PCI Ventures (UPstart / UPadvisors / Venture WarmUP)
Supports PCI Ventures by connecting University of Pennsylvania inventors with company formation and commercialization pathways.
PCI Ventures (PCIV) is the company-creation division of the Penn Center for Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, focused exclusively on launching early-stage businesses built around Penn-owned intellectual property. Since 2010, PCIV has worked with more than 200 Penn faculty and staff members to build Penn-based companies. The program is not open to external applicants and does not deploy…
Entrepreneurial support program — including company formation, Entrepreneur-in-Residence matching, and commercialization exploration — for Penn faculty and staff spinning out companies based on University of Pennsylvania intellectual property.
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