is part of the international LANDS project (September 2024 – February 2027), with the general goal of increasing the impact of state-of-the-art technologies in ICT systems and disaster prevention. This is part of the project's multi-partner consortium across European countries.
• Град Чачак (City of Čačak)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City of Čačak is a founding member of NTP Čačak and provided the physical space and land for the science park. City leadership (Mayor Milun Todorović, Deputy Mayor Milica Dacić) has championed the development of the Startup Center and other park facilities, including designating 621 m² of space in the Čačak Cultural Center for the Regional Innovation Startup Center.
• Факултет техничких наука Чачак (Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, FTN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFTN Čačak is a founding member providing academic expertise, student pipeline, and collaborative research opportunities. FTN and NTP Čačak jointly run the IT Retraining Program (in partnership with the Serbian Government and UNDP), host workshops and lectures on campus, and collaborate on EU-funded projects such as SMEs Digital.
• DIH² Consortium (Digital Innovation Hub²) - Horizon 2020flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTP Čačak is a member of the DIH² pan-European network under Horizon 2020, led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The consortium includes 35 European partners and a network of 25 Digital Innovation Hubs across 25 countries. DIH² facilitates access to robotics knowledge, technology transfer experiments, and exclusive tools including the RAMP robotics marketplace. The goal is to build a sustainable pan-European network accelerating robotics adoption in agile manufacturing.
• NTP Београд (Science Technology Park Belgrade)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTP Beograd is a key partner, serving as the national leader and coordinator of the Tehnopark Srbija 2 program. NTP Čačak maintains ongoing cooperation, knowledge transfer, and staff capacity building through regular interaction with NTP Beograd's team (led by Acting Director Gordana Danilović Grković). Both parks collaborate on the national science-technology park network and participate jointly in international forums.
• NTP Ниш (Science Technology Park Niš)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTP Niš is a key partner within the national science-technology park network and serves as the coordinator of the Serbian European Digital Innovation Hub on AI (S4AI_HUB) — a four-year national consortium project. NTP Čačak participates in S4AI_HUB as a partner, contributing to AI digital innovation hub activities across Serbia.
• Regionalni inovacioni startap centar (RISC) - multiple regional centerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTP Čačak has signed 12 memoranda of business-technical cooperation with regional innovation centers including RISC Užice, RISC Priboj, RISC Valjevo, RISC Zlatibor, RISC Gornji Milanovac, RISC Mali Zvornik, FabLab Sarajevo, BIT Center Tuzla, Tehnološki park Intera Mostar, and Innovation Center Banja Luka, creating a Western Balkans innovation network.
• Институт за воћарство Чачак (Institute of Fruit Growing Čačak)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute of Fruit Growing Čačak is a founding member of NTP Čačak. Both institutions collaborate on agricultural technology projects including the 'New Technological Procedure for Raspberry Brandy Production' (innovation project with the Innovation Center of the Technological-Metallurgical Faculty Belgrade), berry fruit research, and knowledge transfer to local producers.
• Docus (IT Consulting Company)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDocus provides IT consulting services as part of the SMEs Digital project. The Docus team (Ivan Radojević, Pavle Nikitović, Marko Petrović) works directly with eight selected SMEs to develop digital transformation roadmaps and implement digital tools in their businesses.
• Circular Innovation Hub (CI-Hub)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTP Čačak is the lead implementer of the CI-Hub project, which aims to advance knowledge and support in the area of circular economy, innovation, and sustainable development. CI-Hub results were presented at the 'Green Technology Business Stories' event co-organized with BBAi – Balkans Business Advisory International d.o.o. Belgrade.
• ArtifisionminorOthersArtifision is a member company of NTP Čačak's employer community, listed on the NTP Poslovi job portal. It represents the type of technology and design companies that use the NTP ecosystem to access talent and workspace.
• EndavaminorOthersEndava is listed as a member company in the NTP Čačak community, representing a major global IT services company operating within the park's ecosystem.
• Докус / Docus (IT Consulting)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDocus IT consultants work with selected SMEs in the SMEs Digital project to develop digital transformation plans and implement digital tools, providing technical implementation support to companies in central and western Serbia.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Coworking Serbia (Coworking Hub Network): Serbian coworking and flexible-workspace network relevant as a partial substitute/adjacent for NTP Čačak's coworking offering. Comparable on workspace rental and community events but does not provide lab equipment, EU-funded programs, or incubation services.
• FabLab Sarajevo: Sarajevo-based FabLab and NTP Čačak partner, focused on digital fabrication, prototyping, and makerspace services. Overlaps with NTP Lab capabilities (3D printing, electronics) but operates as a community makerspace rather than a full science park.

Broad incumbents

• European Digital Innovation Hubs Network (EDIH): EU-coordinated network of Digital Innovation Hubs that NTP Čačak's DIH² membership feeds into. Provides the policy/funder umbrella and analogous services (digital transformation, AI/robotics experimentation) at pan-European scale that NTP Čačak delivers locally.
• Venture Forneus / SEEUTA: Regional accelerator and venture-building platform active across the Western Balkans. Comparable in serving Western Balkans startups and SMEs but operates a venture/equity model rather than the public-private infrastructure model NTP Čačak uses.

Direct peers

• Tehnološki park Intera Mostar: Bosnian technology park and partner of NTP Čačak under the SEE STP Alliance. Provides incubation, lab access, and EU-funded SME programming in a similar emerging-market context — directly comparable in mission and scale.
• Inovaciono preduzetnički centar Tehnopolis (IPC Tehnopolis): Montenegrin innovation-entrepreneurial center with formal cooperation memorandum with NTP Čačak. Comparable PPP structure, focus on regional SME digitalization and incubation, and shared Western Balkans funding ecosystem.
• Innovation Center Banja Luka (ICBL): Bosnian innovation center and NTP Čačak partner within the regional innovation network. Offers incubation, coworking, and technology transfer to startups and SMEs in a comparable Western Balkans regulatory and funding environment.
• Naučno-tehnološki park Niš (Science Technology Park Niš): Coordinates the S4AI_HUB national AI digital innovation hub and operates the same Tehnopark Srbija 2 framework as NTP Čačak. Comparable incubator/incubation model, shared SECO funding, and competing for the same regional startup pool in southern Serbia.
• Poslovni inkubator Novi Sad (Business Incubator Novi Sad): Long-standing Serbian business incubator referenced by NTP Čačak's director as a trusted partner. Operates a similar model of subsidized workspace, mentorship, and SME/startup programs in Vojvodina, making it a directly comparable domestic peer.
• Naučno-tehnološki park Beograd (Science Technology Park Belgrade): National coordinator of the Tehnopark Srbija 2 program and the largest science-technology park in Serbia. Operates the same PPP model with workspace, incubation, and EU-funded programming, and is the most direct comparable for NTP Čačak in terms of mission, funding sources, and customer segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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