Consultancy
WaikatoLink seeks to enhance the University of Waikato’s commitment to building mutually-beneficial and long-term relationships with industry partners. We work to form collaborative research efforts with Industry, the University, Centers of Excellence and Research Institutes.
Working with WaikatoLink
Licensing Technologies
Licensing technologies enables industry partners to leverage the University’s research expertise, without having to output the substantial IP protection, technology development, and commercial assessment costs.
WaikatoLink facilitates and manages all Licensing Agreements on behalf of the University. The terms of the licensing agreement can vary, and will be negotiated between WaikatoLink and the interested industry representative
Collaborative Funding Opportunities
If you would like to further discuss these opportunities, please contact one of our Commercialisation Managers.
HotHouse Services for Businesses and Industry
The HotHouse has been a valuable technology development resource to WaikatoLink and the University, and has also proven to be valuable to businesses and industry. A number of companies have contracted the services of the HotHouse to undertake technology development and prototyping, market research, and business feasibility studies.
The hothouse has core competencies in: ICT related projects, business feasibility projects, market research projects and hardware (mechanical, electrical engineering, and physics based) projects.
WaikatoLink seeks to grow its portfolio of HotHouse projects a therefore welcomes the opportunity to work with businesses and industry in providing Technology Development services through the HotHouse. Please contact the Technology Development Manager for details.