Barry Wanless

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IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
Barry Wanless Chief Executive Officer UWS
Ventures Limited
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IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
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IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCEUWS VENTURES WHO,
WHAT?

• Wholly owned subsidiary of University of Wales
  Swansea

• c. 450 academics, c. 10,000 students, c.40,000
  alumni

• Consultancy

• Intellectual Property development

• Expert Witness Placements

• Start-ups/venturing

• Supports other initiatives

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IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

• Academics seeking to work as consultants

• Companies seeking to utilise academics
  knowledge

• Academics, Graduates etc. wishing to register and
  commercialise IP

• Academics, Graduates etc. wanting to start a
  business

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WALES SPINOUT PROGRAMME

• Wales-wide initiative started in January 2000

• HE/ERDF/WDA funded Programme

• Supporting spinout companies from the HE sector

• Swansea Cluster University of Wales Swansea and
  Swansea Institute of Higher Education