Discuss your ideas with us
Our team of skilled business developers will help you with evaluating your ideas potential and realize the idea as a product or service.
Please contact one of our team members directly or send a general inquiry to tto@valide.no if you have an idea to discuss or you would like to know more about Validé’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO).
During our process we will ask you to fill inn a «Disclosure of
Innovation» form DOFI. This is a document for us to review and
we will highly appreciate of you could describe your idea using this
template. You can find the DOFI templates here:
How to submit an idea to us
You can describe your idea in our DOFI templates here (Disclosure of Innovation, Norwegian and English form)
Or: You can download, fill in and send us an email tto@valide.no:
• DOFI (English)
• DOFI (Norwegian)
What is technology transfer?
Validé is TTO for six research institutes
... and partners with two others
Focus areas of innovation
• Energy
• Health
• Digitization
The model shows the distribution of commercializations that Validé has had in various industries 2015 - 2020
The Innovation Process
STAIRS: Every idea and innovation is different, but they often go through the following process, from identification to commercial success.
1. Identification
This is stage where you tell us about your idea. It could be an
informal chat first then you will proceed to fill in an Innovation
Disclosure Form (DOFI). Here you will provide us with a detailed
description, drawings, publications, background, status, etc.
2. Screening
During the screening process, we go through and evaluate:
- Simple in-house prior art and patent search
- Evaluate problem, solution, and market need
- Market search (web, internal databases, experiences, etc.)
- Analysis of competition and commercial-potential
- Feasibility analysis
- Technology readiness level (TRL)
3. Qualification
If we reach this stage we have an initial belief in the idea and continue with:
- Research & Develop-planning (R&D) and risk assessment
- Resource analysis (research group, instrumentation, capabilities, etc.)
- Budget and financial opportunities
- Patent search
- Market opportunities
- Select target market
- Create IP
- Approach partners
- Develop commercial strategy
4. Proof-Of-Concept
- Feasibility, technical and commercial
- Build prototype
- Update IP and Freedom to Operate (FTO)
- Develop business plan
- Identify risk
5. Commercialization
- Recruit team
- Build «Minimum viable product» (MVP) + update IP and Freedom to Operate (FTO)
- Marketing and sale
- Production and distribution
- Execution
- Licensing – to startups or industry