Who We Are
Technology development and commercialization is a complex process and every project is unique. Innovation Ventures is dedicated to helping our faculty and students, in all of our schools, navigate those complexities. As part of our public mission, UC San Francisco strives to translate our scientific discoveries for public use and benefit. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, diagnostic, medical device or digital health application, our goal is to ensure the best new therapies and technologies can make their way to the patient as efficiently and safely as possible.
To that end, our staff works closely with researchers and entrepreneurs on the complete spectrum of activities required to develop a product from filing an invention disclosure to seeking a development partner to starting a company. And in order to provide translational support to those projects most likely to benefit patients, not only does the Catalyst Program provide competitive grants, but Innovation Ventures is happy to announce that we have begun our InVent Fund that will enable us to prosecute select UCSF projects further through translation, thereby maintaining more control and building greater value before licensing them to an established company or new UCSF startup. By giving the science a longer gestation period, we are ensuring these great ideas will get to the marketplace more fully developed and with greater confidence, thereby increasing their chances of success.
Innovation Ventures will continue to improve how we serve the needs of our colleagues within UCSF as well as our partners without.
