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From STEM to Venture Capital
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This report explores the educational background of founders and investors at STEM companies. See what impact education can have from both perspectives and the potential links in receiving funding.
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The UK has one of the world’s strongest science, technology and innovation ecosystems.
But, we still lack a diverse enough pool of potential founders to build companies and we lack investors who recognise and represent the strength and diversity of this opportunity.
The UK has world-class universities, but a mixed record in terms of commercialising scientific discoveries. It attracts large amounts of venture capital for start-ups, but has a mixed record when it comes to scaling and sustaining success.
There’s a huge amount of potential in STEM ventures that is going untapped.
From STEM to VC
This virtual event explored how we can drive innovation through bridging network and knowledge gaps between world-leading research at universities and investment institutions. The hope is that this will amplify the impact of R&D and leverage the expertise of investors and world-leading scientists & researchers.
See who made up the panel and watch recordings of the event below.
Meet our panelists
Robin Klein's journey: engineering to VC
STEM to VC panel discussion
Frequently Asked Questions
STEM is an umbrella term to group together science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Given their real-world application, these academic disciplines are directly related to scientific discovery and innovation.
There has always been a close link between STEM innovation and venture capital investments.
Additionally, there is more people going into STEM education that ever before, resulting in a strong pipeline of potential talent to create or invest in the STEM unicorns of tomorrow.
Tech Transfer Officers (TTO’s) are responsible for technology transfer and other aspects of the commercialization of research that takes place in a university. TTO’s engage in a variety of commercial activities that are meant to facilitate the process of bringing research developments to market, often acting as a channel between academia and industry.
Newton aims to improve the end-to-end journey through which venture capital flows, from LP to TTOs worldwide.
Newton Venture Program is the first program to bring together technology transfer officers and investors, bridging the gap between world-leading scientific research and the venture ecosystem, to better commercialise university spin-outs.
Definitely! Please get in touch at hello@newtonprogram.vc to connect with the team.
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