UTMB Health Innovations Event: Commercializing Research
UTMB Health Innovations will host a special program focused on translating life science research toward commercialization on Sept. 12 at the Health Education Center (HEC) on the Galveston Campus.
The program will be presented by Portal Innovations, a Chicago-based life science venture capital firm, and is open to faculty and students interested in commercializing their research.
“Portal Primer: When Tech Meets the Market” will focus on:
- Types of risk faced by technologies as they go from bench to the marketplace and how that tie to different types of capital needed
- How do you find market fit/potential customers (shoutout to early-stage customer feedback) Suggestions for talking to investors at different stages
Thursday, Sept. 12
- Workshop: 2:30 to 4 p.m., HEC 2.206/2.200
- Reception: 4 to 5:30 p.m., HEC second-floor foyer
Please register to attend the workshop and networking reception.
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