Venture Development

Ohio State researchers disclose over 300 new inventions each year across a spectrum of sectors and applications. Startups, also called new ventures, offer a compelling, flexible path to advance innovations toward commercial adoption and success.

Venture Development offers a mix of university resources and diverse funding access to assist teams with licensed Ohio State technologies as they explore and develop potential commercialization strategies, test market and business-model assumptions, recruit university and non-university talent, and secure early-stage funding.

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Ohio State Technologies

Entrepreneurs and startups can license Ohio State technologies and accelerate commercialization progress.

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Ohio State Startups

Startups in the Ohio State portfolio are driving innovation, disrupting markets, and encouraging new forms of growth across industries and technologies.

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