Good technology stops for reasons that have nothing to do with how good it is
University labs
Research funding pays for discovery, rarely for turning discovery into a product. The science is sound and the route to market was never funded.
The route for researchers and TTOsStartups that stalled
The science worked. The runway did not. We can give it a second chance in a new venture.
Tell us what you haveCorporate R&D
You develop far more than you can commercialize, and shelved work rarely comes back. We can take it forward without it competing with you.
Tell us what you haveA company is one outcome, not the only one
Not every technology is ready to be built on, and that is not a rejection. Where the science is strong but early, we work with the owner to get it there.
Sharing it with us does not commit you to anything, and it does not put your IP at risk.
What happens after you write
A conversation, not a submission
What it does and what stopped it. No portal, no deck. We reply either way.
Assessment against real demand
We test it on four things: the problem it solves, its technical performance, its defensibility, and whether it can be licensed or acquired, all supported by our AI-powered methodology and industry expert boards.
A structure that works for both sides
Usually a license, sometimes an acquisition. Nothing is fixed before we have talked.
We build the company around it
We co-found it, recruit the team and fund the first stage. You keep your position in what it becomes.
How we take it on
Usually a license, which leaves the IP where it is. We can also acquire it outright, or structure something else. What we do not do is take an option and sit on it.
What we look for
Technology from Europe, demonstrated at lab scale with real food inputs. If you are earlier than that and the science is strong, write anyway. We would rather know three years early than not at all.
Three ways in
You have technology
In a research lab, in a startup that ran out of funds, or on a corporate shelf.
tech@foodfounders.studioYou want to build a company
We co-found with experienced CEOs, CTOs and CCOs. You do not need to arrive with an idea.
Join the talent poolYou have a problem to solve
Tell us what you would pay to fix. Every venture we build starts there.
industry@foodfounders.studio