Participants will gain expertise in collaborating with founding academics to build well-financed, sustainable ventures that can effectively commercialise technology and provide a financial return to the university.
Delivered by experts from Europe’s most innovative institutions, this course covers essential topics such as managing conflicts of interest, assembling successful management teams, and navigating venture capital financing. Attendees will also explore what investors look for in spin-outs and how to position intellectual property for maximum impact.
Ideal for those aiming to enhance their ability to commercialise technologies, the programme leverages interactive case studies and role play to teach participants how to build sustainable ventures. It also examines which technologies are best suited for spin-outs and the pivotal role knowledge transfer managers play in shaping the initial business strategy.
The course connects to the broader knowledge transfer network and fosters accelerated knowledge transfer through knowledge transfer partnerships, driving innovation and entrepreneurial success.
Why join the course?
Join this course to gain essential competencies for developing and managing spin-out companies. You will learn through case studies and role play facilitated by experts who have been actively involved in building, financing and managing successful university spin-outs.
Learning Objectives
Learn how to spin-out a company from a research institution
Handle funding, especially venture capital (VC) financing
Manage the conflicts of interest for: scientists, founders, research institutions and KTOs
Deepen your knowledge of how to create a new venture
Course Topics
The best time spin-out
Acting like an entrepreneur
An agile approach to creating a new venture
Building a management team and distributing equity
Single Occupancy : Eur146.00 per night inclusive of breakfast.
Double Occupancy : Eur158.00 per night inclusive of breakfast.
Eur1.60 city tax is not included.
For reservation, please use this link : https://bit.ly/4dPOEIx The link and rates will be available up to 45 days before the first arrival day , 26th October 202. By which date any additional request will be based on availability on Best Flexible Rate
Check-in & Check-out time: the standard check-in time is 15.00 hours and check-out time 12.00 hours. Should you require a guaranteed early check-in, the room needs to be reserved one night prior to arrival. If you would like to arrange this, please leave a comment in the reservation.
I thought that this was an excellent introduction to the topic of Venture Capital for early-stage tech startups (and the interface with TT). The calibre of the lecturers was excellent. They were all approachable, knowledgeable, and happy to engage with the participants.
The topics covered were broad and pitched at the correct level.
Dr Alastair Cunningham, Spain
Venture Capital TC
This is my first experience of this kind and ASTP was far beyond expectations. I really have no words. I feel much richer in soul and intellect. I wanted and still want to evolve, to learn. Even if I still have to learn, my colleagues and trainers have been exceptional.
Maria Spiridon, Romania
Building KTO for
Left a little piece of my heart in Latvia this past week at the ASTP course for Creating Successful Spin-outs in Riga. I'm grateful to the wonderful ASTP staff for a fantastic programme.
I value these programmes for the knowledge transferred and especially for the connections made. The training days are long and intense, but as they say in Italian, vale la pena. We emerge with a better understanding and appreciation for the work we do, which in turn helps us to be more active, engaged, and generous within our respective ecosystems.
Arendt Speser, Italy
CSS
Many thanks to ASTP for bringing your wonderful training events to Riga! I learnt a lot about early-stage technologies and their transfer via Spin-outs. It was lovely to meet friends and colleagues from previous ASTP events.
We discussed how the knowledge transfer processes are organised at our institutions and about the team effort that goes in to supporting academic inventions together with researchers.
Anna Stikane
Latvia
It has been three intense training days and an insightful experience of learning and connecting with knowledge transfer professionals across Europe.
Thank you for providing us with such a high-quality training experience on Spin-outs!