Every idea is different. We can help you transform your ideas into commercial opportunities attractive to organisations that can bring them to market. We do this through collaboration both with you and with external parties to help you achieve your goals. We are experienced in creating beneficial impact from research originating from across all of the University's Schools. Whether you have the seed of an idea, a piece of software, or an invention that is already well defined, we encourage you to get in touch for a confidential discussion to see whether we can help you take it forward. We are experts at helping University of Cambridge members create beneficial impact from their knowledge and ideas. We work closely alongside you, carefully guiding and mentoring you through the process of assessing and developing ideas and inventions into commercial and social enterprise opportunities. We also take care of the administrative side of the process, negotiating optimal terms for any licence agreements, and dealing with the paperwork and processing of payments We offer support by: - Evaluating the market potential of your idea - Working with you to develop an optimal commercialisation strategy for your idea - Helping you to understand, manage and protect the intellectual property (IP) underlying your research - Helping you to build your idea into an attractive business opportunity - Negotiating optimal licensing terms and managing any license contracts and revenue generated on your behalf We will work with you to develop a commercialisation strategy that works for you,to develop your idea into an opportunity of interest to the market.This may include: prototype development, further market assessment, developing and implementing an appropriate IP strategy, marketing the benefits of the opportunity, assisting with applications for additional 'translational' or early stage funding(from research councils, charities and other entities), or helping you create a spin-out company.
