University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 06/03/2026This year's International Women's Day theme, Give to Gain, mirrors how we work: collaborating openly & learning from the brilliant women across our academic & commercial communities. These contributions strengthen every impact we help deliver. Here's a tiny fraction of the ace women we work with! 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Prof Andy Weightman, technical lead for GiFT, has really engaged with the commercialisation support available, and his medtech project is now developing in ways he didn't know were possible. See here: giftmedical.io Do you have any questions about commercialisation? Let us know. 👇 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 25/02/20262pm today! Our first 'Founders' webinar - with Ilyas Khan, Founder & CPO of Quantinuum - one of the world’s leading quantum computing companies, valued at around $10bn. Register lnkd.in/e4DNWEnd FOR: academics & founders interested in startups, quantum technologies & deep-tech commercialisation. 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 20/02/2026We're enjoying the very on-brand crocuses outside The University of Manchester's Whitworth Building! Full respect to the campus gardeners 👏 @officialuom.bsky.social 210
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 12/02/2026'SBS Day' yesterday (School of Biological Sciences) - always great hearing what academics are building & where they want their research to go next. Sharp science, smart sustainability ideas, & thoughtful teaching. Dame Nancy Rothwell closed with a reminder of the importance of spinouts. 🙋♀️🙋♂️ 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Get tailored mentoring for your research to impact journey. These photos are from yesterday's Northern Triangle Mentor Network 'Innovation Sprint' event that we hosted. We matchmake academic mentees with the perfect mentors to ensure they can take their innovations as far as possible. 100
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Thanks for your honesty, Prof Andy Weightman! Academic researchers, from bench to market : Don't endure unnecessary emotional stress! Get a mentor to help guide you through the (sometimes daunting) paths to impact through commercialisation. Northern Triangle Mentor Network: bit.ly/4r8T2Jn 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 05/02/20261 week today! Join us to hear from esteemed female founders who have navigated the path to spinning out. This is open to women AND men; the speakers hold valuable insight for all. ❗Last few tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovatehe... 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Congrats to spinouts KOKU Health (Prof Emma Stanmore) & Spotlight Pathology (Martin Fergie/Richard Byers) & Maria Giovanna Lizio (WILD Imaging Technologies) on being shortlisted for BioNow Awards! 122
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Thanks to Peter Evans, our Data and AI 'Entrepreneur in Residence' for the honest session this morning on how to take digital research 'From Prototype to Product'. Here he is (left) with our Digital Development Specialist, John van Rij. See thread below for our key takeaways 👇 110
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 16/01/2026VACANCY x 3! Interested in creating real world impact with University of Manchester's world class research? Be part of something meaningful & join our excellent, diverse team of experts. Find out more & apply here: www.uominnovationfactory.com/about/join-o... Good luck! @officialuom.bsky.social 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 16/01/2026InnovateHER : From Research to Reality. Women Leading the Way in Spinouts. 12.02.26 Join us to learn from women who have successfully trodden the academic founder path. Featuring: Prof. Cath O'Neil, Dr. Lucy Buckley, Dr. Riza Batista-Navarro, & Prof. Aline Miller Register here: lnkd.in/ekjBq4Qu 034
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 05/01/2026New Year, New Idea! Meet Marianna Coppola, founder of Ready Ripe - a groundbreaking technology helping winemakers pinpoint the perfect moment to harvest grapes for exceptional flavour. 🍇 By using biomarkers instead of guesswork, Ready Ripe ensures every grape reaches its full potential. Cheers! 🍷 042
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 22/12/2025The University of Manchester Innovation Factory, wrapped. 🎁 Here’s our annual review in numbers. These numbers translate into #RealWorldImpact - read more: online.flippingbook.com/view/4936784... 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Whatever your plans are over the festive period, we hope you have a peaceful break. And if it can't be peaceful, we hope it's fun! 🥳 Merry Christmas from everyone at the University of Manchester Innovation Factory! 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 02/12/2025📣 Researchers @ Faculty of Science & Engineering! Our next 'Commercialisation Drop-In' is THIS THURSDAY 4TH DEC! From 10.30am @ the Nancy Rothwell Building/near Collaboration Café Qs about research commercialisation or protecting IP? Come and ask us! No appointment needed - look for yellow banner! 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Well done to all the winners at the KE Awards 2025 last week! We were really proud to have been part of the NW Cybercom collaboration who won in the 'Sector Collaboration' category! NW Cybercom are driving new approaches to cybersecurity innovation - more here: bit.ly/3XrRbCg 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Well done to all the spinouts who pitched to Swim Capital investors yesterday at the Innovation Factory HQ on Monday! The spinouts were from the northern triangle of unis: @officialuom.