The initial meeting
An hour on a call. We share who we are and examples of our work; you show us how the technology works and where you want to take the company.
You leave withA clear view of fit, on both sides.
How it works
Innovation is the gear in the middle.
Technology owners have a technology that already works, at readiness level 6 or above. Technology adopters need one. LDV is the innovator between them: we find the use cases inside large companies where a proven technology creates the most value, and turn each fit into an agreement.
TRL 6What level 6 means, and the eight others
Two tracks, one innovator
Choose your side of the table.
Each track begins with a conversation and ends at the same signed agreement. The gold column is what LDV brings at every stage.
Technology owners
You have a technology.
LDV, the innovators
We find the use case.
Technology adopters
You need a technology.
LDV brings
The first match
We listen to both sides with one question in mind: where would this technology create the most value? The first use cases often appear in this hour.
The initial meeting
You tell us where the business is heading and which problems are worth solving. We explain how we search and what a good outcome looks like.
You leave withA shared picture of the opportunity.
Understanding your technology
Your team walks us through the technology, the evidence that it works at readiness level 6 or above, the data behind it and the IP, and tells us where you have tried to take it so far.
You leave withA shared view of its strengths and markets.
LDV brings
The use cases
We map each technology against use cases inside large companies, in its own industry and beyond, and each brief against the technologies we know.
Understanding your technology criteria
We draft the criteria with your team: the performance you need, how ready it must be beyond level 6, the scale, the regions and the commercial model you would accept.
You leave withA brief you approve before any search begins.
Further discussions
We agree the plan with you: which industries first, which kind of partner, and the terms you would welcome.
You leave withAgreed targets and terms.
LDV brings
The case for each match
Every match becomes a concrete case for both sides: the problem it solves, the value it creates and how a pilot would run.
Showcasing potential candidates
You review the candidates that meet the brief and choose which to meet. We arrange the meetings and sit in on them.
You leave withMeetings with companies worth meeting.
Connecting you for deals
We introduce you to the large companies that fit and prepare each meeting with you, so every conversation starts from a use case they already recognise.
You leave withIntroductions, pilots and signed agreements.
LDV brings
The deal structure
We shape the licence, partnership or pilot, and stay at the table through negotiation, signature and the first months of use.
Structuring the commercialisation
You agree the terms with the technology owner and plan the pilot or the transfer, with us alongside.
You leave withA signed deal and a working transfer.
Inventive companiesYou meet large companies that have already told us exactly what they need.
The agreement
Both tracks end at the same table, with an agreement that works for the company that invented the technology and the company that adopts it.
Names enter the process only when both sides agree they should.
Large companiesYou meet inventive companies we already know in depth, because we have studied their technology first.
✓How we are paid
On success, milestone by milestone.
Before the work begins we agree the milestones of your track with you. Each fee falls due when a milestone is reached, and not before, so our interest is yours: an agreement that is signed and a technology that is in use.
Where both tracks begin