Duke OTC & New Ventures
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Duke OTC & New Ventures
URL: https://otc.duke.edu/ https://otc.duke.edu/new-ventures/ https://numbers.otc.duke.edu/by-the-numbers-2/ Captured: 2026-06-27 Duke's tech transfer and startup creation office. FY25 Metrics: Total Revenue: $115.6M (record) Invention Disclosures: 362 U.S. Patent Applications: 387 Issued Patents: 113 Exclusive Licenses: 20 Total Agreements: 73 Gilhuly Accelerator Fund: $898K invested in 9 projects Active Startups: 125 New Startups Formed: 11 Capital Raised by Duke Startups (past 5 years): $2.4B+ IPOs (past 5 years): 5 Acquisitions (past 5 years): 14 59% of startups founded in past 5 years located in NC Digital Innovations: 116 disclosures, 7 exclusive licenses, $8.6M revenue OTC Programs: New Ventures: business advice, introductions to capital, executives, experts, occasionally direct capital Translational Funds: including Gilhuly Accelerator Fund Technology Marketing: 252 technologies shared with industry, 811 companies contacted, 53 inventor conversations set up, 9 agreements executed OTC Fellows: 24 students assessed 199 technologies New Venture Fellows: 10 paired with 9 potential startup projects
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URL: https://otc.duke.edu/ https://otc.duke.edu/new-ventures/ https://numbers.otc.duke.edu/by-the-numbers-2/ Captured: 2026-06-27
Duke's tech transfer and startup creation office.
FY25 Metrics:
- Total Revenue: $115.6M (record)
- Invention Disclosures: 362
- U.S. Patent Applications: 387
- Issued Patents: 113
- Exclusive Licenses: 20
- Total Agreements: 73
- Gilhuly Accelerator Fund: $898K invested in 9 projects
- Active Startups: 125
- New Startups Formed: 11
- Capital Raised by Duke Startups (past 5 years): $2.4B+
- IPOs (past 5 years): 5
- Acquisitions (past 5 years): 14
- 59% of startups founded in past 5 years located in NC
Digital Innovations: 116 disclosures, 7 exclusive licenses, $8.6M revenue
OTC Programs:
- New Ventures: business advice, introductions to capital, executives, experts, occasionally direct capital
- Translational Funds: including Gilhuly Accelerator Fund
- Technology Marketing: 252 technologies shared with industry, 811 companies contacted, 53 inventor conversations set up, 9 agreements executed
- OTC Fellows: 24 students assessed 199 technologies
- New Venture Fellows: 10 paired with 9 potential startup projects
Claims Supported
URL: https://otc.duke.edu/ https://otc.duke.edu/new-ventures/ https://numbers.otc.duke.edu/by-the-numbers-2/ Captured: 2026-06-27
Duke's tech transfer and startup creation office. FY25 Metrics:
- Total Revenue: $115.6M (record)
- Invention Disclosures: 362
- U.S. Patent Applications: 387
- Issued Patents: 113
- Exclusive Licenses: 20
- Total Agreements: 73
- Gilhuly Accelerator Fund: $898K invested in 9 projects
- Active Startups: 125
- New Startups Formed: 11
- Capital Raised by Duke Startups (past 5 years): $2.4B+
- IPOs (past 5 years): 5
- Acquisitions (past 5 years): 14
- 59% of startups founded in past 5 years located in NC
Digital Innovations: 116 disclosures, 7 exclusive licenses, $8.6M revenue
OTC Programs:
- New Ventures: business advice, introductions to capital, executives, experts, occasionally direct capital
- Translational Funds: including Gilhuly Accelerator Fund
- Technology Marketing: 252 technologies shared with industry, 811 companies contacted, 53 inventor conversations set up, 9 agreements executed
- OTC Fellows: 24 students assessed 199 technologies
- New Venture Fellows: 10 paired with 9 potential startup projects
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