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…
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…
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…
Here is the first in a series of webinars to introduce you to VCs who often invest in startups arising from academic research. Our introductory “Meet the VCs” session will highlight Mission BioCapital and Portal Innovations, both of which are early-stage life science investors that also offer state-of-the-art shared lab facilities in multiple locations. Our…
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…
Here are some key takeaways from our webinar on recent university startup financing trends. For more exclusive financing data around university startups, watch the full webinar below.
Join Manny Stockman and Mitra Miri of OUP’s investment team for a discussion on startup financing trends to understand current market behaviors among startups generally and in the university startup ecosystem. OUP draws on its own database of active startup companies from its partner institutions to provide insights total capital and types of capital raised…
Join Manny Stockman and Margalit Haber of OUP’s investment team for a discussion on startup financing trends to understand current market behaviors among startups. This year, we will again discuss general venture activity and investment trends specific to OUP’s university startup network. The panelists will also include a retrospective look at the impact COVID-19 has had on investing trends to date.
Over the past year, tech transfer directors from Columbia, Duke, JHU, Penn, MIT, Stanford, and Yale worked with life science VCs from 5AM, Atlas, Polaris, OUP, RA Capital, and Venrock to create a common set of principles for university startup deal negotiations. These principles were captured in two documents: “Recommendations for Term Sheet Structuring”, covering equity, royalties, milestones, sublicensing, know-how royalties, diligence, and other recommendations for creating win-win outcomes; and “Recommendations for Process Improvements”, with recommendations for structuring the negotiation process itself to avoid unnecessary friction, gain buy-in early, and avoid overly long and painful negotiations.
Corporate VCs have played a crucial role in financing life sciences companies for decades, but have you ever wondered what, if anything, makes them different from institutional venture capital funds? Join us for this webinar as we talk to a panel of investors at industry-leading CVC funds to learn more about their strategies, investment criteria, and how they measure success.