{"id":12918,"date":"2026-03-03T17:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/12918\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:04:40","slug":"nakopnula-je-energeticka-krize-ted-cesky-flowbox-uzavira-partnerstvi-s-americkym-gigantem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/12918\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakopnula je energetick\u00e1 krize. Te\u010f \u010desk\u00fd Flowbox uzav\u00edr\u00e1 partnerstv\u00ed s americk\u00fdm gigantem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Na po\u010d\u00e1tku byla snaha zakladatele Petra Va\u0148ka pohl\u00eddat si spot\u0159ebu energie ve vlastn\u00edm dom\u011b, ze kter\u00e9 se v roce 2012 zrodil startup Flowbox. Firma nyn\u00ed pomoc\u00ed sv\u00e9ho syst\u00e9mu hl\u00edd\u00e1 a optimalizuje spot\u0159ebu energie v budov\u00e1ch v\u0161eho druhu. V jej\u00edm \u010dele stoj\u00ed od minul\u00e9ho roku dnes 32let\u00fd Pavel Jir\u00e1nek. Ten u\u017e p\u0159i studi\u00edch za\u010dal pracovat ve venture kapit\u00e1lov\u00e9m fondu Credo Ventures Ond\u0159eje Barto\u0161e<\/a>\u00a0a Jana Habermanna.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201eOnd\u0159ej s Honzou mi tehdy v m\u00fdch 22 letech dali \u0161anci a byla to skv\u011bl\u00e1 zku\u0161enost. Po n\u011bjak\u00e9 dob\u011b mi ale do\u0161lo, \u017ee rad\u00edm zakladatel\u016fm startup\u016f o n\u011b\u010dem, co jsem osobn\u011b re\u00e1ln\u011b neza\u017eil. Proto jsme se po \u010dase s partnery Creda dohodli, \u017ee zkus\u00edm tak\u00e9 druhou stranu stolu, a tam u\u017e jsem z\u016fstal,\u201c popisuje Jir\u00e1nek sv\u00e9 za\u010d\u00e1tky.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do Flowboxu p\u0159i\u0161el z hlediska byznysu firmy asi v nejlep\u0161\u00ed mo\u017enou chv\u00edli, po\u010d\u00e1tkem roku 2022. Za\u010d\u00e1tek plnohodnotn\u00e9\u00a0rusk\u00e9 invaze na Ukrajinu<\/a>\u00a0tehdy mimo jin\u00e9 zap\u0159\u00ed\u010dinil skokov\u00e9 zdra\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed energi\u00ed a sekund\u00e1rn\u011b i mnohon\u00e1sobn\u011b v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed z\u00e1jem firem o co mo\u017en\u00e1 nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed optimalizaci jejich spot\u0159eby. A pr\u00e1v\u011b t\u00edmto odv\u011btv\u00edm se Flowbox zab\u00fdv\u00e1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gener\u00e1ln\u00ed \u0159editel spole\u010dnosti Flowbox Pavel Jir\u00e1nek | Zdroj: Flowbox<\/p>\n

\u201eJsme n\u011bco jako chytr\u00e1 dom\u00e1cnost, ale pro velice slo\u017eit\u00e9 prost\u0159ed\u00ed. Efektivn\u011b \u0159\u00edd\u00edme nap\u0159\u00edklad osv\u011btlen\u00ed, vzduchotechniku, fotovoltaiku \u010di tepeln\u00e1 \u010derpadla v objektech, jako jsou n\u00e1kupn\u00ed st\u0159ediska, v\u00fdrobn\u00ed z\u00e1vody, logistick\u00e9 parky \u010di \u0161koly,\u201c vysv\u011btluje Jir\u00e1nek. Dnes m\u00e1 firma kolem stovky z\u00e1kazn\u00edk\u016f a 300 realizac\u00ed, z nich\u017e p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st je v \u010cesku. \u0158e\u0161en\u00ed Flowboxu vyu\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 t\u0159eba \u010desk\u00e1 pobo\u010dka automobilky Volvo, spole\u010dnost\u00a0Lasselsberger<\/a>\u00a0nebo AGC, ale i m\u011bsto Zru\u010d nad S\u00e1zavou \u010di pra\u017esk\u00e1 obchodn\u00ed centra Chodov, Zli\u010d\u00edn a \u010cern\u00fd Most. Instalace m\u00e1 i jinde po Evrop\u011b, v jednotk\u00e1ch p\u0159\u00edpad\u016f pak i ve zbytku sv\u011bta v\u010detn\u011b Austr\u00e1lie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Motivace k \u00faspo\u0159e<\/p>\n

