IP Rescue: A Second Life for Stranded Climate Innovation

​Most startups fail. Some never start up. As a result, valuable work that took substantial investments of time and money is often lost for good, with subsequent innovators wasting resources recreating the same R&D pathways, pursuing the same technical dead ends, or making the same mistakes twice.

​Is there a better way? Can we transform sunk costs into public goods? 

​Recycling stranded innovation is no one's first job, but preserving the work of past founders to give future entrepreneurs a leg up can speed the path to decarbonization. It just requires action from the entire ecosystem. 

​Join the Schmidt Family Foundation and Renaissance Philanthropy for an exploration of what different players—from VCs and founders to philanthropists and accelerators—can be doing to capture the value from stranded climate tech innovation.

​The event will kick off with a cross-disciplinary panel exploring the challenges and opportunities of IP rescue followed by an interactive breakout discussion and networking happy hour to collaboratively build the solution.

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