Center For Technology Licensing

W.E. Cornell Applications Now Open
2022-08-09 12:15 - 13:15 UTC | NY
Calling all students and post-docs at Cornell doing research at the graduate level or higher! W.E. Cornell is now accepting applications for fall 2022.
Join like-minded deep technology entrepreneurs for a complimentary lunch at Upson Hall on August 9 with director of W.E. Cornell, Andrea Ippolito, M. Eng ’07 and founder of SimpliFed. Ippolito will lead a discussion focused on the challenges specific to women entrepreneurs and innovators while sharing the benefits of the W.E. Cornell program and highlighting other entrepreneurship opportunities at Cornell. Register for the August 9 information session.

W.E. Cornell is a cohort-based program that empowers deep tech graduate, PhD, and post-doctoral scholars at Cornell University to commercialize their innovations and overcome the challenges of leading a technology-based business. Combining a proven entrepreneurship curriculum with a focus on leadership development and empowerment, participants will finish the program prepared to take the next steps in their entrepreneurship journey.

The program is open to all students and post docs at Cornell conducting research at the graduate level or higher including women, female-identified, and non-binary students. Applications for fall 2022 will be accepted until October 7. Apply now.

Equity Compensation in University Startups
2022-08-10 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
Webinar Description:

Please join us for the first part of our series of webinars on Startup Equity and Financing: Equity Compensation in University Startups.

Equity compensation can be an opaque and awkward topic for first-time academic founders. Join us for a webinar that is an in-depth look at venture capital perspectives on the economics of university startup formation, particularly founders’ equity. OUP will review an analysis of the equity structures of over 90 startups combined with our collective insights from a decade of working with hundreds of academic founders as featured in a recent blog post by Nabil Ullah. In addition, the speakers will take the audience step-by-step through the life of a company, illustrating the uses of equity and potential outcomes for founders.

You can submit questions below (on the registration page) and we will also have a Q&A session during the webinar.
Register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

This webinar is open to all of OUP’s academic institution partners.
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Panelists:

CTL Practicum Virtual Info Session
2022-08-12 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
The Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University (CTL) has historically significantly benefited from working with Cornell’s bright, passionate, and creative students, whose many contributions have helped protect and market Cornell’s innovations for potential licensing to new ventures or existing companies. We are also proud to know those who have worked with us in the past have successfully leveraged their CTL experience into promising and successful careers in, among other areas, technology licensing, IP law, consulting, business development, etc.

To further enhance this mutually beneficial relationship, CTL is proud to continue the CTL Practicum for Cornell graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

The CTL Practicum is a paid program open to STEM and MBA graduate students at Ithaca, Cornell AgriTech, and Cornell Tech campuses. We are seeking candidates available to work with us for at least 9 months (academic year), at a maximum of 10 hours per week. The practicants will be paid at an hourly rate.

Join us on August 12 at noon for this virtual info session for more information about the program. Register here.

CTL Practicum Virtual Info Session
2022-08-12 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Applications are now open for the annual recruitment cycle!

The Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University (CTL) has historically significantly benefited from working with Cornell’s bright, passionate, and creative students, whose many contributions have helped protect and market Cornell’s innovations for potential licensing to new ventures or existing companies. We are also proud to know those who have worked with us in the past have successfully leveraged their CTL experience into promising and successful careers in, among other areas, technology licensing, IP law, consulting, business development, etc.

To further enhance this mutually beneficial relationship, CTL is proud to continue the CTL Practicum Program for Cornell graduate students (STEM and MBA) and postdoctoral researchers at Ithaca, Cornell AgriTech, and Cornell Tech campuses. We are seeking candidates available to work with us for at least 9 months (academic year), at a maximum of 10 hours per week. The Practicants will be paid at an hourly rate.

Join us on August 12 at noon for a virtual info session about the program. Register here.

Detailed information about the program and the application process can be found on CTL’s website here.

CTL Pop-up Event in Ithaca
2022-08-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Engineering Quad North
Stop by and meet the Center for Technology Licensing at our tent on the Engineering Quad North to learn about Cornell technologies, opportunities for graduate students and post-doctorate researchers, and have some Cornell Dairy ice cream or Cornell apples on us!
CTL licensing associates will be present to answer questions about disclosure and commercialization and to showcase up-and-coming Cornell innovations.

