Navigating early-stage fundraising can feel complex, and understanding the tools investors use is a critical first step. Join us for a webinar on the basics of SAFEs and convertible notes, where we break down two of the most common instruments used in early-stage financing. Designed specifically for entrepreneurs out of academic institutions, this session demystifies…
The next installment of our Meet the VCs webinar series, we’re pleased to have had Kyle Welborn of Cultivation Capital and Alex Bondar of Acre Venture Partners join us. Kyle will start us off with an overview of the 2025 AgTech area investment and exit data, observations on the various market sectors within AgTech, and…
Join Bill Harrington and Allen Chen of OUP’s investment team for a discussion on startup financing trends to review the state of the venture funding landscape. We covered current market behaviors across the entire startup ecosystem with a specific emphasis on university spinouts. Bill Harrington outlined trends in the life sciences, including biopharma, research tools,…
In 2021, OUP and three licensing experts presented a 5-part comprehensive series on the basics of startup licenses out of academia. Join OUP, Certified Licensing Professionals, and our panel of experts for this “highlights” discussion as a refresher on academic startup licenses and updates on particular areas of negotiation. Topics include: • Field(s) of use…
CU Boulder’s Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator & University of Michigan’s Accelerate Blue Foundry Breakthrough technologies from academic institution need more than just great science—they need great founders. But what happens when no founder is waiting in the wings? This webinar spotlights two pioneering programs designed to close that gap: CU Boulder’s Embark Deep Tech…
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…
Join Nabil Ullah and Justin Robeny of OUP’s investment team for a discussion on startup financing trends to review the state of the venture funding landscape. They cover current market behaviors across the entire startup ecosystem with a specific emphasis on university spinouts. Justin Robeny outlines trends in the life sciences, including biopharma, research tools,…
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…
Part one of a two-part webinar series on finding a CEO for your academic startup company focuses on the evaluation process for CEO candidates. OUP Managing Partner Marc Singer discussed the importance of the leadership team to a startup’s success and explore methods for evaluating outside CEOs. The webinar highlights relevant backgrounds and important characteristics…