Osage University Partners (OUP)

Osage University Partners (OUP)

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

Bala Cynwyd, PA 3,303 followers

Venture capital for university innovation. All sectors, all stages, all in.

About us

Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital fund that invests exclusively in startups that are commercializing university research. OUP firmly believes that universities provide an unparalleled innovation engine and we have partnered with over 100 of the most entrepreneurial universities and research centers to invest in their startups. Profits are shared with affiliated institutions to further promote the university entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Website
https://oup.vc
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Type
Partnership
Founded
2009
Specialties
Physical Sciences, Life Science, entrepreneurship, University Innovation, VC, Venture Capital, investing, startups, university startup, technology transfer, biotech, and science

Locations

Employees at Osage University Partners (OUP)

Updates

  • Join us for our next webinar!! On September 5th, we will be hosting a panel discussion webinar on what university leaders should know about royalty monetization, including legal nuances, university mission view points, and buy-side perspectives. As an opener, we’ll review what a royalty monetization is and the growth of monetizations in the past few decades. The bulk of the webinar is a practical discussion on the decision process, the legal agreement, other party considerations, engagement with inventors, and specialty help with royalty monetization transactions. Our panelists will share some real examples from their own experiences. We are delighted to be joined by Teri F. Willey, Ryan Murr, Todd Sherer, and Andrew Fineberg. 📅 Thursday, September 5th | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eQkvZqGd

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    Osage University Partners (OUP)'s Nii Dodoo-Amoo will be in Palo Alto later this month! Join him at Aionics on August 28th to hear him share ways to turn innovations into successful startups! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gnydnd2b

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     🌟 Changing the World with Science: Strategies for Commercializing Your Academic Research 🌟 We’re thrilled to host Nii Dodoo-Amoo, Deep Tech Investor from Osage University Partners (OUP), for the FIRST on-site Aionics, Inc. Fortnightly event on August 28, 2024, at 5:00 pm PDT in our offices in Palo Alto. Nii will share his extensive expertise in commercializing scientific breakthroughs and navigating the path to successful startups. All are welcome to join for good conversation, food, and drinks! Join us as we dive into essential strategies for transforming academic research into successful startups. Whether you're a researcher or entrepreneur, this session will offer invaluable insights into:  - Crafting a compelling business plan - Perfecting your pitch - Assembling a stellar team - Securing essential funding Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain practical strategies and network with like-minded professionals. Secure your spot now! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gnydnd2b #Aionics #StartupStrategies #CommercializingResearch #DeepTech #VentureCapital #Innovation #Networking

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  • Join us tomorrow! Christina Karapataki and Kyle Teamey are excited to share their expertise and how they are working with startups out of academia! This session will not be recorded, so be sure to join us live to ask our panelists your questions!

    🔔 New Webinar 🔔 Registration is now open for our second installment of our Meet the VCs series, this time focused on ClimateTech. We’re pleased to have Christina Karapataki of Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Kyle Teamey of RA Capital Management joining us. Christina will provide an overview of the five grand challenge areas (manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings) that are the focus of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, why they are considered so critical, and types of investments they are making in those areas. Kyle will discuss RA Capital’s Planetary Health Fund which creates and funds companies that develop and commercialize cost-effective solutions to reduce emissions, increase resource availability, and restore environmental quality. Come get to know these VCs and how they are working with startups out of academia. This webinar is intended for all audiences working on climate solutions in academia. Bring your questions on investing and startups in the climate tech space. We look forward to seeing you on July 31st! 📆Wednesday, July 31st | 🕛12:00pm ET | 📝https://lnkd.in/ed4p78Tq

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  • 🔔 New Webinar 🔔 Registration is now open for our second installment of our Meet the VCs series, this time focused on ClimateTech. We’re pleased to have Christina Karapataki of Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Kyle Teamey of RA Capital Management joining us. Christina will provide an overview of the five grand challenge areas (manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings) that are the focus of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, why they are considered so critical, and types of investments they are making in those areas. Kyle will discuss RA Capital’s Planetary Health Fund which creates and funds companies that develop and commercialize cost-effective solutions to reduce emissions, increase resource availability, and restore environmental quality. Come get to know these VCs and how they are working with startups out of academia. This webinar is intended for all audiences working on climate solutions in academia. Bring your questions on investing and startups in the climate tech space. We look forward to seeing you on July 31st! 📆Wednesday, July 31st | 🕛12:00pm ET | 📝https://lnkd.in/ed4p78Tq

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  • Incase you missed it, you can watch Part 1 of our two part series here: https://lnkd.in/ek2tS5MP Stay tuned for Part 2 coming later this summer!

    🔔 NEW WEBINAR 🔔 Join OUP for a two-part webinar series on finding a CEO for your academic startup company. The first session will focus on the evaluation process for CEO candidates. Osage University Partners (OUP)'s Managing Partner, Marc Singer will discuss the importance of the leadership team to a startup’s success and explore methods for evaluating outside CEOs. The webinar will highlight relevant backgrounds and important characteristics of a startup CEO, and it will provide tools to assist with candidate evaluation. Marc will also provide data on the performance of different types of CEOs, including grad students and professors, from OUP’s tech portfolio. 📅 Friday, June 21, 2024 | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eYcNKiXx

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  • Don't forget to register! Tomorrow is part one of our two part series on "Finding Your Startup CEO"

    🔔 NEW WEBINAR 🔔 Join OUP for a two-part webinar series on finding a CEO for your academic startup company. The first session will focus on the evaluation process for CEO candidates. Osage University Partners (OUP)'s Managing Partner, Marc Singer will discuss the importance of the leadership team to a startup’s success and explore methods for evaluating outside CEOs. The webinar will highlight relevant backgrounds and important characteristics of a startup CEO, and it will provide tools to assist with candidate evaluation. Marc will also provide data on the performance of different types of CEOs, including grad students and professors, from OUP’s tech portfolio. 📅 Friday, June 21, 2024 | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eYcNKiXx