CTL Practicum in-person info session
2022-08-26 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Join us in person and have a pizza lunch on us!

The Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University (CTL) has historically significantly benefited from working with Cornell’s bright, passionate, and creative students, whose many contributions have helped protect and market Cornell’s innovations for potential licensing to new ventures or existing companies. We are also proud to know those who have worked with us in the past have successfully leveraged their CTL experience into promising and successful careers in, among other areas, technology licensing, IP law, consulting, business development, etc.

To further enhance this mutually beneficial relationship, CTL is proud to continue the CTL Practicum Program for Cornell graduate students (STEM and MBA) and postdoctoral researchers at Ithaca, Cornell AgriTech, and Cornell Tech campuses. We are seeking candidates available to work with us for at least 9 months (academic year), at a maximum of 10 hours per week. The Practicants will be paid at an hourly rate.

Join us on August 26 at noon at Upson Lounge, Rm 116 for an in-person info session and have pizza lunch on us while learning about the program. Register here.

Detailed information about the program and the application process can be found on CTL’s website here.

I-Corps Regional Course program (Virtual)
2022-09-02 - 2022-10-05 | NY
The virtual regional course is 4.5 weeks long. It combines self-directed online learning activities, with six Zoom-based class meetings (1-2 hours long), and two 1:1 instructor check ins (15-20 minutes). Teams of 1-3 people can apply. Eight to ten teams are selected per class. Teams aim to conduct 30 customer discovery interviews.

Session 1: Monday, September 12
Session 2a: Wednesday, September 14
Session 2b: Friday, September 16
Session 3: Monday, September 19
Session 4: Wednesday, September 21
Session 5a: Wednesday, September 28
Session 5b: Monday, October 3
Session 6: Wednesday, October 5

CTL@WCM Office Hours with Louise Sarup
2022-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
CTL@WCM Office Hours are open to all who wish to gain more information about the advancement of their patent filings and to discuss their technology venture project with a one-on-one meeting with a Weill Cornell Business Development and Licensing Officer.
The September 8th office hours will be hosted by Louise Sarup, Interim Technology Licensing Officer at CTL, NYC office, from 2 – 4 p.m.

Louise manages a portfolio of medical technologies focusing on imaging, platform technologies, and algorithms.

Reserve your 30-minute one-on-one meeting between 2-4 pm on Thursday, September 8. Register here.

Ignite Postdoc for Ventures Welcome Session
2022-09-09 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
The Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) at Cornell will welcome the inaugural cohort of Ignite Postdoc for Ventures. Alice Li, executive director, Lynda Inseque, assistant director, and Christine Holmes, director of Postdoctoral Studies will present the program and resources available to postdocs through the program and at Cornell University.

CTL IP Series 1: Understanding the Technology Transfer Process
2022-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
For this first of the season series, the CTL team will present the technology transfer process at Cornell and will outline:

The groups at CTL (Ithaca and Weill Cornell in NYC) and the resources available to the research community,
University Technology Transfer – Bayh-Dole Act,
Patent Law Primer,
and Marketing and Evaluating Your Invention.

Presenters:

Lisa Placanica, Senior Managing Director, CTL@WCM
Bill Pegg, Director for IP, CTL
Phil Owh, Director, Licensing BD – Life sciences, CTL
Martin Teschl, Director, Licensing BD – Physical sciences, CTL
Lynda Inséqué, Assistant Director, Technology Initiatives & Outreach, CTL

Register here!

Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge
2022-09-23 | NY
Applications are still open for promising early-stage deep tech startups across all industries and technologies for the 2022 Global Challenge!

Startups can gain the following opportunities:
Global visibility:

Opportunities to pitch & showcase at the Global Summit in Paris, welcoming 3000+ attendees
Chance to get spotted by international media (Sifted, The Times, The Economist, etc.)