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social Well done to all the presenters - great job! 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Our Dinali de Silva & Elliott Jennings had a great time at the NG Studios / Deeptech Labs demo day this week! Plenty of impressive companies on show, with a standout moment seeing @officialuom.bsky.social spinout, Plant Organelle Technologies on stage! Well done Junwei Ji (academic CEO)💥 🌱 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Honoured to welcome the Government Office for Technology Transfer and GCHQ to the Innovation Factory today - to share our processes, the roles of our teams, and how we work together to turn research into real-world impact! 💪 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 03/11/2025We have TWO great opportunities available! Director of Portfolio: www.uominnovationfactory.com/director-of-... Director of Business Development: www.uominnovationfactory.com/director-of-... Join our team bringing research to life through the creation of truly impactful spinouts and licences. 👋 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 22/10/2025We cannot get enough of Autumn on campus. The University of Manchester is looking stunning today! 🍁 @manchester.ac.uk 071
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 21/10/2025How can universities best cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset?🌍 TenU gathered experts from across the globe in a session chaired by our CEO, Dr Catherine Headley. Would you add anything to the five areas below?👇 📖 Read more & listen to the podcast: www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/tenu-en... 110
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 21/10/2025ICYMI (in case you missed it 😉), we’ve been breaking down the world of TTO acronyms. This week’s #TuesdayToolkit is all about funding and investment.💰 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 17/10/2025The first in-person workshop of our Research to Reality course took place this week! 🤩 Huge thanks to FIS360 and the Business Exchange and Knowledge Exchange at UoM for this excellent collaboration. Great energy from our academic founders exploring the skills needed to turn research into spinouts. 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Yesterday our Head of Investment and Licensing, Dinali de Silva, joined North West Cyber Security Cluster’s Women in Cyber event 👩💻 spotlighting the future of cybersecurity and the inspiring women shaping it. Great to see former colleague, Sarwat Howe too! 👋 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Yesterday, we welcomed our Entrepreneur in Residence, Dr. Vikas Shah, to the Innovation Factory HQ for an inspiring team session. As EiR, he’ll be bridging innovation and investment, championing Manchester innovation, building commercial confidence, and bringing a global perspective. Let’s go! 🚀 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Great to see so many of you at our Commercialisation Café event last week at Kro Bar! A brilliant mix of conversations about turning research into real-world impact. Myths were busted, connections were shared, paths were paved. Missed it? More chances to chat with our team coming soon! 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 14/10/2025FYI: We’re back decoding acronyms for Toolkit Tuesday. This week, we’re taking on the world of contracts and agreements. 👇 TBC next week. 👀 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 10/10/2025A warm welcome to Professor John Holden, who has joined the Innovation Factory Board. Recently appointed VP for Civic Engagement and Innovation at @manchester.ac.uk, he brings experience that will guide our mission further. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4nH61jD 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 09/10/2025TODAY! Come down and quiz us over how to get your research off the ground. Funding, connections, pitching, IP protection, commercial pathways, or even just where to start Grab a drink, say hello, and let’s talk about how your research could make real-world impact 🙌 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 09/10/2025🕸️ Universities across Greater Manchester came together through Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund (CCF) to turn more research into real-world impact — led by the University of Manchester Innovation Factory. ⚡ 🔗 Read more: www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/ccfred/ 100
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 30/09/2025As a TTO (Technology Transfer Office 😉 ) we love a good acronym… but they’re not always obvious! For our next few #TuesdayToolkits we'll be deconstructing our most commonly used acronyms to clear up any confusion. First up, TRL, PoP, PoC 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 30/09/2025The University of Manchester is a national leader in IP & commercialisation in the 2025 KEF results 🎉 We achieved the highest rating for IP & Commercialisation : licensing, spinouts, investment, and real-world impact. Read more 👉 www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/2025-ke... @manchester.ac.uk 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 24/09/2025It was great to welcome @officialuom.bsky.social VC @duncanivison.bsky.social to the Innovation Factory yesterday. Together, we’re shaping #Manchester2035: stronger industry links, driving quality innovations to catalyse further groundbreaking research, and a focus on tangible, positive change 💪 020
