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University IP activation

Stop letting good IP die on the shelf.

yCollide turns dormant university IP into licensing-ready opportunities by helping institutions identify which assets are worth pushing, de-risk them, and hand back a tighter commercialization package.

Founder · Gregory M. Hemmert
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01 · The problem

Universities protect a lot of IP. Very little gets ready for industry.

25,000+
new invention disclosures in 2023
-14%
licensing revenue in 2023
-33%
patent licenses in 2023

What keeps happening

  • TTOs are built to protect and market IP, not run de-risking programs on dormant assets.
  • Older disclosures stay in the portfolio while patent cost and staff time keep piling up.
  • Industry wants tighter, more de-risked packages than most universities can hand over today.
  • Value gets stranded in the gap between patented and commercially ready.
“Most IP does not fail because it lacks merit. It stalls because nobody has a clean, repeatable way to pull it back out, re-check it, and push the right assets forward.”

Why the cost compounds

AIPLA uses a simple budget example of about $2,500 per year for each pending patent application. At university portfolio scale, those carrying costs stack up fast.

02 · Who feels this first

The pain sits with the TTO. The first buyer is usually commercialization.

Best first-fit customer

Buyer: innovation lab, accelerator, or commercialization office

Pain owner: lean TTO team carrying too many disclosures and patents

Need: a practical pilot that works alongside the TTO instead of replacing it

“We have plenty of IP. The problem is figuring out what is actually worth pushing.”Typical early-adopter sentiment from commercialization leadership

Enough dormant IP

A real backlog, not just a handful of cases.

Thin staffing

They cannot simply throw more headcount at the problem.

A host structure

An innovation lab or entrepreneurship center can run the pilot.

Most likely first users

Research universities with active innovation labs, accelerators, or entrepreneurship centers.

03 · The solution

yCollide works in the gap between patented and commercially ready.

01 · Ingest

Bulk review dormant disclosures and patents

Start with a defined university backlog, not one-off triage.

02 · Score

Pull out the few assets worth pushing now

Create a prioritized shortlist around near-term commercialization potential.

03 · Activate

Build a de-risk plan and line up contributors

Clarify what evidence, partners, and next actions unlock momentum.

04 · Hand off

Return a tighter licensing-ready package

Give the TTO something cleaner to market without changing who owns licensing authority.

What stays true

The TTO keeps licensing authority. yCollide is an activation layer, not a replacement system.

What this is not

Not another TTO database. Not a heavy IT rollout. Not more intern-only cleanup work.

04 · Market opportunity

Start with a tight university wedge. Build toward broader research IP.

TAM
$168.75M
~5,000 institutions globally
SAM
$6.3M
187 U.S. R1 universities
SOM
$525k
10 universities in 3 years

Why the first wedge works

  • Research universities already generate a steady flow of disclosures and patents.
  • The first wedge is not “all IP everywhere.” It is a defined set of universities with commercialization programs already in motion.

Expansion path

  • The same bottleneck shows up in research hospitals, government labs, and applied research centers.
  • yCollide starts as a focused, sellable niche and grows into a broader institutional commercialization market.
05 · Business model

Simple pricing. Start small. Add more work only after value is visible.

Base program
$15k

per institution / year

Bulk intake, categorization, scoring, reporting, and program setup.

Activation cohort
$75k

3 assets / cohort

Standard cohort is 3 assets at $25k per asset.

Success participation
5%

of university net licensing revenue

Applied only to assets formally activated through the program.

25universities in the year-5 model
45activation cohorts
$3.9Mprojected revenue

How the sale works

Land a pilot through the innovation lab or commercialization office. Show measurable outputs. Convert to a one-year program. Then add more cohorts at the same school before expanding to the next one.

06 · Traction

This is not a cold idea. Universities are already validating the pain.

Arizona

Met with TTO and innovation-lab leadership together. Workbook says LOI and pilot are imminent.

Xavier

Active Ohio path. Conversations signaled alignment with a hands-off IP reassessment model.

Toronto

Expressed future interest for Autumn Quarter 2026.

Ohio University

Useful proof point: interest was there, but staff capacity was thin. That reinforces the need for a hands-off model.

KTSC

Initial conversations started around bringing IP from smaller universities through the commercialization process.

The message is consistent: the problem is real, the backlog is real, and the path in is a pilot that does not create more work for the TTO.
Current gap: an early innovation-lab partner focused on moving the needle on the TRL level of new concepts.
07 · Go-to-market

Sell the way universities actually adopt new programs: pilot first, then annual program.

Land the pilot

Start through the innovation lab, accelerator, or commercialization office.

Run the work

Bulk review a defined dormant-IP set and choose the top candidates.

Show output

Document advancement steps, active users, and time-to-next-action metrics.

Convert + expand

Turn the pilot into a one-year program and add more cohorts.

Why the wedge works

Low base fee. No enterprise rip-and-replace. The TTO stays in control.

Proof points the next round wants

1–2 pilots, 8–15 active users, repeatable workflows, and documented reactivated IP.

08 · Team and 12-month plan

Enough experience to build the platform. Enough focus to prove the model fast.

Gregory M. Hemmert
Founder / CEO

Commercialization strategy, university engagement, pilot formation

Troy Davis
Co-Founder / CTO

Platform architecture, technical standards, secure institutional deployment

Brent Brumfield
Software Developer

Day-to-day implementation, testing, and MVP iteration

Months 1–3

Refine platform around pilot requirements

Lock the workflow around what pilot universities actually need.

Months 4–6

Core build and security baseline

Stand up the product, permissions, and institutional trust layer.

Months 7–9

Pilot onboarding and workflow activation

Training, setup, and live usage with university teams.

Months 10–12

Measurement and commercialization reporting

Capture the outputs needed to validate conversion and seed readiness.

09 · The ask

What moves yCollide forward right now.

01

1–2 pilot universities

Live institutional settings to prove workflow, user engagement, and reactivation metrics.

02

Warm intros

Commercialization leaders, innovation labs, and TTO-adjacent operators who can host a pilot without adding more TTO work.

03

Seed conversations after proof

Milestone-based plan: validate pilots first, then raise a $3M–$5M seed round to scale.

Long-term vision Help universities move more IP from shelf to market without blowing up how the TTO already works.