Autobahn Labs bringing industrial translation to academic projects via joint ownership model, starting with UCLA

Virtual incubator Autobahn Labs aims to industrialize academic projects deemed too early for traditional tech transfer by running them through Evotec’s drug discovery funnel, with the goal of creating jointly owned spinouts backed by Autobahn’s investors.

Launched Wednesday by Samsara Biocapital, Evotec SE and the family investment fund KCK Ltd., Autobahn announced a partnership with University of California Los Angeles, the first in a series of planned university collaborations. ...