University Technology Commercialization Programme

RNS Number : 2332N

Tekcapital plc

08 May 2018

 

8 May 2018

Tekcapital plc

("Tekcapital" or the "Company")

Tekcapital sponsored by Chilean Government Agency to Deliver

University Technology Commercialization Programme

Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property (IP) investment group focused on creating marketplace value from university technology, announces that it will be delivering an advanced technology commercialization and university start-up training programme in Santiago, Chile in May 2018.  The five-day programme will include participants from 13 Chilean research universities and two research institutions.¹

The sponsor of this unique programme is the Chilean government Agency CORFO, the main Chilean agency focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness. Their objective is to form new technology-based businesses in Chile, and around the world, based on the technologies and innovations that have been developed in Chile's universities and national research centres.  

Commenting on the programme, Dr Gross, Tekcapital's CEO, said; "We are excited to announce our new programme with HUB APTA and the Chilean Biotechnology Association, to provide training services, Invention Evaluator reports and our software apps in Chile, a leader in technology innovation in Latin America. This activity builds on our initial programmes in Mexico last year and we are in early discussions for similar type programmes in Brazil, the largest market in Latin America. We are grateful for the terrific work of our team members Maria Kowalski, Business Development Manager for Latin American and Spain, and Michael Rosen, Managing Director of Academic and Entrepreneurship Training, in developing and delivering this new initiative for Tekcapital. We believe that there are many excellent research institutions and universities in Latin America that can benefit from our technology transfer services, as they seek to commercialize their novel technologies."

For further information, please contact:

Tekcapital Plc	Via Walbrook PR
Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D.
Allenby Capital Limited (AIM Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	[phone]
Jeremy Porter / Alex Brearley
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)	[phone]
David Poutney / James Serjeant
Walbrook PR Ltd	[phone]
Paul Cornelius / Helen Cresswell / Sam Allen	[e-mail]

ABOUT Tekcapital plc - The World's Largest University Network for Open Innovation

Tekcapital's objective is to create value from investing in new, university-developed intellectual properties. Additionally, using its proprietary discovery search engine, linked to 4,500+ universities in 160 countries, coupled with expert scientific review, Tekcapital provides a range of IP investment services to make it easy for organisations to find, evaluate and acquire university-developed technology. Tekcapital plc is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please visit www.tekcapital.com

LEI: 213800GOJTOV19FIFZ85

1-List of University and Research Institution Programme Participants:

Universidad de Tarapacá

Universidad de Antofagasta

Universidad Católica del Norte

CICITEM

Universidad de Atacama

Universidad de La Serena

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Universidad Mayor

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Universidad de Concepción

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Universidad Santo Tomás

Universidad Tecnológica de Chile

Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía

 

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