Innovus E-News 38th Edition

­­ What To Expect When You’re Expecting To Innovate ‘Nebulous’ doesn’t do the complexity of technology transfer much justice; especially if you are a researcher or faculty member who has spent the last years of your life studying and developing that technology, not trying to commercialise it. To quote an annoying ear-worm, it really is ‘a whole new world’, and people are put-off by things they do not understand. How do you disclose your innovation and its intellectual property? And who does that? What do you need to do in your first few weeks, and months? What does the selection, and then the development...

News From Our Spin-Out Companies: New Directions, New Capabilities and New Equipment GeoSmart – A new name, a new site, and a new direction ‘A rose by any other name…’, some say. But SUDEM, now called GeoSmart, does not smell as good – it is even better. What was started in 2000 by Prof Adriaan van Niekerk, and already has a TIA Seed Fund Grant under their belt, has grown substantially, into a fully-fledged spin-out company. A recap: SUDEM (or Stellenbosch University Digital Elevation Model) gives accurate (to 5m and 2m) terrestrial information to farmers, city planners and anyone else who needs to know...

The numbers say it all… In our first eight years of existence, Innovus has progressed in leaps and bounds in the fields of innovation, technology transfer and commercialisation. Our impressive list of registered trademarks, licences, patent applications, disclosures and spin-out companies is testament to the hard work of our researchers, inventors and staff. Click here for an overview of all our achievements since 2009.  Innovus also recently joined forces with Stellenbosch University’s former Commercial Services division to form the newly established SUNCOM. SUNCOM is the University’s fifth income stream and includes ventures such as Matie Milk, Maties shops and the One Card student...