Academic Ventures is a full-service technology commercialization company located in India.

1. Corporate Profile Incubator Management Offerings – Feb 2011

2. Academic Ventures Academic Ventures is a full-service technology commercialization company. It has deep connections with Indian academia and industry and offers: Technology Commercialization Services market evaluation, technology assessment, business development and go-to-market strategy and end-to-end technology commercialization Capacity Building Services helping Indian academic institutes liaise better with industry and create awareness, policy and systems around IP protection and commercialization Incubator Management Services helping Indian technology business incubators run in a more profitable manner by grafting best practices from leading incubator

3. Incubator Management Offerings Overview

4. Incubator Management Offerings Helping Indian research reach its ultimate goal – the market Handholding inventors through the process of commercialization through the mode of new venture creation Three inter-linked offerings Incubator Business Model Creation Development of Startup Support Ecosystem Incubator Operations Management

5. Incubator Management Offerings Incubator Business Model Creation offering Key knowledge and skills Understanding of the specific needs of the institute or region Creation of a business plan Designing of a unique incubation program best suited to the region Development of Startup Support Ecosystem offering Key knowledge and resources Understanding of the role played by each player in the startup ecosystem Deep connections with the players in Indian context Design of policies and partnerships Tie-up of mutually beneficially partnerships with mentors, investors and universities in local region Increased chances of survival of incubatee companies

6. Incubator Operations Management offering Key knowledge and skills Deep understanding of the needs of startups Proven track-record of helping startups achieving their full potential Day-to-day management of operations of the incubator Profitable and sustainable manner of incubator operations Relieving academics from the responsibility of managing incubation programs Incubator Management Offerings

7. Projects Executed Client: Aegis Centre for Entrepreneurship Overview Private incubator to be setup by entrepreneurs of prominence Aimed at setting up organization fuelling future growth of India Process Conceptualizing a unique incubation program Building a profitable business model Handholding in setting up a company, IT and necessary infrastructure Tying up with universities and ecosystem partners Representing to government for funding Result Setting up a business incubator from scratch

8. People Advisors and Executives

9. Advisors Sushanto Mitra CEO of Society of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay Director, TechcapIndia 20+ years of experience in Sales, Consulting and investment banking Pradeep Gupta Chairman & Managing Director, Cybermedia India Limited Active angel investor and holds several important positions Tom Sopswith Former CEO of Imperial College Incubator, UK Advisor of Bio-tech Innovations Park being set up in Maharashtra

10. Executive Arpit Agarwal (Vice-President) Co-founder of Headstart Network (non-profit) India’s leading grass-root entrepreneurship support organization 4 years experience in business development and consulting. Actively involved with IIT Bombay’s commercialization activities MBA (IIT Bombay), B.Tech (NIT Trichy)

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