Innovation Insights: Accelerate commercialisation: a practical guide to the Deal Readiness Toolkit

Turning research into commercial opportunities can be complex, with licensing and spin-out deals often slowed down by lengthy negotiations, inconsistent processes and uncertainty about what’s needed at each stage.

The Deal Readiness Toolkit is designed to make research commercialisation faster, simpler and more consistent. Developed by the SETsquared Partnership with funding from Research England, it brings together practical how-to guides, standardised legal templates and checklists to help academics, technology transfer professionals, lawyers and investors navigate the process of spinning out or licensing research and securing or investing in new ventures.

Join the team for a practical, hands-on session exploring how to use the Toolkit effectively. Through a guided walkthrough of its resources and features, you’ll learn how to find the right tools for your needs, apply them to real-world commercialisation activity, and take a more structured approach to preparing and progressing deals. Whether you’re an academic exploring the commercial potential of your research, a technology transfer professional supporting a deal, or a lawyer or investor involved in the process, you’ll leave with practical knowledge you can put to use straight away.

The session will focus on:

Getting hands-on with the Deal Readiness Toolkit: exploring its guides, standardised legal templates and checklists
How to use the Toolkit to support research licensing and spin-out deals
Finding and applying the right resources at different stages of the commercialisation process
How standardised documentation and a structured approach can reduce unnecessary negotiations and help deals progress more efficiently
Practical tips for integrating the Toolkit into your own work, whether you’re developing, supporting or investing in a research-based venture

Agenda

12:00 – Welcome and session introduction
12:05 – Accelerate commercialisation with the Deal Readiness Toolkit: practical walkthrough
12:50 – Q&A and closing remarks

Meet the Speakers

Nathan Guest

Speaker

Nathan Guest

Corporate Partner, Head of Digital & Technology at VWV

Ranked in Legal 500 as a Band 1 Lawyer, Nathan is an award-winning lawyer who has spent more than 25 years advising corporate clients on private equity and venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions and management buyouts. Nathan regularly provides “Lawyer-in-Residence” services to SETsquared Bristol, SETsquared Bath and Science Creates Incubators and also delivers workshops to other incubators, including the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst and Pioneer Group. Along with VWV colleague Sarah Webb (Partner, IP), Nathan was a core member of the co-creation team that developed the SETsquared Impact IP / Deal Readiness Toolkit, and also participated in both the Investor and HE outreach sessions.

Ready to streamline your next commercialisation deal? Join us to explore the Deal Readiness Toolkit and discover how to put it to work.

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