Purdue University calls on expert-on-demand company Yourencore to support its entrepreneurs and startups, forming a partnership to enable this.
The Purdue Research Foundation, a private, US-based foundation created by Purdue University, has entered into a partnership with expert-on-demand provider Yourencore.
Yourencore provides companies working in the pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer goods sectors with experts as they are needed. As part of the partnership with Purdue it will provide entrepreneurs and startups at the university with access to this network.
The Purdue Research Foundation manages the university’s intellectual property and entrepreneurship needs.
On average the experts provided by Yourencore have 25 years of experience. This will be used to provide both advice and connections to the entrepreneurs and startups.
Tim Franson, chief medical officer at Yourencore, said: “We are impressed by the dramatic increase in entrepreneurship and technology commercialisation at Purdue in the past few years, and believe Yourencore experts will be enthusiastic to apply their years of industry experience to help Purdue startups make critical decisions, fill resource gaps, facilitate investments or serve as executives.”
Dan Hasler, president of Purdue Research Foundation, said: “Purdue faculty, staff and students generate over 100 patents annually that represent hundreds of life-changing innovations. Those technologies find their way to value creation through licensing to established corporations or to startups…We want to build on this success and do even more.”