Connections:

Access to the Global Summit & opportunities to meet with hundreds of VCs, accelerators, and industry leaders (including Bayer, Airbus, Bosch, Google, Solvay, etc. )
Winners receive customized coaching sessions from experts & personal intros with relevant investors and potential partners/clients

Funding:

€150K prizes – all equity-free, no strings attached
Access to our Investor Day with 200+ renowned VCs and CVCs (including DCVC, Atomico, SOSV, World fund, CVCs from IBM, Merck, BASF, etc. )

Have a deep tech startup or project that uses advanced technology to answer a societal or industrial challenge? Apply online here until September 23rd!

CTL Practicum Training Session 1
2022-10-04 09:00 - 12:30 | NY
CTL’s Practicum is a paid program open to STEM and MBA graduate students. After acceptance into the program, practicants are provided training on the basics of tech transfer, prior art search, technology marketing, market research, and more as they assist CTL in our commercialization goals.

CTL New Ventures Series – Pitching 101: How to Present Your Startups and Technology Innovation to Potential Funders
2022-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Back by popular demand for CTL’s New Ventures Series this fall, Kirsten Leute and Ajay Rayasam at Osage University Partners (OUP) focus the session on how an entrepreneur, or a faculty-entrepreneur, can develop and deliver a pitch to gain interest and commitment from potential investors.
Pitching an early-stage science- and technology-based startup to potential funders can be intimidating. Learning how to tailor your presentation and understanding what motivates funders to say yes, or at least not give you an outright no, are important aspects of preparing for your initial pitch. This talk is structured around OUP’s many years of experience in hearing pitches and reviewing pitch decks to provide insight on creating and presenting an initial startup pitch to funders.
Speakers:

Kirsten Leute, Partner at OUP
Ajay Rayasam, M.S., Associate, Technology, OUP

Register here!

Ignite Innovation Acceleration – Fall 2022 Cycle Info Session #1
2022-10-07 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Ignite Innovation Acceleration is one of the four signature programs of Ignite: Cornell Research Lab to Market gap funding series. The program aims to advance Cornell University research innovations to the next inflection point (technical or commercial validation) towards commercialization.

Awarded projects will receive up to $50,000. The funding is provided in form of grants to labs to advance inventions toward licensing, startup formation, or industry partnerships.

Project applications are submitted by Cornell University research labs based on disclosed, active CTL inventions from Ithaca, Geneva, or Cornell Tech campuses and will be accepted through November 4, 2022.

Join the information session to learn more about the program series and the application process. Register here.

Can’t make it to this info session? We have a second one on October 18. Register here.

CTL Practicum Training Session 2
2022-10-10 09:00 - 12:00 | NY

Ask a VC webinar
2022-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Have a burning question on venture capital you need answered? Join OUP for our third annual ‘Ask a VC’ webinar, a session where our partner TTOs can ask Managing Partners Marc Singer and Bill Harrington anything and everything about venture capital operations, decision-making, and the current investing environment.

Since this webinar aims to answer your questions on venture capital and startups, submit your questions early. Query areas could include:
• What should startups look for in their lead investors?
• What are ‘standard’ investment terms these days for startups? Does this vary by Seed vs. Series A?
• What are the common misconceptions you find that faculty members have about being a company founder?
• What does a well-known PI typically receive for founder’s equity?
• How do SPACs work, and what could they mean for university startups?
• What do you find are common misconceptions TTOs have about venture capital?
• What funding sources most commonly lead to a startup having a later successful venture capital financing round?

Marc and Bill will also take questions from the audience on the day of the webinar but sending your questions in advance will put them at the top of the queue.

This webinar is free to all of OUP’s academic institution partners. Register here.

Panelists:

CTL@WCM Special Panel on Health Equity
2022-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
On the occasion of the diversity month, Weill Cornell Medicine Enterprise Innovation’s CTL@WCM is addressing disparities in health and health care affecting underrepresented groups.
Gender, ethnoracial background, income, housing, and geographic location, etc. are just some of factors that influence health and well-being. People of color and other marginalized groups are the most impacted by healthcare inequity, and they experience higher rates of illness. Racial disparities, particularly, is estimated to cost $93 billion in excess medical care.
In a special panel, experts from academia, industry, government, and investment will provide insights on the state of healthcare, will discuss solutions to improve the conditions that drive health outcomes (equitable access to care, diversification of clinical trials, etc.), and will describe existing programs that can sustainably address health disparities, with a commercialization and investment lens.
Panelists
• Pierre R. Theodore, MD, Vice President, Global Public Health, J&J
• Rachel Rubin ‘07, Vice President, Investments and Programs, Roivant Social Ventures
• J’Vanay Santos-Fabian, MBA candidate, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, My LÚA

Moderated by Lisa Placanica, Senior Managing Director, CTL @ WCM
Join us for this special panel in collaboration with Johnson and Johnson. Register here.

