IP Group, a UK-based commercialisation firm, is expanding its scope in the US. Its American subsidiary has announced a partnership with the US Department of Energy, setting up a pilot initiative dubbed FedImpact.

The firm already has partnerships in place with Princeton, Pennsylvania and Columbia universities.

FedImpact will focus on cleantech, life science, communications and robotics technologies at national laboratories in the US, beginning with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the pilot phase.