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Università  di  Padova  

Founded  in  1222  

More  than  65.000  students  

More  than  2.400  researchers  

Strong  engineering,  agricultural,medical  and  law  schools  

Budget  >  600  Mln  Euro  

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Tech  Transfer  Offices  in  Italy  

TT  offices  have  been  opened  only  recently  

Only  5  TT  offices  opened  before  the  year  2000,  58  in  the  year  2008  

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Budget  of  the  top  5  UniversiJes  on  average    ~  650  Mln  Euro  

Average  on  all  UniversiJes  ~  210  Mln  Euro  

Approximately   26%   of   the   funding   comes   from   the  government  

Another  26%  from  research  contracts  

12%  comes  from  the  European  Union  12%  from  local  regional  government    

14%  from  the  universiJes  own  resources  

the   remaining   10%   from   different   sources,   bank  foundaJons,  etc.  

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Yearly  budget  of  Universi<es  with  TTO  

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The  TT  offices  declare  the  following  main  ac<vi<es:  

Support  to  creaJon  and  to  the  development  of  spinout  companies  

IP  management  

Research  contracts  with  companies  

Management  of  conflicts  of  interest  

TTO activities  

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Business  Plan  compeJJons,  seminars  on  business  plan  wriJng,  entrepreneurship  

Beneficial  condiJons  on  IP  licensing  to  spinout  companies  

Lab  space,  instruments  

Company  incubators  

The  University  may  become  a  minority  shareholder  

Support  to  spinout  companies  

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How  many,  where,  sectors:  

In  2008  the  overall  number  of  university  spinout  companies  was  higher  than  800  

The  average  revenues  are  about  500  K  Euro  per  year  

The  creaJon  rate  was  higher  than  100/per  year  since    2006  

Spinouts  are  based  mostly  in  northern  and  central  Italy,  but  also  in  some  regions  of  the  south  like  Puglia  

The  three  main  sectors  are:  ICT  33%,  Energy  cleantech  16%,  Life  sciences  15%    

The  spinout  scenario  

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According  to  AIFI,  the  Venture  Capital  and  Business  Angel  Associa<on  in  Italy,    the  total  seed  investment  in  Italy  is  lower  than  40  Mln  Euro  per  year  

The  investments  are  mostly  in  companies  that  are  NOT  university  spinout  

Spinout  and  venture  

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Spinout  and  venture  

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Most  spinout  companies  are  not  fit  for  investments  by  venture  capitals  

Some  direct  examples  of  two  spinout  companies  that  I  personally  founded  before  M31:  

eMoJon  Srl,  first  official  spinout  company  of  the  University  of  Padova;  

VI-­‐grade  GMBH.  

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eMo<on  Srl  

Founded  in  the  year  2000  with  an  investment  of  300  K  Euro  from  a  business  angel  and  a  private  company  

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It  offers  moJon  capture  systems  for  clinical  applicaJons  Based  on  research  on  tracking  and  data  associaJon  

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eMo<on  Srl  

Sold  in  2002  to  a  public  company  and  merged  into  BTS  Spa  www.bts.it  

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Today  it  counts  28  employees  and  it  has  revenues  for  about  5  Mln  Euro    

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VI-­‐grade  GMBH  

Founded  with  a  manager  who  had  an  important  sale  experience  in  the  area  

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It  offers  CAE  tools  for  the  automoJve,  train  and  aerospace  industry  Based  on  research  on  the  control  of  mechanical  systems  

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VI-­‐grade  GMBH  

VI-­‐grade  counts  25  employees  and  it  has  revenues  for  2.5  Mln  Euro  

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It  is  owned  by  the  managers  who  joined  the  company  one  year  acer  its  incorporaJon  

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IP  issues  

In  both  eMoJon  and  VI-­‐grade  cases  the  support  by  the  TTO  on  the  possibility  of  protecJng  the  products  with  patents  was  non  existent.  There  was  no  “procedure”  

The  Italian  law  assigns  the  ownership  of  the  invenJon  and  the  rights  to  the  inventor,  not  to  the  University  

Most  TTO  do  not  have  budget  to  cover  the  costs  for  the  deposit  of  the  patent  applicaJon    

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The  IP  scenario  

The  “top  5”  universiJes  count  at  the  end  of  2008  a  porfolio  of  about  200  patents  each  

The  average  of  all  the  universiJes  that  have  a  TTO  is  of  about  40  patents  each  

The  investment  in  IP  is,  on  the  average,  of  about  220  thousand  Euro  per  year  for  the  “top  5”  and  of  somewhat  more  than  50  thousand  Euro  for  all  the  universiJes  with  a  TTO  

On  the  average  the  “top  5”  close  5  to  7  licensing  deals  per  year  and  all  the  universiJes  1  

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The  IP  scenario  

The  revenues  generated  by  the  licensing  deals  for  the  “top  5”  universiJes  is  about  150  thousand  Euro  per  year  on  average  

Netval,  an  associaJon  of  46  TTO  in  Italy  recently  assigned  to  a  private  company  the  commercializaJon  of  their  IP  

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The  minuses  of  the  Italian  scenario  

Doctoral  schools    •   There  are  few  students  •   The  basin  of  airacJon  is  local,  few  internaJonal  students  •   Entrepreneurship  is  weak  amongst  the  PhD  students    •   The  recruiJng  process  is  defecJve  The  innova<on  ecosystem  •   There  is  a  limited  M&A  acJvity  on  high  technology  companies  •   The  intangibles  are  ocen  not  considered  in  the  evaluaJon  of  a  company  •   There  is  no  altude  to  design  companies  that  work  in  the  early  stages  of  the  supply  chain  offering  IP  

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The  pluses  of  the  Italian  scenario  

Opportuni<es  •   There  are  numerous  pockets  of  excellency  in  research  Italy  is  the  third  country  in  the  world  for  number  of  scienJfic  publicaJons  •   Engineers  are  prepared,  skilled,  loyal  and  do  not  cost  astronomically  •   Funds  are  becoming  available,  see  for  example  the  Fondo  Italiano  di  InvesJmento  •   The  UE  is  pushing  on  the  local  regional  governments  to  support  the  creaJon  of  new  ventures  •   The  quality  of  life  is  high  and  can  airact  skilled  managers  and  researchers  from  abroad  

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The  needs  of  the  Italian  scenario  

Doctoral  schools  and  research  •   InternazionalizaJon  •   Stronger  and  focused  public  investments  on  doctoral  programs  •   Support  for  hiring  few  qualified  research  managers,  world  famous  scienJsts  capable  of  managing  large  labs  

The  innova<on  eco  system  •   Build  the  innovaJon  supply  chain  starJng  from  companies  accellerators  linked  to  early  stage  venture  capitals  •   Focus  on  the  global  market  for  the  M&A  acJvity  

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What  does  M31  do?  

M31  Italia  turns  innovaJve  technologies  into  start-­‐ups.  

M31  USA  turns  technology  start-­‐ups  into  successful  global  companies.  

M31  was  incubated  in  Startcube  the  University  of  Padova  start  up  accellerator  

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