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Beyond the Breakthrough with Thierry Heles

Beyond the Breakthrough with Thierry Heles

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 Beyond the Breakthrough is a weekly interview show with the brightest minds in university innovation tackling the question: how does research get from a lab into the marketplace? It is hosted by Thierry Heles.Mawsonia Economics Personal Finance
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  • Season 4 Recap: Building blocks in place for university venturing to take off in 2025

    Season 4 Recap: Building blocks in place for university venturing to take off in 2025
    Dec 13 2024
    Is 2025 the year that university technology transfer will see a big boost? It certainly looks promising, particularly in the UK, where a government-led spinout review has encouraged universities to lower equity in spinouts to 25%. Most universities in the UK have adopted the guidelines. The debate over equity stakes is a discussion that Michele Barbour, associate pro vice-chancellor for enterprise and innovation at the University of Bristol, says she actually welcomed because it gave tech transfer a visibility that had so far lacked.
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    28 mins
  • Create more spinouts, more quickly with standard deal terms and willingness to fail

    Create more spinouts, more quickly with standard deal terms and willingness to fail
    Dec 6 2024
    To date, 49 universities in the UK have adopted a recommendation to take between 10% and 25% equity in their life science spinouts. The recommendation was inspired by the USIT Guide, published last year by tech transfer group TenU, making it the guide’s arguably biggest impact yet.
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    28 mins
  • More proof of concept funding is needed to create impactful spinouts

    More proof of concept funding is needed to create impactful spinouts
    Nov 29 2024
    The UK government has committed £40m ($50m) to proof of concept funding over the next five years. How should the money available be deployed? One idea — inspired by the Flemish approach — is to set up investment committees of industry, VC and university experts to allocate the money.
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    29 mins
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