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Deep Tech University Spinout

From invention disclosure to a signed licence and a funded company: research IP mapped, the technology transfer office negotiated with, the founding team settled and the science turned into a first market.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Deep Tech University Spinout, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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Pillar

1

Area

50

Projects

200

Starter tasks

🚀 Founding & Startups

Deep Tech University Spinout

Spinning a company out of university research, negotiating with the technology transfer office and moving from lab to market.

  1. Invention disclosure filed with the technology transfer office
  2. University IP policy and revenue share briefing
  3. Ownership map of the underlying research IP
  4. Spinout, licence deal or stay in the lab
  5. Founding team roles across lab and company
  6. Conflict of interest declaration with the university
  7. Publication hold before the first patent filing
  8. Patent filing strategy with the patent attorney
  9. First buyer problem statement for the technology
  10. Proof of concept funding map
  11. Monthly technology transfer office negotiation call
  12. Lab notebook and invention record routine
  13. Patent deadline docket
  14. Technology readiness level tracker
  15. Grant pipeline and reporting calendar
  16. Industry pull log for the technology
  17. Lab and company weekly sync
  18. Competitor patent and publication watch
  19. Monthly update for spinout backers
  20. Reading a university licence term sheet
  21. Pitching the science to non-scientists
  22. Regulatory route for the first application
  23. Deep tech investor landscape for spinouts
  24. Business fundamentals for academic founders
  25. Dilution modelling with a university stake
  26. Science and market risk register
  27. Beachhead application chosen from the platform
  28. Licence or assignment of the patents
  29. University equity stake and anti-dilution terms
  30. Field-of-use scope for the exclusive licence
  31. Choosing the spinout's first chief executive
  32. Lab space and shared equipment arrangement
  33. Sponsored research agreement with the founding lab
  34. Diligence milestones in the licence
  35. Spinout approval panel at the university
  36. Simultaneous close of licence, shareholders' agreement and round
  37. Translational grant application submission
  38. Investor technical due diligence visit
  39. First paid industrial evaluation agreement
  40. Spinout launch announcement with the press office
  41. PhD student founder balancing thesis, stipend and visa
  42. Postdoc founder on a fixed-term contract
  43. Professor founder keeping the academic post
  44. Leave of absence or secondment to the spinout
  45. Outside entrepreneur joining as CEO of a lab spinout
  46. Inventors spread across two or more institutions
  47. Freedom-to-operate review before the first product
  48. Process transfer from the lab to a contract manufacturer
  49. Export control and research security screening
  50. Renegotiating the licence ahead of Series A

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Invention disclosure filed with the technology transfer office

Nothing can be licensed until the university formally knows the invention exists, and the invention disclosure form is the document every later negotiation points back to. Filing a complete one now, with every contributor, funding source and planned publication listed, starts the formal process and stops the office discovering gaps months later while an investor is waiting.

First tasks

  • Download the current invention disclosure form from the technology transfer office site
  • List every person who contributed ideas to the work, including students and visitors
  • Gather the grant numbers and agreements that funded the research
  • Submit the disclosure and note the case manager and reference number

University IP policy and revenue share briefing

Universities differ widely in what they claim and what they give back: some take equity and royalties, some offer a fixed founder-friendly deal, and student work is often treated differently from staff work. Reading your own institution's IP policy and spinout guidance before the first meeting means you negotiate from the published rules rather than from whatever the office proposes first.

First tasks

  • Find the university IP policy and spinout guidance on the research office pages
  • Summarise what the university owns for staff, student and visitor inventions
  • Note any published standard equity and royalty terms for spinouts
  • Write down three questions the policy does not answer

Ownership map of the underlying research IP

Research results rarely belong to one owner: a funder may hold rights, an industry sponsor may have an option, a collaborator's university may co-own a patent, and code or data may carry open licences. Mapping who owns or has a claim on each piece now is exactly what investors' lawyers will do in due diligence, and finding a sponsor's option yourself is far cheaper than finding it during a round.

First tasks

  • List every patent, code base, data set and material the spinout would need
  • Pull the IP clauses from each grant and sponsored research agreement
  • Check the licences on any open-source code and public data sets used
  • Book a review of the map with the technology transfer office case manager

Make it yours.

Install Deep Tech University Spinout, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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