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From Idea to Commercialization

We help Northwestern Innovators & Entrepreneurs.

Your discovery, our guidance

Northwestern inventors are required to disclose most inventions, and INVO Invention Managers will guide you through the process.

Inventor Resources

Start a new venture.

INVO can connect you to funding, work space, legal assistance and other tools for starting a technology company.

Entrepreneur Resources

Explore invention and entrepreneurship.

INVO can help you find entrepreneurial opportunities in and out of the classroom. Student inventors can learn more about disclosure and intellectual property.

Student Resources

Access cutting-edge innovation.

Use our site to find research and technologies available for license.

Industry Resources

Explore Northwestern Inventions

By name, industry, phase, and more

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Every year, Northwestern files hundreds of patents and adds new startups to its portfolio, INVO connects industry and investors with Northwestern’s Innovative technologies, research and new ventures

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Browse Inventions by Industry and Commercialization Phase

Explore Inventions in specific life and physical science fields, including therapeutics, energy, nanotechnology and more.

Industry Pipelines

Find New Ventures by Northwestern Inventors and Entrepreneurs

Northwestern’s successful, cutting-edge startups span a variety of markets that include biomedical, software and more.

Northwestern Startups

Northwestern Innovators

Meet some of the inventors and entrepreneurs who are making an impact.

Preora Diagnostics

Preora Diagnostics uses optical technology called partial wave spectroscopic microscopy to examine cells at the nanoscale, which can help detect cancers.

Meet inventor Vadim Backman, PhD