Portugal and the University- Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) Cliff Zintgraff President, Innology LLC UTEN UT-Austin Program Manager

Your Impressions of Portugal?

Nice Kitty

Only European country where the growth of creative jobs was negative for the period

Creative Occupations as % of total employment: 13%

BUT growth is promising …

SUMMARY: They don’t want to be left behind.

The UTEN “Network” 1.Ministry of Science and Technology 2.15 Portuguese universities 3.Technology transfer office 4.Incubators and science parks 5.Large Portuguese companies 6.Innovation leaders 7.UT Austin, IC 2 Institute

UTEN Goals 1.Technology venture access Austin, U.S., and Global Markets 2.Internships for Portuguese Emerging Entrepreneurs and OTIC and GAPI Staff – MSSTC and internships - Training and Workshops 3.Institution Building creating globally competitive and sustainable projects, processes, and program 4.Baseline & metrics for success

Strategy

Portuguese Partners and IC 2 Institute 1 PILOT Test & adapt for Portugal 2 Full scale execution with National Competitions March through September Pilot Phase SeptemberforwardFull-Scale Execution & Continuous Learning 1 2

UTEN Pilot Phase – “Think & Do” Readiness Assessment Where YOU think you are RapidScreen Where WE think you are MarketLook Where the MARKET thinks you are Integrated Portfolio & History 42 Reviews 12 RapidScreens 4 MarketLooks

UTEN Pilot Phase – “Think & Do” Six established companies with products or services Two early stage companies Four university IP for license or venture formations One Energy One Bio Two Medical Three Microelectronics One Nano One Packaging Two Software One Telecom

Case Study Inventor / Entrepreneur José Carlos Lopes Company Type Established Industry Nanotechnology Description Mixing technology with high level of control; capacity for high volume

Case Study Self-assessment results Help in identifying new applications; U.S. partners RapidScreen results Significant interest from science parks and partners MarketLook resultsOne seriously interested party Interviewed scientists, incubators, potential partners

Case Study Dr. Zvi Yaniv CEO, Applied Nanotech, Inc., Austin Fellow, UT Austin IC 2 Institute Meeting Dr. Lopes in Frankfurt November 24 “After a few minutes I knew Zvi was exactly the person we needed to be talking to.” José Carlos Lopes, Founder & CEO, FluidInova

Case Study Inventors / Entrepreneurs Helena Vieira Company Type Startup / Established Industry Biotechnology Description High throughput fail-fast drug screening platform

Case Study Self-assessment results Looking for U.S. market connections and partners RapidScreen results Scientifically and commercially sound venture MarketLook resultsPotential U.S. partner Interviewed scientist / incubator, professor, potential partners

Case Study Dr. Mary Pat Moyer CEO, INCELL Corp., San Antonio President, TEKSA Innovations (incubator) Interested in partnering for U.S. activities “I think that being part of the UTEN programme has been of great interest to us! It opened our minds to new business possibilities and has strengthened our existing connections with the USA!” Helena Vieira, CEO, Bioalvo

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Inventor Support Institutional Support Development Status Intellectual Property Status Technology Ownership Market Opportunity Market Pain RapidScreen Analysis Categories

Takeaways 1.Technology is everywhere. 2.Tech transfer is a contact sport. 3.Mix progress with analysis. 4.Think and do.

Portugal and the University- Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) Cliff Zintgraff President, Innology LLC UTEN UT-Austin Program Manager