IP Finland brings value to academic expertise through commercialisation proficiency. We discover the underlying business potential in research results and intellectual property, and turn that potential into profitable reality. The formation of spin-out companies is our main commercialisation channel. Through our shareholders we also access a vast national and international technology transfer network which provides industrial licensing or technology aggregation opportunities. Our long-term partnerships with universities and research institutes provide a pool of continuous high-quality deal flow. Our drive for success lies at the core of our partnerships. Our skills in bridging academic and business expertise increases the value of research-based business ideas and IP, and thus helps create prosperity and new assets for our partnering universities and their researchers.

Recent developments demonstrate that universities have much larger opportunities to create commercial value form their research, but they are far from perfectly prepared to take advantage of this new landscape. Some institutions have partly developed strategies and operations in place, but few have the resources to tackle the challenge as a whole. New approaches need to be taken.

IP Finland's commercialisation approach can be quickly and cost-effectively implemented to immediately compliment and enhance a university’s commercialization capabilities.