How UMIP is Leading the
Technology Community

In the pursuit of best practice in technology exploitation UMIP has developed a number of innovative tools and processes that benefit the technology community as a whole:

The Knowledge Vine knowledge network
An novel international knowledge network that links many hundreds of technology professionals across the UK and across 30+ countries. It connects anyone in any role in the technology commercialisation process, whether they are a technology company looking for technology, research organisations, SME support professionals, technology investors, consultants, or technology brokers.

The IP Net technology marketing system
This is a completely new way of marketing technology, providing a natural role for science park and incubator personnel to help their tenant companies connect with new technology opportunities in a powerful and easy way. It also allows any technology organisation (including technology companies small or large) to market their intellectual property internationally at no cost. For more information click here

Academia Search Engine
This is a simple tool that provides a very easy way for manufacturing or technology companies to locate academic expertise across the whole UK University. It is a web search engine that ONLY searches the contents of the academic research web pages on UK University web sites.

Investor Search Engine
This search engine is designed to help anyone seeking equity investment or knowledge. It ONLY searches the content of the web sites of Venture Capital and Private Equity companies operating in the UK. It therefore makes it very easy for fund seekers to find investors who have relevant investments in their portfolio