Hlavn\u00ed sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed n\u00e1stroje Flowboxu je software, kter\u00fd se napoj\u00ed na energetick\u00fd syst\u00e9m v budov\u011b. Ten n\u00e1sledn\u011b dok\u00e1\u017ee monitorovat, kudy a v jak\u00e9 m\u00ed\u0159e energie proud\u00ed, a z\u00e1rove\u0148 um\u00ed nastavit \u00fasporn\u00e1 opat\u0159en\u00ed a \u0159\u00eddit cel\u00e9 energetick\u00e9 prost\u0159ed\u00ed. Pro p\u0159edstavu: v ur\u010dit\u00e9m objektu dok\u00e1\u017ee nap\u0159\u00edklad v pr\u016fb\u011bhu noci podle pot\u0159eby automaticky tlumit osv\u011btlen\u00ed nebo upravovat teplotu \u010di odtah vzduchotechniky.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201eSamoz\u0159ejm\u011b z\u00e1vis\u00ed na typu objektu, ale v pr\u016fm\u011bru lze dos\u00e1hnout 20procentn\u00ed \u00faspory,\u201c uv\u00e1d\u00ed Jir\u00e1nek a dod\u00e1v\u00e1, \u017ee firmy se dnes o spot\u0159ebu energi\u00ed nezaj\u00edmaj\u00ed jen kv\u016fli finan\u010dn\u00ed \u00faspo\u0159e: \u201eJe to tak\u00e9 ot\u00e1zka legislativn\u00ed regulace, kter\u00e1 je zejm\u00e9na v Evrop\u011b \u010d\u00edm d\u00e1l p\u0159\u00edsn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed. Velk\u00e9 objekty od ur\u010dit\u00e9 spot\u0159eby energie mus\u00ed m\u00edt takov\u00fd syst\u00e9m nainstalovan\u00fd, aby aktivn\u011b sni\u017eovaly svou uhl\u00edkovou stopu.\u201c\u00a0<\/p>\n

Z\u00e1jem americk\u00e9ho giganta<\/p>\n

Zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00fd n\u00e1r\u016fst z\u00e1jmu o efektivn\u00ed \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed spot\u0159eby energi\u00ed souvisej\u00edc\u00ed se za\u010d\u00e1tkem krize p\u0159inesl v roce 2022 Flowboxu tak\u00e9 ocen\u011bn\u00ed Evropsk\u00fd startup roku. Na to nav\u00e1zalo v letech 2024 a 2025 za\u0159azen\u00ed firmy do report\u016f analytick\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti Gartner, kter\u00e9 ka\u017edoro\u010dn\u011b vyb\u00edraj\u00ed celosv\u011btov\u011b nejlep\u0161\u00ed technologick\u00e1 \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Firma, kter\u00e1 m\u00e1 v sou\u010dasn\u00e9 dob\u011b kolem \u010dty\u0159iceti zam\u011bstnanc\u016f, d\u00edky za\u0159azen\u00ed do zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00fdch report\u016f zaujala i americk\u00e9ho giganta v \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed energetiky\u00a0Eaton<\/a>.\u00a0Spole\u010dnost zalo\u017een\u00e1 v roce 1911, kter\u00e1 je ve\u0159ejn\u011b obchodovateln\u00e1 na burze, m\u011bla v lo\u0148sk\u00e9m roce obrat 27,4 miliardy dolar\u016f, tedy asi 566 miliard korun. \u201eSkute\u010dn\u011b v\u00fdznamn\u00ed partne\u0159i, se kter\u00fdmi jsme zva\u017eovali glob\u00e1ln\u00ed strategickou spolupr\u00e1ci, byli dva. Nakonec jsme se rozhodli pro Eaton,\u201c p\u0159ibli\u017euje Jir\u00e1nek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Ob\u0159\u00ed<\/a>Ob\u0159\u00ed bateriov\u00e9 \u00falo\u017ei\u0161t\u011b se sol\u00e1ry vznik\u00e1 u Teplic. Dokon\u010deno m\u00e1 b\u00fdt u\u017e letos<\/a><\/p>\n

