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In today's VC-world, a laissez-faire approach is still very common when it comes to screening investment opportunities. This is particularly true for early-stage venture capital with little activity towards systematic scrutiny; an active sourcing of ideas and innovation, comparable to the hunt for unexploited goldmines, is not yet an established method.
At TechnoStart, we believe that there is huge potential in German and European academic institutes waiting to be unlocked.
This is why we have developed and continue to expand our Intellectual Radar Screens which help us in our comprehensive search at the frontiers of science. We are monitoring constantly selected scientific fields and institutes, trying to keep tabs on cutting-edge academic groups. As a result, our staff are able to prepare the ground for a competent partnership with potential scientific founders and are well positioned to learn in advance of a breakthrough discovery which might form the basis for a start-up company.
We are specifically looking for "cross-over" themes that have not been picked up by academic institutes ("too industry-oriented") or corporate R&D labs ("too blue sky"). If you are interested in learning more about the funding of such a potential "blue sky" technology project, please contact us for our Visionary Technologies Approach.
The novel-spinning technology company Spinox Ltd respectively Spint'ec Engineering GmbH derived from Spinox, is the first project resulting from our Technology Radar Screening. Following breakthrough results this spin-off from the University of Oxford was set up by their Department of Zoology in the field of bio-mimetic spinning of spider silk.
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