Dr Emma Salgård Cunha
Director of DeepTech & Software
Emma is the Director of DeepTech & Software.
Emma is Commercialisation Director of DeepTech & Software in our Technology Development and Licensing team.
Emma develops technology licensing and venture creation projects, with a particular focus on early-stage software-based innovations. She works to connect researchers with industry, investors, and third-sector partners, allowing them to leverage their novel technologies to create impact at scale.
During her time at Cambridge Enterprise, Emma has supported the establishment of spin-out companies such as Trismik, Kalamna Global, Planarific and Thiscovery. She has overseen the licensing of data, software applications and research-based interventions to industry partners.
Emma is an advisory board member at the EU Impact Licensing Initiative and sits on the Governance Panel for ImpactU, the Research England funded capacity-building platform for social innovation in English universities.
Emma joined Cambridge Enterprise to develop a new business function in the humanities and social sciences, and in this capacity provided guidance and hands-on support to more than 500 researchers to help them navigate commercialisation pathways. Emma holds a PhD from the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge and was previously College Lecturer in Theology at Keble College, Oxford; Lecturer in English at Middlebury College; and a Progression Specialist at the social enterprise Causeway Education.
Emma joined Cambridge Enterprise in December 2018.
