Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Commercialization Gap
TRE Roundtable
December 8, 2011
Seattle
Region
Winner!
Oregon Translational Research
and Drug Discovery Institute
Small Startup
Businesses Companies
open
fast access
responsive
client friendly
close by
Education, Large
Research Industry
well maintained
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The ONAMI Commercialization
Gap Fund Concept
Technology Company Funding
Stage Stage Source
Research “Investable”
Research (NA) NNI Team, Company:
Gap Project
Result Grants Idea
•Large Opportunity
Proven Formation Gap Grants •Competitive Edge
Prototype (state + Entrepreneur, •Solid Mgmt Team
federal) •Sound Plan
Market Need
Products, Development Early Stage
Sales Investors
Product Line Growth Various
Expansion (private)
Federal/state partnerships in “gap” (aka “valley of death”) funding for new ventures commercializing NNI technology could
accelerate commercialization by 2-4 years and also ensure proper focus on economic returns and job creation.