Our services

Testudo offers the following services to technology-intensive companies, entrepreneurs and academic institutions:

Services to Businesses 1) Strategic advice - analysis of markets for the client's products or services; - proposition of business models for the client to adopt; - preparation of and feedback on the client's business plan. 2) Fund raising - Identification of funding routes relevant to the client's needs; - Consortium-building for public funding; - Preparation of and feedback on submissions for public funding; - Introduction to potential private investors. 3) Product development - Identification of weaknesses in the client's product and processes; - Introduction to partners that can improve the client's products or services. 4) Market access - Identification of new markets for the client's products or services; - Introductio to distributors or new customers for existing products. 5) Technology scouting - Definition of scouting brief from client; - Presentation of a portfolio of potentia partners with solutions to the client. 6) Negotiating, transacting & representation on behalf of the client.

Services to Universities 1) Mentoring for Principal Investigators - Introduction of academics to the business mentality; - Coaching for academics through initial business interactions, closing at least one deal. 2) Fund Raising - Identification of funding routes relevant to the client's needs; - Consortium-building for public funding; - Preparation of and feedback on submissions for public funding. 3) Licensing - Analysis  of the market for the client's patents; - Promotion of the client's patents to potential licensees. 4) Support for spin-outs - Analysis of the market in support of the decision to spin-out; - Business support for the spin-out.