The university has helped launch 223 businesses, including 130 based on its IP, since an overhaul of its commercialisation strategy in 2013.

Purdue University has launched a total of 223 university-linked businesses since 2013, more than half which were based on intellectual property (IP) licensed through Purdue Research Foundation’s office of technology commercialisation (OTC).
The university has generated 130 business based on university IP, with the remaining 93 companies classified as Purdue-affiliated startups.
Together, the 223 companies have raised $352m of funding and generated more than 300 new jobs. Approximately 210 remain active today, 128 of which are spinouts.

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