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Entrepreneurial scientists launch 14 statements for more impact with academic startups

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In 2020 heeft Research England van 23 Britse onderwijsinstellingen het beleid t.a.v. aandelen in spin-outs in kaart laten brengen. Dit rapport geeft adviezen naar aanleiding van inzicht in verschillende praktijken.

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Central government and the regions have set up extensive collaborations for regional innovation, and much has been achieved already. According to the AWTI report, the parties concerned must now jointly ensure that innovation in the regions really takes off.

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The Netherlands has become one of the key ecosystems for entrepreneurship in Europe according to McKinsey & Company's latest report. We rank 4th in terms of startup value creation in Europe, with Amsterdam as a fast-growing hub.

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Since 2005, valorisation is the relatively young, third core task of Dutch universities in addition to education and research. The aim is to make all talent, knowledge, networks and facilities in these knowledge institutions of value to society.

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The Office of Technology Development (OTD) promotes the public good by advancing science, fostering innovation, and translating new inventions made at Harvard University into useful products that are available and beneficial to society.

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Consultancy firm KplusV investigated which public and semi-public funding instruments are available in the early phases of academic startups. How does this capital market actually work in practice?

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Harvard Law School organiseerde in 2012 een symposium over financiële ‘conflicts of interest’ binnen universiteiten, over het raakvlak van wetenschap en ondernemerschap. (Engels)

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Op verzoek van UNL onderzocht BiGGAR Economics de impact van Nederlandse universiteiten vanuit economisch perspectief. (Engels)

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Under the stewardship of TenU, the USIT Guide has been launched last April 24. The guide offers University Spin-out Investment Terms

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During State of Dutch Tech 2024, a new model shareholder agreement was launched which can be used by Dutch spin-offs in which universities, University Medical Centers (UMCs) or other knowledge institutions participate as shareholders.

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In the third round of the National Growth Fund (NGF), the government has allocated €417 million for the ''Delta Plan Valorisatie''.

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The second edition of a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering in association with Beauhurst has been published, examining the success of British spin-out companies

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With new dealterms, universities and spin-offs close 20 deals in half a year

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Opportunities abound to make better use of knowledge and innovation for major societal challenges, such as climate change, the future of healthcare or a fair data economy. That is apparent from research carried out by the Rathenau Instituut.

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The State of European Tech 2023 is out. The report contains interesting insights on the deep tech climate of the Netherlands and the rest of Europe in 2023.

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Jointly, the 4 TUs asked British consultancy firm Biggar Economics to research their economic impact, as part of 4TU's overall societal impact. The quantitative economic impact outcomes are quantified in terms of gross value added and jobs.

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The (AWTI) advises several targeted measures, which will bring researchers and entrepreneurs together more often and enable them to collaborate more easily. The different needs of entrepreneurs should be taken into account more, especially the needs of SMEs.

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Spinout.fyi is a growing effort to crowdsource and openly publish spinout deal terms across every university. Spinout.fyi seeks to shed light on deal terms to catalyse a re-write of the spinout playbook in favor of future founders.

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Consultancy firm Beauhurst, commissioned by Royal Academy of Engineering, conducted research on factors that increase the success of spinoffs in the United Kingdom.

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Stanford University has longtime experience and extensive documentation for scientists and entrepreneurs. Policies and templates can be found online.

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Study of Dutch and international best-practices in University-Centred Entrepreneurial ecosystems. This research is conducted by ECE on behalf of the AWTI. The AWTI was requested by the Dutch House of Representatives to provide an answer to three concerns about knowledge-intensive startups.

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Last Thursday, 16 March 2022, Universities of The Netherlands (UNL) and Techleap.nl organised the webinar 'Spin-off Deal Term principles'.

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The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub has published a new Entrepreneur’s Handbook to support founders of spinout companies.

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From now on, all knowledge institutions in the Netherlands can use transparent principles for the transfer of intellectual property to academic spin-offs.

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Today, Universities of The Netherlands (UNL) has presented transparent principles for university spin-offs on the State of Dutch Tech 2023.

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This report by the UK Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation sets out in detail the reality of current UK university approaches to taking equity in spinouts.

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Washington University in St.Louis’ publiceert een compact beleid voor de relatie tussen universiteit en onderzoeker met een startup. (Engels)