Oxford University Innovation expects to form 10 spinouts each year from an initiative for impact-led businesses.
Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the institution’s tech transfer office, unveiled a social enterprise initiative on Tuesday anticipated to output at least 10 impact-focused spinouts each year.
The strategy has been designed to complement OUI’s existing resources for patent-orientated spinouts and student-run businesses by supporting entrepreneurs whose ideas might not be inherently patentable.
A new unit under the helm of Mark Mann, innovation lead for humanities and social sciences at OUI, will oversee the program.
The company already…
