University Technology Licensing: Assessing the Opportunities and Negotiating Licenses

Part 1: Opportunity Sourcing and Assessment The U.S. invests more than $120 billion in federally sponsored research funding at universities and national labs. Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) are unique entities...

Tesseract Structural Innovations Receives Two New US and WO Patents

The patents extend Tesseract’s automotive crash energy absorption platform to save lives. The company has received a Notice of Granting and Publication of its second patent “Uniform Deceleration Unit” June 1, 2021 by...

VIC 2021 Mid-Year Update Executive Summary

In the first half of 2021, we have seen a return to more normal operations across VIC and our portfolio of companies. Progress across VIC and our portfolio of companies in 2021 H1 has been strong. Click Here to download...

VIC Technology Venture Development Announces New Board of Directors Appointment

VIC adds another esteemed health care veteran to Board. Fayetteville, AR - VIC Technology Venture Development has announced the appointment of Ajay Gupta, who brings 30 years of executive healthcare experience, to its...

Inside Blackstone LaunchPad at UT Southwestern Medical Center with Brad Phelan

Brad Phelan serves as the Director of Technology Commercialization and Director of Blackstone LaunchPad for UTSW. We recently had a chance to discuss the overall topic of UTSW’s role in the rise of North Texas as the...

Building Life Science Startups Beyond Traditional Venture Capital Hubs

Innovation is Geographically Distributed; Venture Capital Activity is Not The powerful combination of venture capital and innovation is critical to maintaining the global competitiveness of the U.S. While innovation is...

Filtravate Highlighted by New Mexico State University

Filtravate Having licensed a patent-pending technology from New Mexico State University (NMSU), Filtravate went on to refine the technology, building new organic filtration membranes with controlled and tunable pore...

VIC Fellows Spotlight: Michael Gaspar, MD

The VIC Fellows Program provides an opportunity for individuals with relevant expertise and interest to learn how to identify and evaluate promising innovation from global sources. We are pleased to highlight the...

Zebra Analytix Appoints John A. Michalek as CEO

FAYETTEVILLE, AR - Zebra Analytix, Inc.—a VIC Technology Venture Development portfolio company—announced today that John A. Michalek has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member to lead the...

Zero Federal Capital Gains Taxes on High-Return Investments

With a new administration comes new perspectives and likely changes in tax policy. President Biden has proposed doubling the rate that wealthy Americans pay on investment capital gains up to 43.4%, a topic that has been...

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