Partners and Investors
Business partners, industry and investors know that at Otago Innovation, they will deal with knowledgeable and engaged professionals who have a proven track record of translating clever research science into successful commercial ventures.
Otago Innovation provides accurate information about current Otago projects, their practical applications, their patent status and market potential. Investors and partners will also be able to speak directly to the researchers themselves to hear first-hand about the science behind the technology.
Otago Innovation commercialisation managers can assist with the preparation and implementation of business and marketing plans, help shepherd the commercialisation process, and ensure key proof of concept targets are managed and met.
Emerging Technologies
Novel gene therapies, drug delivery systems, software, measurement devices and vaccines. These are just a few of the exciting emerging technologies that the professional team at Otago Innovation is currently helping to bring to market. See a list of the promising projects now seeking industry partnership or investment.
Brief Case Studies
Otago Innovation is the bridge between the lab bench and the market, between University scientists and outside investors, helping to prepare novel technologies developed by Otago researchers for commercialisation. Here are some examples of how the business professionals at Otago Innovation work with both University researchers, and private companies and venture capitalists to create exciting new investment opportunities in a wide range of technologies with real market impact.
Success Stories
In business as in research, there is rarely ever an "overnight success": success comes more often than not after years of hard work, applied intelligence, and believing passionately in the value of one's idea or product.
But when that success does come, it can result in global impact with innovative products that revolutionise treatment of diseases, create unimagined new markets or make industries more efficient and profitable.
Here is one example of what can be achieved when brilliant researchers bring their exciting new ideas to the commercialisation professionals at Otago Innovation.