Start-ups are an important element of technology transfer. The number and value of start-ups are a measure of the innovative strength of a research and teaching institution.
Investments in spin-offs are becoming increasingly important at KIT. The aim is to create optimal starting conditions, especially for research and capital-intensive start-up projects. KIT supports these spin-offs very closely in its shareholder responsibility, both strategically and operationally.
KIT-investments
KIT participates as a strategic partner (of the founders and investors) in high-tech spin-offs, which are created on the basis of KIT research services or KIT intellectual property. At the beginning, KIT often is the owner of the intellectual property (IP).
With its technology participations, KIT strengthens knowledge and technology transfer by means of start-ups and participations and supplements the classical exploitation channels of contract research, research cooperations, and licensing of industrial property rights. By bundling IP with know-how carriers in one company, the exploitation probability of technologies is increased.
KIT thus makes an active contribution to the exploitation of technologies at a very early stage of development. The investment decision follows a structured process.
Overview of KIT-investments in spin-offs
Further information on this topic is available on the website of the KIT-Gründerschmiede.
In addition, KIT is involved in equity investments for strategic reasons.