CTL@WCM Office Hours with Loren Busby
2022-10-13 12:00 - 14:00 | NY
CTL@WCM Office Hours are open to all who wish to discuss their technology venture project with a 30-minute one-on-one meeting with a representative of the Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation office.

Presented by the Center for Technology Licensing, the October 13th office hours will be hosted by Loren Busby from 12-2pm and will focus on the perspectives Loren brings to venture.

Loren A. Busby, CFA, is Director of WCM’s BioVenture eLab and previously served as one of its Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. She spent 25 years in the venture capital industry and several years in interim management roles at healthcare-related startups.

She is well-versed in topics such as:
• New venture legal structures
• Cap tables and founder’s equity
• Investor pitches & fundraising
• SBIR/STTR grants
• Team-building

Register here.

Red Bear Angels Pitch Teaser
2022-10-14 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
CTL and Red Bear Angels pitch teaser event, featuring sneak peek presentations for three inventors presenting at Entrepreneurship Cornell’s Eclectic Convergence.

Chain Reaction Innovations' (CRI) cohort 7
2022-10-15 08:00 - 2022-11-30 17:00 | NY
INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING YOUR CLEANTECH INNOVATION AND BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR? Do you know someone who fits this description?
Apply to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI) cohort 7! The two-year fellowship program at Argonne National Laboratory will begin accepting applications on October 15th for innovators who would like to bring their early-stage tech to market. Applicants are chosen in spring 2023, and the program begins in June 2023.
Attend a webinar for more information on how to join this fellowship program.
We help startups bring their green technologies to market, leveraging Argonne’s unique capabilities. Our goal is to help shorten the development timeline of hardtech and create a ‘chain reaction’ that impacts clean energy job growth while addressing climate change. Visit the CRI website for more information.
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office’s Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, CRI supports innovators for two years as they embed at Argonne to develop and de-risk their technologies.
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office’s Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, CRI supports innovators for two years as they embed at Argonne to develop and de-risk their technologies.
Tuesday, November 8, 1 pm – 2 pm
Monday, November 28, 3 pm – 4 pm
all Central time
CRI provides participants with the financial and technical support they need to evolve into viable energy or manufacturing businesses. CRI supports innovators with:

Up to $220,000 for technical work at Argonne, up to $110,000 per year for salary stipend, and $12,000 for travel plus moving expenses
Benefits include healthcare with family option
Two-month extensive entrepreneurial training for first-time founders plus ongoing programming
Networking opportunities with business experts, investors, mentors, CRI cohorts, and corporate partners
Mentorship and support from the CRI team plus technical expertise from Argonne researchers
Argonne takes no equity stake

The application period for CRI’s Cohort 7 opens on October 15th and closes on November 30, 2022, at 5 p.m. Central Time. Apply using this link.

CTL Practicum Training Session 3
2022-10-17 14:00 - 17:00 | NY

Office hours
2022-10-18 08:00 - 17:00 | NY
Coming soon

Ignite Innovation Acceleration – Fall 2022 Cycle Info Session #2
2022-10-18 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Ignite Innovation Acceleration is one of the four signature programs of Ignite: Cornell Research Lab to Market gap funding series. The program aims to advance Cornell University research innovations to the next inflection point (technical or commercial validation) towards commercialization.

Awarded projects will receive up to $50,000. The funding is provided in form of grants to labs to advance inventions toward licensing, startup formation, or industry partnerships.

Project applications are submitted by Cornell University research labs based on disclosed, active CTL inventions from Ithaca, Geneva, or Cornell Tech campuses and will be accepted through November 4, 2022.

Join this information session to learn more about the program series and the application process. Register here.