Nen\u00ed to ale tak, \u017ee by si Flowbox mohl jednostrann\u011b vyb\u00edrat. I zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00e1 americk\u00e1 spole\u010dnost zva\u017eovala v\u00edce potenci\u00e1ln\u00edch partner\u016f. \u201eEaton je historicky sp\u00ed\u0161e hardwarov\u00e1 firma, ale uv\u011bdomili si, \u017ee mus\u00ed do sv\u00e9ho portfolia za\u0159adit i kvalitn\u00ed software, a proto hledali partnera,\u201c dopl\u0148uje Jir\u00e1nek. Podle n\u011bj si Eaton vybral Flowbox zejm\u00e9na d\u00edky technologick\u00e9 vysp\u011blosti i slo\u017een\u00ed t\u00fdmu: \u201eByli jsme si v\u011bdomi, \u017ee v reportu Gartneru je uvedeno i n\u011bkolik dal\u0161\u00edch firem, a v\u011bd\u011bli jsme, \u017ee Eaton m\u00e1 ve v\u00fdb\u011brov\u00e9m \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed n\u011bkolik spole\u010dnost\u00ed. Postupn\u011b jsme se ale dozv\u00eddali, \u017ee odpadaj\u00ed, nap\u0159\u00edklad kv\u016fli nedostatk\u016fm v kyberbezpe\u010dnosti.\u201c\u00a0<\/p>\n

N\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e1 vyjedn\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed<\/p>\n

Po dvou letech diskus\u00ed, intenzivn\u00edho prov\u011b\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed a zkou\u0161en\u00ed syst\u00e9mu je nyn\u00ed spolupr\u00e1ce uzav\u0159en\u00e1. V r\u00e1mci n\u00ed Flowbox d\u00e1v\u00e1 sv\u00e9mu americk\u00e9mu partnerovi licenci na poskytov\u00e1n\u00ed sv\u00e9ho \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed pod jeho zna\u010dkou po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b s v\u00fdjimkou Evropy, na kterou chce \u010desk\u00e1 firma d\u00e1l c\u00edlit se sv\u00fdm jm\u00e9nem. \u201eEaton m\u016f\u017ee vz\u00edt n\u00e1\u0161 syst\u00e9m, d\u00e1t na n\u011bj svoji zna\u010dku a n\u00e1m plat\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st z ka\u017ed\u00e9ho prodeje,\u201c objas\u0148uje Jir\u00e1nek nastaven\u00fd model. Licence zat\u00edm plat\u00ed na t\u0159i roky, u\u017e te\u010f ale ob\u011b strany po\u010d\u00edtaj\u00ed s jej\u00edm prodlou\u017een\u00edm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jir\u00e1nek z\u00e1rove\u0148 dod\u00e1v\u00e1, \u017ee cel\u00fd proces p\u0159\u00edpravy partnerstv\u00ed s Eatonem firm\u011b i n\u011bco vzal. \u201eZna\u010dn\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st zdroj\u016f sm\u011b\u0159ovala t\u00edmto sm\u011brem, a\u0165 u\u017e to byl \u010das managementu, in\u017een\u00fdr\u016f \u010di obchodn\u00edho t\u00fdmu. To se pak logicky projevilo t\u00edm, \u017ee jsme nem\u011bli dostatek prostoru v\u011bnovat se na\u0161im z\u00e1kazn\u00edk\u016fm, kte\u0159\u00ed nedost\u00e1vali tolik p\u00e9\u010de. Te\u010f jim to ov\u0161em d\u00edky nav\u00e1zan\u00e9 spolupr\u00e1ci budeme moci vynahradit,\u201c bilancuje.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\u0160koda<\/a>\u0160koda se proinvestovala v bateriovou tepnu Volkswagenu. Koncern spol\u00e9h\u00e1 na levn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed chemii z Boleslavi<\/a><\/p>\n

