Corporate Ventures
Corporate Ventures
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About us

SickKids Corporate Ventures is committed to ensuring that innovations developed at the hospital have the widest impact possible. Established in 2006, our office is a collaborative team of professionals with diverse expertise, including business development officers and analysts, legal counsel, communications and marketing professionals, administrative staff and senior management.

Core Activities:

SickKids Corporate Ventures is made up of three service groups:

Knowledge Partnerships: facilitates commercialization of new scientific, clinical and operational knowledge originating from SickKids.

Technology Partnerships: facilitates commercialization of SickKids’ early stage and developed technologies.

Corporate Ventures Numbers at a Glance: FY 2008
Licensing Income Received: $2.3 million
Invention Disclosures Received: 42
New Patent Applications Filed: 20 
Patents Issued: 10
Research Expenditures from Industrial Sources: $4.3 million
Licenses Executed: 28

Learn more about the positive impact of commercialization at SickKids