The TTO funded new projects with $4.2m last year and launched 15 new companies under the French Tech Seed program.

France-based regional tech transfer office Satt Sud-Est commenced 17 commercialisation projects collectively funded to the tune of €3.7m ($4.2m) during 2019. The TTO said it had signed 13 licence agreements to generate a combined revenue of $1.5m – the same amount of licences it had inked in 2018. There were 117 invention disclosures, a year-on-year increase from 98. Satt Sud-Est says it will focus on adapting its tech transfer offering this year to drive maturation in key segments such as deep tech, working alongside its shareholders, incubators and government-owned investment bank Bpifrance. The TTO will attempt to build on progress under the French Tech Seed Provence Corse – a regional collaboration with incubators Belle de Mai, Impulse and Inizià – which resulted in the creation of 15 new startups during 2019. Bpifrance’s role meanwhile has been beefed up to incorporate management functions across Satt Network, aiming to add dynamism to the country’s national research commercialisation strategy.

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