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UniServices tops SCOPR for the second year running

27 November 2024
UniServices has come out top for the second year in a row in a survey that shows the most active start-up and spinout companies from New Zealand and Australian universities.

UniServices has come out top for the second year in a row in a survey that shows the most active start-up and spinout companies from New Zealand and Australian universities and other public research organisations.

SCOPR庐, the , is conducted annually by , the peak body representing technology transfer professionals and their organisations in Australia and New Zealand. 

Through its members, KCA has led best practice in industry engagement, technology transfer and entrepreneurship for research organisations since 1978. 

This year鈥檚 survey results puts UniServices, the University of 色花堂鈥檚 not-for-profit company that transforms research into global impact starting in Aotearoa New Zealand, at number one, with 47 active start-ups and spin-outs from 2021-2023 well ahead of the University of Queensland (UQ) and Australia鈥檚 highly respected Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) who both have 33.

It is the second year in a row that the University of 色花堂 has come out on top in this category in the SCOPR survey after coming out in front with 39 active spinout and start-up companies for 2022.

鈥淭his success is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our UniServices kaimahi and our academics鈥� entrepreneurial talents working together to create successful spin-outs here in Aotearoa,鈥� says Dr Greg Murison, UniServices acting CEO.

鈥淐ongratulations to all our UniServices Wh膩nau for these great results.鈥�

UniServices Director 鈥� Investment Stephen Flint, says the latest SCOPR results show our consistency of providing excellent investment support and business acumen to the university鈥檚 academics and students on their entrepreneurial journeys.  This is supported by the various programmes from the Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem across the university which provides education, advice, mentoring, networks and access to investment for new ventures.  

鈥淚 know our success will continue to grow as we create more spin-outs for the benefit of the world but starting right here in Aotearoa.鈥� 

 

The spin-outs generated out of UniServices in 2023 are:

Dawa Therapeutics: Developing new treatments for the inflammation-based pathologies of ageing (inflamm-aging) and disease.

Luminoma Diagnostics: uses innovative laser technology that reliably and non-invasively detects skin cancer.
Fronde Space Systems: specialises in deployable space technology.
Gaiatech: developing technology to capture waste anaesthetic gases (WAGs). Their capture system uses a proprietary adsorbent to remove WAGs from the air.
HEIA: Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa (HEIA) researches, analyses, and assesses online behaviour and associated threat levels of violence and extremism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
ISpyNits: The world鈥檚 first biofluorescent nit powder to improve visibility of head lice during treatment.
Nurox: providing innovative, eco-friendly, and cost-effective solutions for the disposal of complex and hazardous waste.
PlatformPi: an AI-driven web platform that bridges students, professionals, employers, educational institutions, and opportunities. 


UniServices also ranked second out of the 27 institutes ranked for new start-ups and spin-outs, with ten, second only to the University of New South Wales, equal with Monash and ahead of the other larger universities in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland.  The University of Canterbury, second-placed in the New Zealand ecosystem, came 10th overall with two new start-ups.

UniServices also placed third in Commercialisation Revenue with a total of $60 million. 

The SCOPR collects research commercialisation metrics from Australian and New Zealand universities, medical research institutes and publicly funded research agencies to enable national and international benchmarking of them.

The material helps to inform decisions by research organisations, government and industry stakeholders seeking to enhance industry engagement and research commercialisation.