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David Cox, CEO June 2nd, 2008
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Deal Generator, Venture Prize
TEC Edmonton: The Genesis
TEC Edmonton: The Genesis
2008
TEC Edmonton Programs
TEC Edmonton Programs
‘Organizations 101’
First make sure you are doing the right things….
(Effectiveness)
(Efficiency)
And then try to do them right…
Doing the right things:Understand your reason for existence
• The core purpose of the JV is to capture more of the value of R&D occurring in the region, for the region
Doing the right things:Get our priorities straight
1. Transfer inventions from local researchers to local companies
2. Create new companies in the region
3. License inventions to companies outside the region
This is a significant departure from normal practice
Doing the right things
We have begun to ‘cast the net wider’ to increase the supply of the key ingredients:
• Intellectual Capital– Deal flow
• Human Capital • Financial Capital • Facilities• Social Capital (connections)
Doing the right things
We have begun to ‘cast the net wider’ to increase the supply of the key ingredients:
• Intellectual Capital– Deal flow
• Human Capital • Financial Capital • Facilities• Social Capital (connections)
Intellectual CapitalDeal Flow
research invention disclosure technology evaluation & market research
protection commercialization license strategy technology
Local company
Start up
‘Foreign’ Company
Sponsored Research Funding
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Cast the Net Wider:Intellectual Capital
• Now working with inventors from outside the University of Alberta – 1st time ever
• New business relationships to increase deal flow– BioAlberta (Industry association)– TR Labs (Telecomms research consortium)– Capital Health– National Institute for Nanotechnology– Alberta Research Council– The Business Link
Tech Transfer: The Results• ~100 new inventions per year
• ~ 45% are patented
• ~ 28 new licenses• About half to local co’s or start-ups
• ~ $1M/year in license revenue
Spin-off Companies
• 71 active spinoffs• Over 1,000 highly
skilled employees• 8 publicly traded firms
– $1B market cap
• 86% of spinoffs are based in Alberta– 83% headquartered
in Edmonton
New Start-up Companies
Company Company
Triple D Tech*. Oncometabolics Inc.
Ultrasound Biotech EZSeer
Exciton Technologies* Alberta Nanometals
Oral Dairy Vaccine MRDC Metabolomics
i-LOC UKALTA Wireless
Pink Army*
New Start-up Companies
Company Company
Triple D Tech*. Oncometabolics Inc.
Ultrasound Biotech EZSeer
Exciton Technologies* Alberta Nanometals
Oral Dairy Vaccine MRDC Metabolomics
i-LOC UKALTA Wireless
Pink Army*
* Not UofA spinoffs
New Start-up Companies
Company Company
Triple D Tech*. Oncometabolics Inc.*
Ultrasound Biotech EZSeer*
Exciton Technologies* Alberta Nanometals*
Oral Dairy Vaccine MRDC Metabolomics
i-LOC* UKALTA Wireless*
Pink Army
TEC Edmonton takes an equity Position in all portfolio companies
* Incorporated
Human Capital:1. Beefing up the Company Development team
• New CEO is former public company CEO• New Vice-President Finance & Admin is ex-
EPCOR• Vice-President Company Development
successful woman entrepreneur• 4 Market/financial analysts• In-house legal counsel (QC)• Deal Generator run by experienced serial
entrepreneur• ‘TECSource’ run by former banker• 35 staff in total
Human Capital:2. Executives for our start-ups
• Executives-in-Residence are key to our success– Randy Yatscoff– Robert Murakami– Shaheel Hooda– Cameron Shuler
• Network of mentors/consultants• Search firm retained to source CEOs for our
portfolio companies
Cast the Net Wider:Facilities
• Give our start-ups a home– TEC Centre
• Nourish them– Company Development services
• Extend our reach: new alliances with:– Edmonton Research Park & ATC– National Institute for Nanotechnology– Northern Alberta Business Incubator– NAIT Duncan McNeill Centre for Innovation
Cast the Net Wider:Facilities
• We moved off campus in December 2007• Occupy entire 4th floor of prestigious
Enterprise Square • $90M redevelopment of former HBC
department store:– U of A ($49M) – Province of Alberta ($15M) – Government of Canada ($15M) – City of Edmonton ($7.5M)
• TEC Edmonton and 21 commercial tenants
Enterprise Square
Financial Capital:Prepare them, polish them, present them
• Groundbreaking new AHFMR grant• Unique Funding Agency Consortium • Deal Generator • VenturePrize
– $200,000 in prizes each year• First Alberta seed fund announced Q1,
2008 – UofA is a Limited Partner
Doing Things Right
• Business – savvy and experienced management team
• Sound strategic plan and business processes• Solid financial management and controls
– 2007/08 revenues ($5.2M) matched by expenditures
– Received clean first-ever audit• Contemporary governance
– Private sector – led Board– Governance based on TSX model
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