UCLA Ventures
UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) serves as a campus-wide gateway to innovation, research, and entrepreneurship. It promotes UCLA innovation, evaluates new technologies for commercialization, manages patenting and licensing, facilitates startups, and engages industry collaborations to bring research innovations to market.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
UCLA Ventures
Los Angeles, California, United States, North America
Products
Proof-of-concept funding program
Milestone-driven translational funding to de-risk technologies across therapeutics, devices/diagnostics and digital health, combined with project management and access to advisors.
University startup support program
Programmatic assistance to help researchers form startups, connect to accelerators, and access legal, banking and business resources needed for early company operations.
Startup in a Box (pre-negotiated service packages)
A packaged offering that provides founders with pre-negotiated access to legal entity formation, banking, mentorship, and funding-prep resources to lower early-stage barriers.
Proof-of-concept funding program
Milestone-driven translational funding to de-risk technologies across therapeutics, devices/diagnostics and digital health, combined with project management and access to advisors.
University startup support program
Programmatic assistance to help researchers form startups, connect to accelerators, and access legal, banking and business resources needed for early company operations.
Startup in a Box (pre-negotiated service packages)
A packaged offering that provides founders with pre-negotiated access to legal entity formation, banking, mentorship, and funding-prep resources to lower early-stage barriers.
Services
Confidential intake and preliminary assessment of invention disclosures, assignment to a business development officer, and initial commercial and patentability analysis.
Support for patent strategy, filing, prosecution, annuity/maintenance management, and coordination with external patent counsel.
Drafting and negotiation of license agreements, option agreements, letters of intent, MTAs and bailment agreements, plus post-execution contract administration.
Competitive, milestone-based translational awards with assigned project management and access to external advisors to advance technologies toward commercialization.
Introductions to investors, mentors, legal and banking services, incubators/accelerators, and guidance on company formation and campus policy considerations.
Packaged services for new companies including entity formation legal services, commercial bank account setup, mentorship, SBIR/STTR workshops and pitch coaching.
Confidential intake and preliminary assessment of invention disclosures, assignment to a business development officer, and initial commercial and patentability analysis.
Support for patent strategy, filing, prosecution, annuity/maintenance management, and coordination with external patent counsel.
Drafting and negotiation of license agreements, option agreements, letters of intent, MTAs and bailment agreements, plus post-execution contract administration.
Competitive, milestone-based translational awards with assigned project management and access to external advisors to advance technologies toward commercialization.
Introductions to investors, mentors, legal and banking services, incubators/accelerators, and guidance on company formation and campus policy considerations.
Packaged services for new companies including entity formation legal services, commercial bank account setup, mentorship, SBIR/STTR workshops and pitch coaching.
Expertise Areas
- Technology commercialization and licensing
- Patent prosecution and intellectual property management
- Startup formation support and founder enablement
- Agreement negotiation and material-transfer contracting
Key Technologies
- Therapeutics and vaccines
- Drug delivery systems
- Medical imaging
- Diagnostics and biomarker platforms