Forging Links
Forging Links is a new network designed to connect spinout founders with the ecosystem from across the Midlands and beyond.
What is Forging Links?
Being a spinout founder comes with unique challenges as you navigate balancing research and academic duties with the pursuit of setting up an IP-rich business. The purpose of this network is to provide you with the support system to navigate this and vital contacts to unlock new opportunities.
- Be inspired by the journeys of other spinout founders and meet potential collaborators.
- Be informed by themed events focusing on relevant topics and connect with service providers who can help reach the next stages.
- Raise your profile and build relationships with investors.
- Validate and stress-test your innovations with the market, linking with industry and corporates; your potential supply chain or customers.
Are you a spinout founder?
We launched this network with a Mixer event for spinouts and university commercialisation teams from the Forging Ahead partnership at the National Automotive Innovation Centre at the University of Warwick.