Cornell Innovation & Venture Advisors (CIVA) Launch
2022-10-25 12:00 - 13:30 | NY
The Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) is launching the Cornell Innovation & Venture Advisors (CIVA) group. CIVA is a new and exclusive community of industry experts who are provided a first look at emerging technologies and venture opportunities from Cornell innovations. The group, which advisors may join by invitation only, aims to connect Cornell inventors from the Ithaca, Geneva, Cornell Tech, and Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) campuses with potential entrepreneurs and corporate partners with the goal of leveraging advisor feedback to best advance technology toward commercialization and venture.

Ignite Postdoc for Ventures Training - Market Opportunity Navigator Workshop
2022-10-26 - 2022-11-09 | NY
The 6-session workshop is designed to help the Ignite Postdocs get a clear overview of their potential market domains and make confident decisions on where to play next. It offers a structured approach for identifying, evaluating and strategizing your market opportunities. The workshop will offer a hands-on approach through teaching and break-out sessions. The post-docs will gain important insights and get acquainted with tools that will accompany them over time, as they learn and make important strategic decisions.

Ignite Innovation Acceleration Application Deadline
2022-11-04 08:00 - 18:00 | NY
Ignite Innovation Acceleration is one of the four signature programs of Ignite: Cornell Research Lab to Market gap funding series. The program aims to advance Cornell University research innovations to the next inflection point (technical or commercial validation) towards commercialization.

Awarded projects will receive up to $50,000. The funding is provided in form of grants to labs to advance inventions toward licensing, startup formation, or industry partnerships.

Project applications are submitted by Cornell University research labs based on disclosed, active CTL inventions from Ithaca, Geneva, or Cornell Tech campuses.

Applications are being accepted through November 4, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.

You can learn more on Ignite’s website here.

Apply here.

IP Series #2: What Makes Patents Commercially Relevant?
2022-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
For this second session of the IP Series, Lisa Placanica, Senior Managing Director, and Eric Bryant, IP Officer at the Center for Technology Licensing at Weill Cornell Medicine, will take a deep dive into key elements researchers should consider when working with CTL on the prosecution of their patent applications which will help make their IP commercially relevant.
The presentation will include:

Content to obtain a good patent application
Common pitfalls in claim drafting
Freedom to operate
Enforcement strategies

Presenters:
Lisa Placanica, Senior Managing Director, CTL@WCM
Eric Bryant, IP Officer, CTL@WCM
Register here.

Ignite Postdoc for Ventures Training - Basics of Venture Finance
2022-11-14 09:30 - 10:30 | NY
3-session Special Lecture by Greg Ray, EIR and Faculty at Cornell / Johnson School
Three 1-hour sessions on:

Basics of Venture Finance (1 hour) November 14, 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Technology Strategy within Startups (1 hour) November 30, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Revenue Streams (1 hour) December 6, 10:30 am – 11: 30 am

Sixth Annual Symposium on Entrepreneurship and ﻿Academic Drug Development
2022-11-14 15:00 - 17:30 | Belfer Research Building, 413 E 69th St, New York, NY, NY, 10021, United States
Annual symposium organized by WCM Enterprise Innovation and the Dean’s Office on entrepreneurship and drug and device development. This year’s keynote speaker is George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We are also introducing a new feature: pre-symposium workshops on resources for developing novel therapeutics.

Register here.

CTL@WCM Office Hours with Jamie Brisbois
2022-11-16 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
CTL@WCM Office Hours are open to all who wish to gain more information about the advancement of their patent filings and to discuss their technology venture project with a one-on-one meeting with a Weill Cornell Business Development and Licensing Officer.
The November 16th office hours will be hosted virtually by Jamie Brisbois, Business Development and Licensing Associate at CTL, NYC office, from 2 – 4 p.m.
Jamie assists the licensing team in identifying, marketing, and licensing life sciences technologies developed at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Before joining CTL in 2021, Jamie worked as a consultant with ClearView Healthcare Partners, a boutique healthcare consulting firm based in Boston. In addition, he served three years as a fellow with Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), the technology transfer office of Columbia University.
Jamie received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University, where he helped develop a scalable signaling language for engineering multicellular communication in the laboratory of Dr. Virginia Cornish. Jamie holds a B.A. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and French from Lawrence University (Appleton, WI), where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Register here.
