Tekcapital PLC (LON:TEK) will be delivering an advanced technology commercialisation and university start-up training programme in Santiago, Chile this month.
The five-day programme will include participants from 13 Chilean research universities and two research institutions.
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The UK intellectual property (IP) investment group focused on creating marketplace value from university technology said the event has been sponsored by CORFO, the main Chilean agency focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness.
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"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,” said Dr Clifford Gross, the chief executive officer of Tekcapital.
“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," he added.