This seminar investigates the importance of these non-financial impacts, such as social, cultural, and environmental contributions. Additionally, it suggests a very simple but still useful…
In the 2022 Tea with ASTP webinar, Alan Bentley and Kevin Leland discuss automating Material Transfer Agreements. They showcase Vanderbilt’s MTAShare platform and Bayer’s Testing4Ag program,…
The EUA Innovation Ecosystems report highlights universities’ critical role in Europe’s sustainable and digital transitions. It emphasises collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and innovation capacity, while recommending enhanced funding, governance, and entrepreneurship training to maximise…
The Stakeholder Consultation on the Guiding Principles for Knowledge Valorisation (2021) highlights the need to include all actors, tools, and channels in knowledge valorisation. It identifies key obstacles, such as limited skills and funding, and emphasises fostering collaboration, improving…
The Linked Innovation report explores strategies to bridge the gap between research and commercialization in research centres. It identifies common challenges, such as knowledge gaps and misaligned priorities, and provides actionable mechanisms for achieving economic sustainability, fostering…
Jeff Skinner, in his 2014 masterclass, explores effective allocation of scarce PoC funds. He stresses targeting investment to maximise commercial value and minimise risk, addressing investor concerns, and avoiding pitfalls like funding "second-guessing" or unnecessary scientific extensions.
Raja Sengupta, in his 2014 ASTP masterclass Post-Licensing Management, emphasises disciplined oversight of IP agreements to secure rightful returns. He advocates proactive systems, robust audits, and collaboration to address challenges like underreporting and ensure alignment with financial and…
Jeff Skinner, in his 2014 masterclass Valuation of Early Spin-outs, examines methods for valuing nascent tech businesses. He highlights balancing optimism with caution, understanding investor perspectives, and using valuation models critically to manage risks and expectations, illustrated through…
George Fildes (2010) explores financial principles tailored for tech-focused businesses. He addresses funding sources, budgeting, cost management, and investment analysis, emphasising strategic financial planning, cash flow control, and aligning financial decisions with business objectives to…
Arnaud Gasnier (2016) introduces a toolkit for knowledge transfer professionals. He emphasises strategic IP management, mapping IP portfolios, and planning exploitation to maximise commercial value, using case studies and practical methodologies to align innovation with market opportunities.
The 2007 white paper Drug Discovery and Development: Understanding the R&D Process by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America outlines the complex and costly journey of developing new drugs. It emphasises collaboration, rigorous testing, and technological advancements required for…
The Responsible Partnering Guidelines (2009), developed by European institutional organisations, outline principles for effective collaboration and knowledge transfer between public research organisations and industry. It emphasises strategic alignment, IP management, mutual benefit, and…
The 2004 handbook Guidelines for Teaching Hospitals for Entering into Research Agreements by Danish teaching hospitals and universities provides frameworks for partnerships with private entities. It addresses IP rights, ethical considerations, confidentiality, and publication policies, promoting…
At the moment an invention is disclosed to the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), the totality of information needed for assessing the invention and possibly filing a patent is often distributed over several persons.
The ResearchInno database: in partnership with Crunchbase, it aggregates 780,000+ companies, 29,000+ investors, 3,100+ programs and 9,900+ institutes in EU and the US
Joris Swennen and Sander Van Loock (2013) analyse key challenges in forming consortia. They address IP ownership, co-ownership, background access, and publication, emphasising clear communication, legal certainty, and tailored agreements to balance academic and industry interests effectively.
The Lambert Toolkit has been prepared by the Lambert Working Group on Intellectual Property for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects with each other.
Money has no smell. However, within the market there are different types of venture capitalist, which vary in terms of amount of capital invested per participation, management style and objectives, requirements with respect to the company management team, etc.
Founded in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the LifeScience Foundation, Ascenion is a technology transfer company focusing on the field of life sciences. It currently serves a total of 23 research institutes and university hospitals all over Germany.
This document starts from the observation that in tandem with rapid advances in biotechnology research having valuable applications for use in healthcare the Canadian technology transfer activity has grown significantly.
While the IP Office recognizes that the specifics of any start-up company development may be unique, it has identified a number of common elements and the IP Office has developed standard mechanisms and support structures to assist with this process.
The development of life science technologies typically involve long timelines and stringent regulatory hurdles, which in combination result in a high investment capital need. In contrast, the financial and societal reward can be tremendous in case of success.
We are all familiar with the traditional “ funnel” model of technology transfer. On paper, this model looks deceptively simple.
