New cooperation with ProTon Europe and Science|Business

Here’s what you get, as a ProTon Europe member:

1) A news channel for KTO activities and opportunities – a way to reach out to new, international investors

Science|Business is a subscription-based online news service, serving a community of more than 74,000 technology professionals across Europe. Its focus is unique: early-stage investment in R&D across Europe and across disciplines. It is looking to publish relevant news from ProTon Europe members. This includes:

• News of spin-out company formation or funding
• News of licensing
• News of corporate contract research and partnership with university researchers
• News that universities and researchers are seeking investors, licensees or research partners.

These news items are published daily on the Science|Business home page, and disseminated to potential investors and corporate partners via a weekly newsletter. If you wish to have news of your knowledge-transfer activities published, simply email directly to the editors at news@sciencebusiness.net, and refer to your membership in ProTon Europe. The editors reserve the right to decide which specific news releases or articles to publish, based on their knowledge of what interests their investing and corporate readership.

2) A discount to plug directly into the Science|Business network – get market intelligence, and networking opportunities

For ProTon Europe members, a 25% discount to subscribe to the Science|Business news service and participate in their networking events. That makes a price of €73.50 for 12 months of full online access for an individual reader, compared to the normal price of €98. If one or more of your colleagues would benefit, special group rates are also available at a discount. The editors of Science|Business are offering this to all ProTon Europe members because they wish to build the community of readers, and news contributors, as quickly as possible.

To take advantage of the discount, go to http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net/sb/subscribe.php, and type Proton in the box asking for your network affiliation. Then, in the discount code box, re-type Proton. For information on the group rates for your KTO, email directly to terri.robinson@sciencebusiness.net.

Science|Business’s coverage is unique, focusing on tech-transfer activities across Europe. A few sample articles:

• Investors renew appetites for start-ups
• ‘To identify the rising stars…’ – a Guide to the European Research Council
• Tech transfer thriving in US universities
• Moscow to bet $577M on tech ventures
• Universities turn to the middle-men

The overall aim of Science|Business is to promote enterprise in European science, by improving the quality of business information available on knowledge transfer, and providing opportunities for buyers and sellers of technology to connect with one another online. The online audience of Science|Business includes academic researchers, corporate R&D and licensing executives, VCs and angel investors, and technology policy makers. Science|Business is the first media channel in Europe to focus on the needs of knowledge-transfer professionals – and as such is one of the ideal platforms for ProTon Europe and its members. I hope this cooperation will benefit your professional activities.