The Evolution of University Technology Transfer: By the Numbers
According to Thomas Lipkin, Director of Startups and New Ventures at UCLA, “UCLA would rank second for the number of tech transfer startups launched from 2008-2018, if carved out from the UC total.” This finding is based on the results of recent research by Dr. Dipanjan “DJ” Nag & Antara Gupta & Alex Turo published in IPWatchDog.
The top 20 universities with the most startups initiated from 2008–2018 according to AUTM STATTs database. Four university systems had high numbers of startups issued but are excluded because they don’t report individual university statistics: University of California System with 785 startups, University of Texas System with 277 startups, University System of Maryland with 121 startups, and the Research Foundation of SUNY with 108 new startups. Missing data: University of Colorado (2014), University of Utah (2016).
The authors find, “The next frontier for university technology transfer will likely be in the transformation of data-rich sectors using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies. One area largely accumulating data is the healthcare sector. Medical knowledge is doubling every 73 days, yet we are barely scratching the surface of utilizing this data.”
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