Building a Board That Actually Helps What three veteran tech transfer leaders taught us about advisory boards for academic innovation operations On August 19, Osage University Partners (OUP) hosted a live panel on Advisory Boards for Innovation Operations at Academic Institutions. The conversation drew on decades of hands-on experience building, running, and occasionally revamping advisory…
Strategic advisory boards are becoming one of the most valuable tools for university innovation and commercialization offices — connecting institutions with the entrepreneurs, VCs, industry leaders, and government partners who help turn university technologies into real-world impact. In this webinar, three innovation leaders from top research universities share an inside look at how their advisory…
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…
Across academic institutions, patent budgets are under strain. As costs rise and revenue sources shift, universities are being asked to do more with less while still supporting innovation and protecting discoveries. Now more than ever, it is critical to adopt clear strategies for deciding what to file, how to manage portfolio costs, and where to…
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…
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…
In OUP’s third annual ‘Ask a VC’ webinar, our partner TTOs 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. The purpose of this webinar is to answer your questions on venture capital and startups. Query areas include: – What…
We spoke with our Tech Associate, Ajay Rayasam, and our Life Science Associate, Margalit Haber, for their perspectives on how best to initially interact with VCs. While some of their insights were similar, as with all individuals in the venture capital space, they did have differing opinions.