By definition, it is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
Entrepreneurship for Physicists: A Practical Guide to Move Ideas from University to Market offers a concise analysis of the key ingredients that enable entrepreneurs to bring added value to their customers.
Seeing the company I founded sell for a huge amount of money while personally making very little from it is, of course, frustrating.
The Venture Capital business is full of great firms that were founded by entrepreneurs/operators who became investors mid/late career.
Picture this… It’s 8am. You take your first sip of coffee, ready to start your day. You check your email and… You find out your latest grant application didn’t get funded. Bummer.
Additive manufacturing technology has opened up possibilities for the production of medical products that can change the way reconstructive medicine is done all over the world.
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin: We celebrate these entrepreneurs for their successes, and often equally extol the venture capitalists who backed their start-ups and share in their glory.
Technology transfer is an exciting and growing field, but there is naturally a great variety in maturity of operations, both between countries and individual institutions.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vital to the European economy and account for a massive 99% of all businesses in the EU.
At the Cambridge Postdoc Enterprise Competition grand finale on 27 October the quality of the finalists’ pitches was vital to their chances of success.
Open innovation asserts that a company or organization should make greater use of external ideas in its business and allow its own ideas to go out beyond its own boundaries to others to use in their businesses
Women remain under-represented in science and business including in the creation and operation of spin-off companies from public research institutions.
Economic theories of the market and public goods in the evaluation and method for HEIF.
Identifying cutting-edge technology is simply the first step of technology scouting. The key to effective tech scouting is to capture the right opportunity at the right time. We assembled a list of five tactics to help you streamline your process.
University College Dublin (UCD) is Ireland’s largest university with over 30,000 students and around 1,500 academic employers. It has its origins in the Catholic University of Ireland in 1854. The university consists of seven colleges which represent the full spectrum of academic sciences.
Imperial Innovations was founded in 1986 as the technology transfer office for Imperial College London. In 1997, the group became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Imperial College London.
TecMinho was established in 1990 as a private non- profit association to promote the University’s connection to society and contribute to regional development by supporting the transfer of knowledge and technologies created at the University into application.
TU/e Innovation Lab is the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for TU/e, Eindhoven University of Technology founded in 1956 - a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Max Planck Innovation brings patents and technologies to the market and assists founders in setting up new companies based on the research results of the Max Planck Society.
The BTO team consists of 30 highly skilled and experienced people covering the full range of technology transfer services from securing IP to commercialization activities. A particular focus is on business development and start-up support.
Since its inception in 2003, NTNU-TT has brought together a diverse team of 30 professionals with various backgrounds and expertise in different disciplines including engineering, medicine, natural sciences, social sciences, finance and law.
One of the main challenges faced by the TTO was to organize the partnership between Cardiff University and VC firms in an optimal way.
VSB Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) was founded 1849. It has an academic staff of 670 and 24.000 enrolled students and is a university specialized in mining, engineering, environmental sciences and nano technology.
Established in 1827, KTH Royal Institute of Technology is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. KTH has more than 18,000 students and about 5,000 employees, including nearly 300 professors.
One of the main challenges faced by Unitectra from the moment of its establishment was to effectively manage the provision of technology commercialization services and proof-of-concept funding to multiple universities, hospitals and research institutions.
Founded in 1989, UCL Business plc is the technology transfer company of University College London and several hospitals of the National Hospital System in the UK and has more than 40 employees.
The Technical University Munich (TUM) is one of the biggest Universities of Technology in Germany with 40,000 students enrolled and a staff of 10,000. Core research areas are engineering, natural sciences and medicine but many areas are covered too.
Linköping University is one of the biggest universities in Sweden with 27,000 students and 3,200 staff, founded in 1975. It provides teaching and research in all major areas.
Part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, The University of Manchester is the largest single-site university in the UK, with a student community of nearly 40,000.
The Polytechnic University of Valencia is a Spanish University focused on Science and Technology. As a University, it was founded in 1971. Nowadays, it has 40,000 students enrolled and an academic staff of 2,600.
The High-Tech Gründerfonds (henceforth HTGF) is a public-private venture capital investment company founded in 2005 and based in Bonn. HTGF is an early stage seed investor that primarily focuses on high potential high-technology start-ups.
Founded in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the LifeScience Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research, Ascenion is a technology transfer company focusing on the field of life sciences.
The University of Manchester Intellectual Property (UMIP) was established in 2004 as the University’s agent for intellectual property management and commercialisation.
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