Angel & Accelerator Funding: Continuing the Conversation
In late 2020, OUP hosted a webinar on Angel and Accelerator Funding for University Startups. We reconnected with two of the panelists, Ashok Kamal, Executive Director of Tech Coast Angels, and Jun Axup, Chief Science Officer and Partner of IndieBio, to continue the conversation about angel and accelerator funding in addition to answering some follow-up […]
Full ArticleThe Misguided Attempt to Use the Bayh-Dole Act’s March-In Right to Lower Drug Prices
Access to affordable drugs is a real problem. We need to make drugs more affordable. But, using march-In rights to control drug prices is the wrong solution and would be catastrophic public policy. NIST’s[1] Proposed Rule Change (Clarification) In early January 2021, while most of us were still dealing with the pandemic, trying to […]
Full ArticleTTO Strategic Communication Tactics with VCs
As a VC firm partnered with over 100 universities, we get the question from Tech Transfer Offices (TTOs) all the time — how can we best communicate with VCs? While investors have directed more attention to universities for deal flow in recent years (see bar graph below), most VCs don’t have a singular focus on […]
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