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Founders & startup ecosystem · Working

University spinout

Also called: academic spinout

ELI5

A startup built from university research.

Used in conversation

“The university spinout is negotiating licence terms.”

Definition

A company formed to commercialise research or intellectual property originating at a university.

Here “University spinout” means: A company formed to commercialise research or intellectual property originating at a university.

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.