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Participants will gain expertise in collaborating with founding academics to build well-financed, sustainable ventures that can effectively commercialise technology and provide a financial return to the university.
Delivered by experts from Europe’s most innovative institutions, this course covers essential topics such as managing conflicts of interest, assembling successful management teams, and navigating venture capital financing. Attendees will also explore what investors look for in spin-outs and how to position intellectual property for maximum impact.
Ideal for those aiming to enhance their ability to commercialise technologies, the programme leverages interactive case studies and role play to teach participants how to build sustainable ventures. It also examines which technologies are best suited for spin-outs and the pivotal role knowledge transfer managers play in shaping the initial business strategy.
The course connects to the broader knowledge transfer network and fosters accelerated knowledge transfer through knowledge transfer partnerships, driving innovation and entrepreneurial success.
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Why Join The course?
Join this course to gain essential competencies for developing and managing spin-out companies. You will learn through case studies and role play facilitated by experts who have been actively involved in building, financing and managing successful university spin-outs.
Course Objectives
The course objectives are to:
- Learn how to spin-out a company from a research institution
- Handle funding, especially venture capital (VC) financing
- Manage the conflicts of interest for: scientists, founders, research institutions and KTOs
- Deepen your knowledge of how to create a new venture
Key Topics
The key course topics are:
- When and why to spin out
- How to start a new venture
- Understanding the entrepreneurial mindset
- Building a management team and handling founder relationships
- Managing conflicts of interest
- Transferring Intellectual property as the primary asset
- Legal frameworks for spin-outs
- Analysing term sheets
- Distributing equity pre-money
- Strategic financing – from non-dilutive to venture capital funding
- Investor term sheets - What investors look for
- Roles and responsibilities of directors and shareholders
- Supporting the venture to a successful exit
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Testimonials
Recent studies on both sides of the Atlantic, directed by either ASTP or AUTM, demonstrate the tremendous economic and societal benefit and value technology transfer has brought us.
Koenraad Debackere
KU Leuven, Belgium
ASTP Conference offers great networking and learning opportunities; a chance to share knowledge with colleagues from various areas of expertise.
Bruno Woeran
Merinova OY - TII President, Finland
This course gives an in-depth understanding on managing contract portfolio, including research contracts, license agreements, and other collaboration agreements.
Ram Siddappa
Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Was great to meet counterparts in my profession who may share my experiences, but who may also have other ideas and approaches.
Tim Moser
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands
The course exceeded my expectations. We exchanged experiences and learned different options of approaches to existing problems.
Patricia Lima
Instituto Superior Technico, Portugal
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