"University Funds" targets tech transfer from campus to commercialization

James Torina and Patrick Murphy, who just closed the necessary funding for their seed-stage venture fund called The University Funds http://www.theufunds.com/ , aren’t the first entrepreneurs to look to partner with research universities to bring promising technologies from the campus to commercialization.

But they may have come along at just the right time to meet a need that research universities have to demonstrate that they are not just academic institutions but also important partners for their states, creating new businesses and jobs.

Mike Flynn

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Washington State University, University of Arizona and other Universities to Partner with The University Funds to Speed Commercialization of Research-Based Innovations http://matr.net/article-34112.html