Join us for an insightful discussion with leaders from Banc of California and Western Alliance Bank as we unpack how venture debt works and when it can be a strategic fit for startups emerging from academic institutions. In this panel, we explored: For founders, faculty entrepreneurs, and innovation leaders, this session will provide practical insights…
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…
As a graduate student, many career options lie in front of you. One potential route is founding a startup based on the innovative research conducted in your lab. Beginning a startup company is complex and challenging. While there are now many programs to assist academics in their startup endeavors, some aspects you learn as you…
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…
Have you wondered what comprises a venture studio? How does this model differentiate from accelerators and incubators? Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the roles that venture studios play in the university innovation ecosystem. Moderated by Jaimie Testai, Best Practices Manager at OUP, this session featured three venture studios: Prutha Atre of Rose Rock…
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…
While innovations out of academia in the STEM area are the basis of more than 1000 startup companies per year in the U.S., academic inventors are not always the right fit to lead these startup companies. Given this, how does an academic founder find a great individual to fill the CEO position? Following up on…