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 23/09/2025🎤Are you ‘Pitch Perfect’? This week’s Tuesday Toolkit outlines a successful narrative structure for pitching your projects for funding. Any questions - get in touch with our commercialisation team who are perfectly pitched to elaborate on this! bit.ly/3W1WpDU 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 22/09/2025We're here! Come and find Elliott Jennings & Tibor Papp at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit today and tomorrow. They are here along with 4 of our agri-tech spinouts: FOTENIX, PhovIR, Plant Organelle Technologies and SporeSense. Come and say hi at Stand 5! 👋 #agtech 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 18/09/2025On 23 Oct, Venture Café Manchester launches at Sister, Renold Building, with its first Thursday Gathering: Global Connection | Local Innovation. JOIN US! For information and sign up head here: venturecafemanchester.org/event/ventur... @venturecafe.bsky.social 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 18/09/2025🎭 This spinout is dramatically different to our other portfolio projects - welcome Tiny Human Dramas! 🎭 This @manchester.ac.uk spinout transforms real research into powerful short plays in just 24 hours. Read more about how they bring academic insights to life on stage: tinyurl.com/4ayp65hj 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 16/09/2025We invited Khadija Ashfaq, Investment Manager at Northern Gritstone, to demystify the due diligence process for investors. 🤓 She shared valuable insights during our staff training, so we’re passing a few on to you. 👀👇 *a credible moat in business terms: your competitive edge that keeps rivals out. 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Our Head of IP, Freddy Guemeni, has been featured on IAM’s Strategy 300 for the second year in a row! 🤩 A well-deserved recognition that truly reflects Freddy’s dedication to the IP space. You’re our IP hero, Freddy! 👏 Read more about his work here: www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/iam-300/ 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 27/08/2025What a year it’s shaping up to be for @manchester.ac.uk spinout 👏 This £4M seed round, co-led by Northern Gritstone & SCV, will fuel rollout of PhovIR's portable Near Infra-Red (NIR) sensing platform. Read the full story here 👉 bit.ly/45RfSf3 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 11/08/2025¡Bienvenidos a Manchester, YLB! 🇧🇴 Our @manchester.ac.uk spinout, Watercycle Technologies, recently hosted Bolivia’s state-owned lithium company, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos, at its Manchester HQ in Runcorn. Read all about it here: www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/watercy... 000
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 05/08/2025We’re excited to support Tiny Human Dramas, one of our newest spinouts, as they bring their latest production to @camdenfringe.bsky.social 🎭 Blending theatre with real-world research, they explore everything from reincarnation to hospice care, transforming findings into powerful plays. 100
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Congratulations to the winners at the Ideas with Impact Awards! ✨ The awards recognised those going above and beyond to translate their research into real-world impact, including FOUR Innovation Factory-supported winners: HalioGen Power, Molla Pharm, SporeSense, and Imprinted Diagnostics.🙌 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 25/06/2025We're thrilled to share that we came out with not one, but two project winners at Masood Entrepreneurship Centre 2025 Venture Further Awards! Congratulations to the Technology category winners: 🥇 Graphene Thermal - Patrick Sarsfield 🥈 PulsR - Leo Feasby (Both pictured with our ID manager, Andrew 💪) 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Academics, do you really know what’s expected of you when seeking investment? 🤔 For this week's Toolkit Tuesday, Northern Gritstone CIO Marion Bernard, shares the 3 fundamentals academic entrepreneurs need to know before entering the investment conversation. Full interview: tinyurl.com/mr3vy3xc 010
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🐝 We’re proud to share that Apini, a @manchester.ac.uk spinout, has secured £1.8M investment from Northern Gritstone! Formed with support from @uomif.bsky.social , they’re developing a novel drug for chronic inflammatory diseases — aiming to treat without immune suppression. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4p8hsr74 030
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 10/06/2025🤔 Question: Patent or publish? Answer: BOTH - (timing is everything!) Get all the info from last week's 'Patent or Publish' session for this week's Toolkit Tuesday 👉 tinyurl.com/yyf44nfy Thanks to @rdunwin.bsky.social & Andy Weightman (CTO of licensed research project, GiFT) for their input! 011
University of Manchester Innovation Factory @uomif.bsky.social · 09/06/2025We're there! Our Travis brings a rare blend of technical and entrepreneurial experience – from developing on-device AI and multi-modal speech recognition systems, to founding and scaling startups across AI, gaming, and EdTech. Come and chat about creating impact with your research! 000