Helge Seetzen is a successful entrepreneur and technology leader with experience commercializing university research. He co-founded two companies, BrightSide Technologies and Sunnybrook Technologies, to develop and market display technologies from the University of British Columbia. As CTO of BrightSide, he expanded its technology portfolio through collaborations with universities. BrightSide was later acquired by Dolby, where he led new product development and licensing. Now, through his new company TandemLaunch Technologies, he aims to bridge the gap between university research and industry by providing funding, resources, and expertise to accelerate the commercialization of multimedia innovations.

1. Bridging the Tech Transfer Gap

2. HelgeSeetzenHelgeSeetzen is a successful entrepreneur with deep experience in the multi-media technology space. He has repeatedly built high performance teams in both the start-up and corporate environment. He co-founded Sunnybrook Technologies and later BrightSide Technologies to commercialize display technologies developed at the University of British Columbia. BrightSide was successfully sold to Dolby Laboratories for US$28M at high return to shareholders after having grown to over 30 developers.Known today as local dimming LED TV, BrightSide's high dynamic range (HDR) display received early acclaim such as the Best Buzz Award at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Conference and a "Top 100 Technologies in 2006" rank by Popular Science Magazine. As the Chief Technology Officer of BrightSide he also expanded the company’s technology portfolio to include camera, encoding and additional display solutions through close collaboration with over a dozen international universities. At Dolby he led all cross-functional development activities for Dolby’s first two consumer video products which launched in 2009. In this capacity he built research and engineering departments in Canada and the US, and was closely involved in licensing negotiations with many major consumer electronics manufacturers. Today, millions of LED TVs are sold every year and the underlying technology has become one of the core elements of the display market.Helge's leadership in the technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurial space has been widely recognized through awards such as Business in Vancouver's 40 under Forty award for business accomplishment, the NSERC Innovation Challenge Award for university technology transfer, and a Special Recognition Award from the Society for Information Display. He serves as the Program Chair for DisplayWeek 2010 (the largest technical conference on displays) and Co-Chair of the Applied Vision Committee of the Society for Information Display. He has published over 20 articles and holds 20 US patents with over 40 additional pending US applications. Helge received a B.Sc. in physics and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary imaging technology (physics & computer science) from the University of British Columbia.He blogs on Technology Transfer and University Entrepreneurship at www.techentrepreneurship.com2

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4. 4Bridging the Technology Transfer GapWe bridge the university-industry technology transfer gap. Universities outspent industry by a factor of nearly 4:1 on basic research. In the United States alone, universities invest close to $40 billion per year across all imaginable fields of technology. Add the ever increasing desire to solve immediate social or industrial issues, and the potential for economic impact is tremendous. Unfortunately it is mostly unrealised today.Universities lack the business development, product engineering, and financial resources to truly commercialise their innovations directly. Worse, the university environment creates many barriers to traditional venture investment such as liability concerns, distracted founders and cultural mismatches. The result is a world where our greatest source of innovation is cut off from our economy by a wide chasm.TandemLaunch provides universities and industry with the one-stop solution to cross this chasm.

5. 5Tech Transfer Gap by the Numbers$12B Industrial basic research (USA, 2008)$39B University basic research (USA, 2008)<10% Global tech from Universities (USA)

6. 6Our Business ModelAt TandemLaunch we provide a bridge between academic research and the consumer electronics industry - helping both sides to obtain their goals in the most efficient manner possible.Academia is the dominant source of innovation in our world and most researchers aspire to have their inventions used widely in the industry with a fair reward for their contribution. Yet, most universities lack the business development, product engineering, and financial resources to commercialise innovation directly.Large consumer electronics companies have the resources for commercial deployment but, like universities, are forced to maintain a low risk profile which often prevents them from digesting early ideas directly.

7. TandemLaunch Model7IdeasInventorsPatentsBusiness LeadershipEngineering ResourcesIndustry ConnectionsSpace & EquipmentFundingTandemProject(Equity)Exit

8. 8TandemLaunchTechnologiesTandemLaunch Technologies is a turn-key accelerator for multi-media innovation. By providing funding and resources, TandemLaunch enables inventors to bring their ideas to market. TandemLaunch invests up to $1M through a combination of venture funding, at-cost infrastructure and world-class talent. Our rapidly-growing team is composed of 17 people from different professional and cultural backgrounds, including native speakers in French, English and German. The TandemLaunch team can provide inventors with all skill sets necessary for successful technology commercialisation: business development, sales and marketing, project management, product development, and engineering (software, electronics and mechanical).

9. Company Founded in 2010Canadian Owned Montreal based9TandemLaunch SnapshotBusiness Model Turn-Key AccelerationInvestmentResourcesPeopleIndustry ConnectionsInvestments $100k-$1MCommon ShareMade-to-OrderExcl. License with OptionKey People Total: 17 Helge SeetzenCEO (Dolby, BrightSide) Martin GirardSr. Staff Eng. (AutoDesk, Matrox) Craig HennesseyStaff Eng. (Mirametrix, UBC) Alessandra GlavierBusiness Admin (Nurun, APN)Strategy Board Lorne Whitehead 3M Chair & Frm. Provost, UBCSunCentral, BrightSide, TIR Andre BazerguiFmr. CEO PolytechniqueMtl.Fmr. CEO CRIAQ Jim de Wilde CEO, JdW Ventures Rothman School of BusinessTechnology Video SystemsDisplaysCamerasVideo Encoding & FilteringAudio SystemsPlayback & CaptureSound Encoding & FilteringInteractionOnline MediaHuman Computer Interaction

10. Bridging the university-industry technology transfer gapTandemLaunch Technologies