Eaton nav\u00edc nen\u00ed pro Flowbox jen obchodn\u00ed partner, ale st\u00e1v\u00e1 se tak\u00e9 jeho investorem. P\u0159esnou \u010d\u00e1stku firma zmi\u0148ovat necht\u011bla, ale podle informac\u00ed e15 se jedn\u00e1 o vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed jednotky milion\u016f eur, kter\u00e9 americk\u00e1 spole\u010dnost \u010cech\u016fm poskytla. Investice je strukturovan\u00e1 jako flexibiln\u00ed n\u00e1stroj, kter\u00fd umo\u017e\u0148uje p\u0159\u00edpadn\u00fd budouc\u00ed minoritn\u00ed vstup Eatonu do vlastnick\u00e9 struktury. \u201eInvestice n\u00e1m prim\u00e1rn\u011b d\u00e1v\u00e1 prostor posunout firmu na dal\u0161\u00ed \u00farove\u0148. V\u00fdsledn\u00fd pod\u00edl Eatonu ale m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt pouze minoritn\u00ed, a to v \u0159\u00e1du ni\u017e\u0161\u00edch des\u00edtek procent,\u201c popisuje Jir\u00e1nek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prostor pro dal\u0161\u00ed r\u016fst<\/p>\n

S Eatonem v z\u00e1dech te\u010f chce Flowbox nastartovat dal\u0161\u00ed r\u016fst. \u010cesk\u00e1 firma m\u011bla posledn\u00ed dva roky p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b shodn\u00e9 tr\u017eby kolem 50 milion\u016f korun. \u201eKdy\u017e jsme v roce 2024 za\u010dali uva\u017eovat nad partnerem, o\u010dek\u00e1vali jsme, \u017ee v\u0161echno bude daleko rychlej\u0161\u00ed. A a\u010dkoliv jsme loni pl\u00e1novali tr\u017eby asi 80 milion\u016f, tak kv\u016fli odklon\u011bn\u00ed zdroj\u016f z p\u0159\u00edm\u00e9ho prodeje jsme ty c\u00edle nesplnili. Byla to v\u0161ak v\u011bdom\u00e1 investi\u010dn\u00ed f\u00e1ze, kterou proch\u00e1z\u00ed \u0159ada technologick\u00fdch firem v obdob\u00ed \u0161k\u00e1lov\u00e1n\u00ed,\u201c komentuje Jir\u00e1nek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

V tomto roce po\u010d\u00edt\u00e1 s r\u016fstem na vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed des\u00edtky milion\u016f, z \u010deho\u017e by Eaton m\u011bl p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161et asi dvacet procent tr\u017eeb. Pozornost chce Flowbox v Evrop\u011b v\u00edce soust\u0159edit tak\u00e9 na n\u011bmeck\u00fd trh, \u010cesko m\u00e1 ale st\u00e1le hr\u00e1t prim. \u201eDal\u0161\u00edm c\u00edlem je r\u016fst co do po\u010dtu zam\u011bstnanc\u016f. Nab\u00edr\u00e1me nov\u00e9 kolegy a cht\u011bli bychom se do konce roku roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159it zhruba o dal\u0161\u00edch deset lid\u00ed,\u201c uzav\u00edr\u00e1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Telekomunika\u010dn\u00ed<\/a>Telekomunika\u010dn\u00ed \u010dty\u0159ka chce r\u016fst a hled\u00e1 investora. Z\u00e1jem m\u00e1 i o \u010cEZNET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Na po\u010d\u00e1tku byla snaha zakladatele Petra Va\u0148ka pohl\u00eddat si spot\u0159ebu energie ve vlastn\u00edm dom\u011b, ze kter\u00e9 se v…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[67,68,42,7443,7440,106,7441,7445,69,1501,7444,7442],"class_list":{"0":"post-12918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-byznys","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-byznys","10":"tag-cesko","11":"tag-credo-ventures","12":"tag-eaton","13":"tag-evropa","14":"tag-flowbox","15":"tag-gartner","16":"tag-investice","17":"tag-partnerstvi","18":"tag-petr-vanek","19":"tag-spotreba-energie"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116166332413093308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}