Office of Technology Commercialization

New startup data from Innovate Carolina, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s university-wide initiative for innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development, shows the economic impact of startups connected with UNC-Chapel Hill continues to grow across North Carolina.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) and Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) have partnered with OpenBench, Inc., the first success-driven service for small molecule hit discovery, to advance drug discovery at Carolina.

For many faculty researchers and startup founders, the idea of taking a technology to market can be daunting. Where do you start? How do you navigate the process? How far along does the research need to be to get started?