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Founders & startup ecosystem · Working

Spinout

Also called: spin-out, spinoff startup

ELI5

A new company formed from work inside another organisation.

Used in conversation

“The spinout needs a clean intellectual-property licence.”

Definition

A new company created from a university, research institution or existing company to commercialise assets or technology.

Here “Spinout” means: A new company created from a university, research institution or existing company to commercialise assets or technology.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.