Knowledge Asset Spinouts Guide
Guidance supporting public sector bodies to create spinout companies.
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The Knowledge Asset spinouts guide provides detailed information on the creation of ‘spinout’ companies as a commercialisation route for Knowledge Assets (KAs).
This guidance is to support public sector organisations that are considering creating spinout companies to commercialise their KAs to fulfil their duty to identify, protect, and maximise the value of their KAs, as set out in Managing Public Money (MPM).
This guide is suitable for those who are responsible for KA management, such as Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and KA managers. It also contains information for other professions that are involved in KA management, such as finance, governance, and sponsorship teams.
This guide covers:
- An introduction to the concept of spinouts and their characteristics
- Key things to consider when assessing why and when to create a spinout
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Approaches to ownership and shareholdings or equity splits
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Approaches to financing spinouts
- Recruiting and incentivising talent in spinouts
- Obtaining the approvals in the public sector to create spinout
- Practicalities of forming the spinout as a company
- Company operations
Read our latest blog where Jacob Coker, Head of Policy, and Cameron Fenwick, Senior Technology Transfer Strategic Partner, share their thoughts on why spinouts matter and how this guide aims to help more organisations develop them.
If you have queries about this guidance, please email the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) at GOTT@dsit.gov.uk.