5Lights IP Ventures
Smart, Effective Paths to Market
For High-Potential University Inventions
5Lights IP Ventures is an exciting extension of the 5Lights business model and family of companies, partnering with universities, their inventors, and third-party businesses to accelerate the commercialization of select intellectual property.
Unlike venture capital funds, 5Lights provides overarching commercialization groundwork and strategy, operational infrastructure, and marketing and legal services, as well as subject matter and IP expertise
TARGET IP
New concepts and
novel + protectable innovation
High commercial potential
Suitable for efficient validation
Flexible licensing opportunities
KEY SERVICES
Industry analysis
Asset validation
Rapid prototyping
Connection and alignment with commercialization partners
LET’S TALK
We welcome inquiries from tech transfer professionals, inventors, subject matter experts, and potential commercialization partners.
Unlock Your Inventors’ Potential
While a fortunate few universities have highly developed tech transfer operations, far more face resource and/or structural challenges that can result in outstanding innovations languishing in research labs and IP vaults.
5Lights IP Ventures was created specifically to empower these institutions and their inventors.
Working as an extension of and partner to existing tech transfer operations, under licensing and profit-sharing terms that reward all parties involved, we help forge efficient paths to market that bring meaningful, real-world impact to university IP.
The 5Lights IP Ventures Model
Partnership with Universities
New concepts and novel +
protectable innovation
High commercial potential
Suitable for efficient validation
Flexible licensing opportunities
Select Inventions & Innovation
Industry analysis
Asset validation
Rapid prototyping
Connection and alignment with commercialization partners
IP Strategy & Protection
Industry analysis
Asset validation
Rapid prototyping
Connection and alignment with commercialization partners
nEXT STEP
If you’re interested in learning more about 5Lights IP Ventures, whether as an inventor, a subject matter expert or a representative of university tech transfer, reach out.