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  • 🔔 NEW WEBINAR 🔔 Join OUP for a two-part webinar series on finding a CEO for your academic startup company. The first session will focus on the evaluation process for CEO candidates. Osage University Partners (OUP)'s Managing Partner, Marc Singer will discuss the importance of the leadership team to a startup’s success and explore methods for evaluating outside CEOs. The webinar will highlight relevant backgrounds and important characteristics of a startup CEO, and it will provide tools to assist with candidate evaluation. Marc will also provide data on the performance of different types of CEOs, including grad students and professors, from OUP’s tech portfolio. 📅 Friday, June 21, 2024 | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eYcNKiXx

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  • Last week, we hosted our first Meet The VCs webinar in our new series. We were thrilled to have Jennifer Griffin of Mission BioCapital and Joe Collura of Portal Innovations, LLC join us to answer the our audience's questions about their firms and their shared lab facilities. Listen here to hear what they had to say: https://lnkd.in/ePvYgDNA

    🔔 New Webinar 🔔 Please join us for the first in a series of webinars to introduce you to VCs who often invest in startups arising from academic research. Our introductory "Meet the VCs" session will highlight Mission BioCapital and Portal Innovations, LLC, both of which are early stage life science investors that also offer state-of-the-art shared lab facilities in multiple locations. Our speakers are Jennifer Griffin, Partner at Mission BioCapital, and Joe Collura, Director at Portal Innovations. Come learn about what they offer, what they look for, and how they typically work with university startups in the life sciences. -- Mission BioCapital is a venture capital firm focused on making pivotal early-stage investments in life sciences companies. Their core goal is to make life science entrepreneurship more accessible and efficient than ever. They support their portfolio companies through a unique combination of shared lab space all over the world, capital investment, and access to strategic partners. With investment offices in the nation's leading life sciences clusters in Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, Mission BioCapital is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial scientists build successful companies, from idea to exit. Tracing their roots back to 2009, Mission BioCapital is now investing out of its 5th fund with approximately $500M in assets under management. Learn more at missionbiocapital.com. -- Portal Innovations is a venture capital firm that helps exceptional life sciences innovators build their companies where they live. They surround these entrepreneurs with the resources and community they need: Seed capital, fully equipped lab space, and expertise and introductions to other investors and partners. Read more at portalinnovations.com 🗓 Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eVidiRZu #VentureCapital #MeetVCs #EarlyStageInvestments

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  • 🚨 Don't forget to register! We have a new webinar series this year, and it is starting next week! Meet the VCs - Life Sciences Session will be next Thursday, May 23rd at 12:00pm ET. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eCDSeUU4

    🔔 New Webinar 🔔 Please join us for the first in a series of webinars to introduce you to VCs who often invest in startups arising from academic research. Our introductory "Meet the VCs" session will highlight Mission BioCapital and Portal Innovations, LLC, both of which are early stage life science investors that also offer state-of-the-art shared lab facilities in multiple locations. Our speakers are Jennifer Griffin, Partner at Mission BioCapital, and Joe Collura, Director at Portal Innovations. Come learn about what they offer, what they look for, and how they typically work with university startups in the life sciences. -- Mission BioCapital is a venture capital firm focused on making pivotal early-stage investments in life sciences companies. Their core goal is to make life science entrepreneurship more accessible and efficient than ever. They support their portfolio companies through a unique combination of shared lab space all over the world, capital investment, and access to strategic partners. With investment offices in the nation's leading life sciences clusters in Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, Mission BioCapital is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial scientists build successful companies, from idea to exit. Tracing their roots back to 2009, Mission BioCapital is now investing out of its 5th fund with approximately $500M in assets under management. Learn more at missionbiocapital.com. -- Portal Innovations is a venture capital firm that helps exceptional life sciences innovators build their companies where they live. They surround these entrepreneurs with the resources and community they need: Seed capital, fully equipped lab space, and expertise and introductions to other investors and partners. Read more at portalinnovations.com 🗓 Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eVidiRZu #VentureCapital #MeetVCs #EarlyStageInvestments

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  • 🔔 New Webinar 🔔 Please join us for the first in a series of webinars to introduce you to VCs who often invest in startups arising from academic research. Our introductory "Meet the VCs" session will highlight Mission BioCapital and Portal Innovations, LLC, both of which are early stage life science investors that also offer state-of-the-art shared lab facilities in multiple locations. Our speakers are Jennifer Griffin, Partner at Mission BioCapital, and Joe Collura, Director at Portal Innovations. Come learn about what they offer, what they look for, and how they typically work with university startups in the life sciences. -- Mission BioCapital is a venture capital firm focused on making pivotal early-stage investments in life sciences companies. Their core goal is to make life science entrepreneurship more accessible and efficient than ever. They support their portfolio companies through a unique combination of shared lab space all over the world, capital investment, and access to strategic partners. With investment offices in the nation's leading life sciences clusters in Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, Mission BioCapital is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial scientists build successful companies, from idea to exit. Tracing their roots back to 2009, Mission BioCapital is now investing out of its 5th fund with approximately $500M in assets under management. Learn more at missionbiocapital.com. -- Portal Innovations is a venture capital firm that helps exceptional life sciences innovators build their companies where they live. They surround these entrepreneurs with the resources and community they need: Seed capital, fully equipped lab space, and expertise and introductions to other investors and partners. Read more at portalinnovations.com 🗓 Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 🕛 12:00pm ET | 📝 https://lnkd.in/eVidiRZu #VentureCapital #MeetVCs #EarlyStageInvestments

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