Commercialisation of research results through creation of spin-off companies

i.con. has long standing experience in technology transfer and commercialisation of research results through the creation of spin-offs from public research organisations. Since 1988 i.con’’s experts have accompanied over 300 according technology-based business start-ups typically with the following services:

•   Assessment of commercial potential;

•   Assessment of the entrepreneurial team competences;

•  Development of convincing business models;

•   Business plan development;

•   Assessment of finance needs;

•   Development of a solid financial plan;

•   Development of investment proposals;

•   Defining an investor strategy and finding suitable investors;

•  Moderation of the investment negotiations until deal closing.

In more recent years, the following spin-off and business start-up projects have been supported:

•   Biocompatible material for the regeneration of soft tissue,

•   Lab-on-chip technologies to perform protein activity detection in biochip format, spin-off from University of Halle-Wittenberg

•   Electro-optical analysis of cellular properties;

•   Application-oriented solutions for information and access security based on iris recognition,

•   Brain Machine Interface: Technology platform for measurement and interpretation of brain signals, spin-off from University of Freiburg

•   HIF signaling pathway inhibitors for molecular and cell medicine; spin-off from European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg

•   Antibacterial Screening Platform (BASP) to discover hits for specific targets in order to develop new antibiotics, spin-off from University of Freiburg

•   Automated nanoscale screening technologies for ion channel analytics; spin-off from the Institute of Physiology at the University of Tübingen

•   Molecular technologies for heart deseases; spin-off  from Dept. of Molecular Pathology of the University Clinic of Tübingen

•   Innovative dental implant system, start-up, Stuttgart Engineering Park

•   Cell therapy, spin-off from University of Tübingen

•   Human in-vitro cell testing systems and tissue models as alternative to animal experiments, spin-off from University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim

•   Technologies for the production of scalable quantities of primary cells; start-up Heidelberg Technology Park

•   Production of membrane receptors and ion channels in native functional state; spin-off from University of Tübingen

•   Nano-analytical technology for liquid solutions based on middle infrared spectroscopy, spin-off from University of Stuttgart

•   Microchip implant technology for retinal prosthesis; spin-off from a German collaborative research project

•   Allosteric substances as inhibitors or activators of AGC protein kinases for the treatment of diseases, spin-off from University of Frankfurt

•   Automated, mobile device for controlled extracorporeal reperfusion (Controlled Integrated Resuscitation Device), spin-off from University of Freiburg

•   Ultrasensitive detection of secreted peptides and proteins based on magnetic nano particles; spin-off from Technical University of Munich

•   Biological plant protectors, especially bacterial antagonists, spin-off from University of Tübingen and Stuttgart / Hohenheim

•   Genetically optimised anti-tumor antibodies, spin-off from University of Tübingen,

•   Research and development for endothelialisation under defined flow conditions as well as for a three-dimensional culturing model of interacting tissue, spin-off from Charité University Clinic Berlin

•   3-D Life Biomimetic Hydrogels, spin-off from NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen

•   Bio nanolithography for innovative surface structures of various substrates, spin-off from Max Planck Institute Stuttgart

•   Scalable fuel cell system technologies and fuel cell solution for power levels of more than 0.5 kW up to several tenths of a kW, spin-off from ZSW and University of Ulm

•   Membrane technology for new absorption heating and cooling systems, spin-off from University of Stuttgart

•   Innovative surface technologies based on bio-nanotechnology; spin-off Technical University of Dresden,

•   Sensors for micro- und nanoanalysis; technology transfer from Institute of Microelectronics Stuttgart

•   Precision laser drilling technology; spin-off from University of Jena

•   Micro & nano scale measurement and handling technologies; technology transfer TU Ilmenau

•   Nanoscale particles and aerosols sensing technologies; technology transfer TU Dresden