Universs
Universities and founders generate extraordinary ideas. Too many stall — not because the work is weak, but because the decision to fund, protect or back them is slow, scattered across spreadsheets and inboxes, and made on incomplete evidence.
Universs helps universities, incubators and founders decide what to validate, fund, protect, license, build and measure next.
One loop, whether you are holding a paper or a company.
1Discover
What problem is worth solving?
Find the problems, research and ideas that deserve your attention.
2Validate
Is the problem real, and is the evidence strong enough?
Test whether the pain exists, who feels it, and what proof you actually hold.
3Decide
What is the right route, and can we justify it?
Choose the path — and record the evidence it rested on.
4Act
What are we doing about it, and who owns it?
Turn the decision into work with an owner and a date.
5Measure
Did it work?
Track what changed — money, traction, protection, impact.
6Learn
What do we now know that we did not?
Build the skill, and feed what you learned back into the work.
Different people, different questions, one record of the answer.
Researchers
“Does this solve a real problem, is it novel, and what should I do next?”
Technology transfer
“Which disclosures deserve attention, and should this be patented or licensed?”
Founders
“Is the pain real, what should I validate next, and am I ready to raise?”
Incubators
“Which ventures are stalling, and where should mentor time go?”
University leadership
“Is our commercialisation spend producing results?”
Review more, consistently
Triage every disclosure and idea against the same evidence bar, instead of whoever submits the tidiest form.
Waste less
Find the missing evidence early — before the money, the build and the filing fees follow a weak case.
Decide with a record
Every route chosen — patent, licence, partner, spin out — keeps the evidence and reasoning it rested on.
Prove what happened
Track a venture from first problem statement to funding, licences and measured impact.