Training that advances your venture

The mission of the University-Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) is to help create a sustainable technology transfer system in Portugal. UTEN Entrepreneur Training contributes to this goal by advancing real-life commercialization cases through the joint efforts of researchers, inventors, entrepreneurs, Portuguese Technology Transfer staff, and UTEN experts and trainers.

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Who We Can Help

UTEN Entrepreneur Training can help technologies and ventures that generally meet these criteria:

1. The technology is located in Portugal.
2. The technology was created in a university, or the venture has a university connection.
3. There is Intellectual Property (provisional or approved patents, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.) associated with the venture.
4. The technology / venture are emerging, not mature.
5. There is commercialization potential.

In addition, there may be national calls in Portugal that require application and involve a selection process. UTEN will refer you to those national calls when required.

UTEN is funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

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