Updated Mind the Gap Report Coming in July 2022
The University Tech/Startup Valley of Death is Real.
Find out What
Universities
are Doing About it
The Mind the Gap Report 15 Years of experience and data to support the development of and partnership with university translational research, proof of concept, startup, and venture gap fund and accelerator programs.
Universities bridge the gap with gap fund and accelerator programs.
The innovation system that transitions breakthroughs in research from the lab into the marketplace is constrained by the lack of available early-stage capital and development support. This “gap” extends from where the government funding of basic research ends to where existing companies or investors are willing to accept the risk to commercialize or invest in the technology or startup. The negative result is that a large portion of economic creation and commercial potential is left unrealized because it isn’t funded and supported.
This shortage of early-stage development capital and support must be recognized and addressed as a serious threat to future innovation and associated societal benefits. Left without a solution, many promising technologies and startups will stall or struggle to develop on a path of least resistance towards a sub-optimal end.
To address this challenge, research institutions and partners have created technology and startup gap funding and accelerator support programs as a capital and innovation support mechanism. These programs are uniquely positioned to address critical elements of technology development and startup formation from research institutions.
Inside the Mind
the Gap Report
The Mind the Gap Report 2020 is a first-of-its-kind development guide for current and aspiring university gap fund managers that details 141 active translational research, proof of concept, startup, and venture gap fund and accelerator programs at 84 universities and affiliated organizations.
A tool to support your program
The Mind the Gap Report was written to save program managers and partners time and resources. No need to start from scratch, to commission your own benchmarking effort, or to build the case for stakeholders and leadership. It’s all in the Report.
Access the Full Report
The Mind the Gap Report is intended for the following audiences:
- Research universities and labs
- Tech-based economic development initiatives
- Incubators, accelerators, and research parks
- Corporate innovation and venture groups
- Angel and venture investors
- Policy-makers and international governments
Consultants and Service Providers, please contact us for pricing options
The Report
This is for programs or partners that want to use the Report as a resource as they build and assess their current or future gap fund/accelerator program or partnership model.
- Organizational License to Full MTG 2020 Report
$499
Fund Manager
Package
The Report + additional access to powerpoint ready charts/figures, and recorded workshops
- Organizational License to Full MTG 2020 Report
- Access to powerpoint ready database of all 50+ report figures and charts
- Organizational Access to Gap Fund and Accelerator Web Summit Materials
$699
Join the
Community
The GAP Community of Action is a community of practice/accelerator for university gap fund/ accelerator leaders that work together to share tactics, advocate for the community, and connect to corporate/investment partners:
- Fund Manager Package
- 8-10 New Model Review and Tactical Web-workshops/yr
- Corporate/Investor Partner Meet-ups
- Web-workshop archive of 25+ recorded best practice discussions
- Complimentary registration to annual COVERGENCE Summit
- COA Forum/Job Board
- Process Documents