Helping you create beneficial impact from your research ideas and expertise is at the heart of what we do. It is how we support the University of Cambridge’s mission to contribute to society at the highest international levels of excellence.
We embark on a journey with you, expertly guiding and mentoring you through the process of developing ideas into commercial and social enterprise opportunities. There are different routes to commercialisation open to you, including using your expertise as a consultant, collaborating with external companies, and creating a new company or social enterprise. The process can both inform your research and create external impact.
We offer an opt-in fast track equity model that will allow academic founders to agree deals without lengthy negotiations.
It’s never too early to get in touch with us, either for help managing discussions with an external organisation, or for advice on the best routes for commercialisation.
We are experienced in creating beneficial impact from research originating from across the University’s Schools as summarised below.
Impact routes in the arts, humanities and social sciences often involve the creation of media, including educational and public engagement resources, software, videos, games and apps. We can help you to protect these assets and to work with partners to maximise their reach, for example within the creative and heritage industries and the charitable, business and public sectors. Other high-impact ventures include research-led social interventions in diverse areas such as government, technology, ethics, criminology, health and well-being, education, and global sustainable development.
The laboratories and hospitals of the University of Cambridge produce a wealth of knowledge. Transforming this into products and services that save and improve lives requires expertise from academia and industry, as well as capital and customers. We have created novel and ambitious collaborative ventures to bring these critical elements together to help create more effective and efficient impact across the life sciences, from agriculture to therapeutics.
We are experts in technology transfer, the commercialisation of new ideas, technologies and scientific inventions. We work with you to develop your innovations into attractive opportunities for industry and investors. Successes have included revolutionary battery technology, speech recognition software, nanomaterials and automotive components. These technologies improve energy efficiency, infrastructure, transport, healthcare, manufacturing and more.