Spinout acceleration.
Embedded support for a single spinout from IP to investable. Founder coaching, product strategy, team development and dual-purpose evidence outputs — all under one engagement.
9 — 18 months · embedded · co-author optionFounder-readiness for academic teams. Structured spinout acceleration. Evidence outputs that work for both grants and investors. Academic credentials, commercial track record — and a method that holds both.
The science is publishable. The technology works. But the gap between "we have IP" and "we have a venture investors will back" is enormous — and TTOs and innovation hubs rarely have the founder-development capability to close it.
Academic-deep. Commercially shipped. That's the combination that closes the publishable-to-fundable gap.
That combination — academic-deep, commercially-shipped — is what closes the publishable-to-fundable gap.
Three stages designed for the way university IP actually moves to market — and the way academic founders actually become CEOs. Iterative, not waterfall.
"What's actually here?"
IP-to-product mapping. Academic-founder readiness assessment. Team-stage diagnostic. An honest read on commercial viability and the development the team needs.
"Translate, build, lead."
Founder coaching for academic leads. Translation work — turning research into product strategy and investor language. Team development as the spinout takes shape.
"Publishable AND fundable."
Evaluation that produces academic-grade evidence and investor-grade traction proof. REF-eligible, grant-eligible, board-ready — same body of work, presented for different audiences.
REF-eligible academic outputs and investor-grade traction proof, generated from the same engagement. This is the part most consultancies can't do — and most TTOs need.
Mixed-methods evaluation written for the journal that fits the work. Co-authorship with the academic team — built into the contract, not bolted on at the end.
The same evaluation, restructured around the questions investors actually ask: adherence, unit economics, deployment risk, founder readiness. One report, two narratives.
From single-spinout acceleration to long-term hub partnerships. Each shape has a clear length, cadence and output — pricing is bespoke and shared in the discovery call.
Embedded support for a single spinout from IP to investable. Founder coaching, product strategy, team development and dual-purpose evidence outputs — all under one engagement.
9 — 18 months · embedded · co-author optionCohort programme for academic founders pre-spinout. Builds founder capability before the venture decision is made.
12 weeks · cohort of 6 — 81:1 coaching for the academic-to-CEO transition. Doctoral-depth, sprint-cadenced, fitted around teaching and lab life.
3 — 6 months · fortnightlyLong-term partnership with an innovation hub or TTO — UXC as the founder-development arm of the hub.
12 — 36 months · multi-spinoutCo-authored peer-reviewed work coming out of accelerator engagements. Publishable outputs, written together, REF-eligible.
Add-on · 6 — 12 monthsThings within my value set and my experience were acting as barriers to me being a more effective leader. After two sessions, I feel like I'm on a road to working through things that would definitely make me more effective.
Pulled from interviews and end-of-programme evaluations across our accelerator and coaching work. Names withheld; roles and context preserved.
For me I've just seen that I can achieve way more than I gave myself credit for to begin with.
I feel more positive that we can face the challenges of the future by being adaptable and using novel resources. I'm not sure that without the support we'd have had the confidence to use them to their fullest extent.
It enabled me to think more deeply about working relationships and how to be better. It was challenging — but also refreshing.
There could be a lot of hidden potential within a team that wouldn't be realised without some coaching.
We'll listen, ask the questions a TTO and a founder both need answered, and either propose something or point you elsewhere. Discovery calls are free; written reads are sent within 48 hours regardless of fit.