The Approach
A repeatable path from paper to company.
The studio runs translation deliberately: identify a research finding with latent commercial value, define the prescriptive step that unlocks it, build a modern technology platform, and pair it with a founding team trained through our own program. Low volume by design — quality first.
Evaluation Framework
Five dimensions. Every candidate. Before capital.
Readiness
TRL 3–6 for tech; empirically validated mechanism for social science.
Regulatory Mapping
Approval pathways, compliance, realistic time-to-market.
IP Protectability
Freedom-to-operate, patentability or trade-secret assessment.
Scaling Potential
Unit economics, delivery complexity, capital intensity.
Economic Relevance
Market size, competitive landscape, value-chain positioning.
Selectivity is risk management. We expect to convert roughly 5–10% of evaluated candidates into launched ventures — a sourcing pipeline of 30–60 findings a year.
Venture Creation
Stage-gated. Investors invited only after fit.
Concept Validation
Is there a real market need behind the research finding?
Technical Feasibility
Can the prescriptive step actually be built?
Market Validation
Will customers pay for it?
Pilot Deployment
Does it work in a live setting?
Scaling Prep
Can it grow beyond the pilot?
Founder Formation
Interns become co-founders.
Operator talent is recruited from FAIMA and FABIZ, rotated through product, business development and engineering to find real fit, then progressively promoted through VP, CCO/CTO, and — for the strongest — to Co-founder or CEO of a spin-out venture.
Governance
Investor-ready from day one.
Clean entity formation, standard equity instruments, 4-year vesting with a one-year cliff, a 10–20% option pool set aside pre-investor, and monthly financials treated as a management tool — not a fundraising formality.