For our sixth annual ‘Ask a VC’ webinar, OUP’s Life Science Managing Partner, Matt Cohen, and Technology Partner, Manny Stockman answered academic founder’s and our partner TTO’s questions on anything and everything as it pertains to venture capital operations, decision-making, and the current investing environment. Since the purpose of this webinar was to answer questions…
Finding capital for your new venture is never easy, but recent years have been particularly deflated for certain sectors, including MedTech. What is a startup founder to do? Join three founders out of academic institutions who have attained capital for their new MedTech ventures in the past couple of years to hear their journeys in…
Looking for early-stage commercialization funding? Listen to hear our federal agency experts’ discussion on their small business research commercialization funding programs, SBIR and STTR. During the program, the experts reviewed: • General information on their agencies (NSF, NIH, and NCI) and how they work in the commercialization process • General information on the commercialization-focused programs…
Bryn Rees (CU Boulder), Case Cortese (Caltech), and Mike Psarouthakis (University of Michigan) joined us for a discussion on university venture funds, where academic institutions are investing capital into the startups forming based on intellectual property from their institutions. First, Bryn provided a landscape analysis he conducted on existing university venture funds. This landscape was…
Watch an insightful webinar exploring the current landscape of AI and generative AI investing, with a special focus on the critical role of university spinouts in shaping the sector. Moderated by Ajay Rayasam, Senior Associate at OUP, this features two up-and-coming voices in venture capital: Jordan Windmueller, Principal at A* Capital, and James Wu, Investor…
Do you have a burning question on venture capital you need answered? Watch OUP’s fifth annual ‘Ask a VC’ webinar, a session where our partner TTOs can ask Managing Partners Marc Singer and Bill Harrington anything and everything as it pertains to venture capital operations, decision-making, and the current investing environment. Since the purpose of…
Last week we had a panel discussion webinar on what university leaders should know about royalty monetization, including legal nuances, university mission view points, and buy-side perspectives. As an opener, we reviewed what a royalty monetization is and the growth of monetizations in the past few decades. The bulk of the webinar wasa practical discussion…
Starting companies out of universities is a complex endeavor, but startups can get a head start when done in conjunction with a company formation investor. In this webinar, we heard from three company formation investors in the life sciences: Each investor described their fund thesis, what they look for in opportunities arising from academic institutions,…
Do you have a burning question on venture capital you need answered? Join OUP for our fourth annual ‘Ask a VC’ webinar, a session where our partner TTOs can ask Managing Partners Marc Singer and Bill Harrington anything and everything as it pertains to venture capital operations, decision-making, and the current investing environment. Since the…
Before watching this video, we recommend watching the third part of this series on Valuations and Term Sheets: https://youtu.be/4APT6e4qxCU The next webinar in OUP’s Funding and Equity Webinar Series will focus on cap tables over funding rounds and what happens to equity at exits. Our panelists, Manny Stockman and Anurag Agarwal, will run through a…