Columbia University created Science & Technology Ventures (S&TV) to facilitate the transfer of scientific discovery and innovation from the university setting into the marketplace.

Science and Technology Ventures works closely with interested faculty campus wide to:

• Identify and evaluate new inventions
• Arrange for intellectual property (IP) protection including patents and copyrights for materials including software and multimedia processes
• Forge links to industry to inform them of new inventions, negotiating licensing agreements, and creating collaborative research agreements
• Advise venture capital and investment groups about new investments
• Facilitate the start-up of new companies

S&TV will work closely with the Columbia Nanotechnology Initiative to build stronger relationships with the industrial and financial world to market the discoveries, foster research collaboration and create new business all based of Columbia's technology.