Entrepreneurial Journey
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Entrepreneurial spirit
At UniServices, we’ve helped launch more than 65 companies and license over 480 patent families. Is your idea next?
As the research application company of Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, UniServices identifies groundbreaking discoveries with commercial potential and helps bring them to an industry-ready stage.
We aim to partner early with staff and students to be the first investor into University spin-out companies. We manage the University of ߣߣƵInventors’ Fund and work to transform ideas and research into high-growth global companies. We partner with other investors who share our vision to support the next generation of entrepreneurs, companies and technologies that will address the world’s most challenging problems.
Supporting Investment
We’ve helped thousands of researchers and students turn their ideas into impact, whether by licensing technologies or by growing new companies. We can support you every step of the way, from helping you develop a business plan to scaling internationally. We also run the University of ߣߣƵInventors’ Fund, through which we invest in the most promising ideas.
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Supporting Investment
We’ve helped thousands of researchers and students turn their ideas into impact, whether by licensing technologies or by growing new companies. We can support you every step of the way, from helping you develop a business plan to scaling internationally. We also run the University of ߣߣƵInventors’ Fund, through which we invest in the most promising ideas.
Understand intellectual property
Do you have an idea with potential to be applied commercially? We can help you learn about your intellectual property rights and strategies, how to protect them, and about the rights and obligations of other parties including the University and UniServices.
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Understand intellectual property
Do you have an idea with potential to be applied commercially? We can help you learn about your intellectual property rights and strategies, how to protect them, and about the rights and obligations of other parties including the University and UniServices.
Learn how to get start-up funding
Want to start a business but don’t know how to secure funding for it? Here’s a quick primer on how venture capital investing works, including pre-seed and seed funding, Series A raises, and beyond.
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Learn how to get start-up funding
Want to start a business but don’t know how to secure funding for it? Here’s a quick primer on how venture capital investing works, including pre-seed and seed funding, Series A raises, and beyond.
Resources for researchers & entrepreneurs
With our wealth of experience in getting businesses off the ground, we have developed a best-practice document suite to increase transparency and demystify the process of starting a new company.
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Resources for researchers & entrepreneurs
With our wealth of experience in getting businesses off the ground, we have developed a best-practice document suite to increase transparency and demystify the process of starting a new company.
Safely disclose your idea
Protected intellectual property drives innovation and creates impact. After you confidentially disclose your idea, someone from UniServices will get in touch and guide you through the next steps in protecting your idea and bringing it to life.
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Safely disclose your idea
Protected intellectual property drives innovation and creates impact. After you confidentially disclose your idea, someone from UniServices will get in touch and guide you through the next steps in protecting your idea and bringing it to life.
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Case Studies
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