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This is where the Imperial innovations. Technology transfer company monitors laboratories of Imperial scientific discoveries, invests in people who could prove to be commercially viable and provides the fledgling company with an experienced management team.

"You start putting a small amount of money to work in a company, so that we can be featuring ￡ 250,000 startup, financing alongside of possibly of other investors", said Searle.

Provided an opportunity of cases examining robust, Imperial Innovations focus raise approximately 5 m ￡ to ramp up to demonstrate the technology company and build team to move to subsequent cycles of funding.

"It is to follow is enough key," said Searle. "United Kingdom, it is a real disconnect in terms of investor behind companies." There are many investors who will be the amount at the beginning of the silver seed and really experienced venture capital firms that will come later. But it is this gap that many companies fall. ?

Imperial innovations designed to help companies to cross the gap and reach a point where they can look like to remain private, float or sell. This year, the Imperial Innovations reached its cash all more grand exit so far, sale by inhalation drug company RespiVert for ￡ 9. 5 m to a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

But prior to reaching the stage of the investment, the Imperial Innovations technology transfer team conducts extensive market research to assess the viability of scientific discovery.

"Technology transfer team dig markets - they talk to industry partners, take through a process of intellectual property protection and they look at the technical and commercial feasibility, said Searle.".

After doing this research, Imperial Innovations will be deciding the idea of an existing business licence or create a new company. Each year, the company launches three or four new business with seed funding and management teams. There are currently 80 companies in the portfolio of Imperial innovations, with 13 of them using laboratory and office space in the incubator.

"Help us to develop a business with the science plan and we look forward to involve a management team, said Searle." We are looking for individuals with experience working in the industry, but are looking for people who have started and grown a front company. ?

Such a handler is Steven Harris, CEO of Circassia, which is developing a technology to treat allergies like hay fever. He knew that Imperial scientists have discovered a promising technology and with the support of the Imperial innovations, helped to create a company to develop.

"We've literally started in a little place in the incubator and innovation supported by Imperial, were able to collect a sum of money and grow the business, said Harris."

As Harris points out the initial period for small businesses is "extremely difficult", with a bit of funding, hence the importance of the Imperial innovations fundraising supports - the company raised ￡ 15. 25 m in 2009.

Harris has a long history of working in the biotechnology sector, but he added that for people with less experience, Imperial innovations can help also aspects of the creation of a company such as tax and VAT.

Circassia now has the incubator to an Office in Oxford. But Imperial Innovations still has a representative of the Board of Directors and remains of the main shareholders.

"Right now the relationship works very well for us and it works well for them," he said. In this perspective, we are quite a nice model." They are very happy with seeds for a year, securing financing and allow businesses to prosper. ?

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