Tekcapital to deliver university start-up programme in Chile

The AIM-traded firm said the five-day programme would include participants from 13 Chilean research universities and two research institutions.

It said the sponsor of the unique programme was the Chilean government agency ‘CORFO’ - the main Chilean agency focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness.

Their objective is to form new technology-based businesses in Chile, and around the world, based on the technologies and innovations that have been developed in Chile's universities and national research centres.

“We are excited to announce our new programme with HUB APTA and the Chilean Biotechnology Association, to provide training services, invention evaluator reports and our software apps in Chile, a leader in technology innovation in Latin America,” said Tekcapital CEO Clifford Gross.

“This activity builds on our initial programmes in Mexico last year and we are in early discussions for similar type programmes in Brazil, the largest market in Latin America.”

Dr Gross said the board was “grateful” for the terrific work of its team members in developing and delivering the new initiative.

“We believe that there are many excellent research institutions and universities in Latin America that can benefit from our technology transfer services, as they seek to commercialise their novel technologies.”