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.
Universities protect a lot of IP. Very little gets ready for industry.
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.
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.
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
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.
yCollide works in the gap between patented and commercially ready.
Bulk review dormant disclosures and patents
Start with a defined university backlog, not one-off triage.
Pull out the few assets worth pushing now
Create a prioritized shortlist around near-term commercialization potential.
Build a de-risk plan and line up contributors
Clarify what evidence, partners, and next actions unlock momentum.
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.
Start with a tight university wedge. Build toward broader research IP.
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.
Simple pricing. Start small. Add more work only after value is visible.
per institution / year
Bulk intake, categorization, scoring, reporting, and program setup.
3 assets / cohort
Standard cohort is 3 assets at $25k per asset.
of university net licensing revenue
Applied only to assets formally activated through the program.
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.
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.
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.
Enough experience to build the platform. Enough focus to prove the model fast.
Commercialization strategy, university engagement, pilot formation
Platform architecture, technical standards, secure institutional deployment
Day-to-day implementation, testing, and MVP iteration
Refine platform around pilot requirements
Lock the workflow around what pilot universities actually need.
Core build and security baseline
Stand up the product, permissions, and institutional trust layer.
Pilot onboarding and workflow activation
Training, setup, and live usage with university teams.
Measurement and commercialization reporting
Capture the outputs needed to validate conversion and seed readiness.
What moves yCollide forward right now.
1–2 pilot universities
Live institutional settings to prove workflow, user engagement, and reactivation metrics.
Warm intros
Commercialization leaders, innovation labs, and TTO-adjacent operators who can host a pilot without adding more TTO work.
Seed conversations after proof
Milestone-based plan: validate pilots first, then raise a $3M–$5M seed round to scale.