Innovate at VCU with confidence
VCU TechTransfer and Ventures partners with university researchers, clinicians, faculty and staff to transform your ideas and innovations into real-world impact. From protecting intellectual property to industry partnerships and startup support, we help guide innovations from the lab into the marketplace. Whether you are exploring an idea for the first time or advancing a breakthrough technology, we are here to support your work and bring your idea to life.
Intellectual property protection
Patent evaluation, patent filing and prosecution and IP strategy.
Industry partnerships
Connect with companies seeking research expertise and innovation.
Commercialization and licensing
Identify pathways to move discoveries toward market impact.
Startups and entrepreneurship
Support for company formation, scalable resources, mentorship and investor connections.
Move your research forward
Commercialization and industry engagement can feel complex. With us, it’s manageable.
Share your innovation
Submit an invention disclosure or connect with our team.
We evaluate opportunities
We assess your invention: protectability, commercial potential and funding pathways.
We build a strategy together
We help identify the best path forward for your innovation.
We support long-term success
Our team continues working alongside you through development and partnerships.
Why researchers work with TechTransfer and Ventures
- We understand your work and passion.
Our team works closely with faculty, clinicians and research teams across disciplines. - We reduce administrative burden.
We provide a team of experts to guide your regulatory strategy and help navigate agreements, IP processes and commercialization strategy. - We expand opportunities.
We proactively connect innovations with companies, funding and collaborators. - We help amplify impact.
Our goal is to help discoveries reach the people and communities who can benefit.
Areas of innovation across VCU
- Drug discovery and translational medicine
- Medical devices and health innovation
- Artificial intelligence and data science
- Engineering and advanced materials
- Behavioral and public health
- Arts and creative technologies
- Social and policy innovation
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Build your next great partnership
TechTransfer and Ventures works with two industry-leading business development platforms to take your work to the next level.
FirstIgnite
An all-in-one platform combining prospecting, outreach and data management to accelerate meaningful partnerships.
Halo
Move your innovation forward with an AI-powered partnering platform to help you get funded and go to market.
Resources for researchers
- Invention disclosure form
- VCU Intellectual Property Policy
- VCU FDA regulatory affairs
- Faculty start-up guide
- University spinout founder's handbook
- VA Small Business Assistance
- National Venture Capital Association
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- United States Copyright Office - Library of Congress
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) office
- European Patent Office
- Virginia BioTech Park
- VCU conflicts of interest policy
Contact us
Whether you are exploring a new concept, preparing a disclosure, seeking industry collaboration or considering a startup, our team is ready to help. Connect with TechTransfer and Ventures to start the conversation.
