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Constantijn Van Oranje

Jul 7, 2026

4:13
Uh, what was the most surprising thing you've heard today?
4:16
Well, we did, actually did a, um, a spinoff report where we, uh, presented where the Netherlands is in, in terms of, uh, academic, scientific spin-outs.
4:25
And, uh, and it was really good to see the whole community coming together and saying, "We have to do a better job." And then we presented, um, a new set of, uh, deal terms for, um, also for kind of the, um, uh, IP, IP, uh, contract.
4:42
And, um, that was, uh, we basically benchm- uh, we or I'd say actually the people who did it, it was a law firm and, and a number of founders, um, benchmarked against the best in Europe and, uh, ETH in, in Oxford, Cambridge, et cetera, to develop a set of deal terms that would, uh, really also set the Netherlands apart.
5:04
And, uh, and then the nice thing to see was that everybody there from universities, investors, um, the tech transfer offices, uh, were all really, uh, supportive.
5:15
And a few years ago this was still very difficult to discuss, and now people really see that, um, um, spinning out companies is a real core, uh, duty of universities and is no longer like a nice to have.
5:30
And they want to optimize that process.
7:10
Uh, what are you most looking forward to?

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