Dr Isil Top-Martinez

An Open Innovation and technology scouting services company, helping corporate clients find differentiated technologies and partners. We are a team of technology and partnership scouts with extensive experience in the global search for innovative technologies, solutions, products, strategic alliances and other new business generating opportunities.

• Directly worked with corporate clients to provide insights and recommendations through emerging technology research and scouting… Mostrar más

An Open Innovation and technology scouting services company, helping corporate clients find differentiated technologies and partners. We are a team of technology and partnership scouts with extensive experience in the global search for innovative technologies, solutions, products, strategic alliances and other new business generating opportunities.

• Directly worked with corporate clients to provide insights and recommendations through emerging technology research and scouting, analysis, trend spotting and suitable business partners/vendors.

• Collected, information, interpreted and synthesised data from scientific research papers, industry news, patents, clinical trials, government reports and other published data; and extracted meaningful insights from varied structured and unstructured sources.

• Synthesised qualitative and quantitative research findings, developing robust analyses with actionable strategic recommendations for clients.

• Conducted secondary research (web/database searching) and primary research (interviewing subject matter experts in academia and industry) to perform research analysis and build outputs for clients.

• Identified potential collaboration partners, and successfully built a business matchmaking portfolio. Mostrar menos

Part of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge Enterprise is responsible for supporting the translation of University research to create globally leading economic and social impact.

• Managed a portfolio of approx. 15 concurrent commercialisation projects at different stages of commercialisation.
• Evaluated potential for technology propositions for a portfolio of inventions in Physical Sciences.
• Conducted technology, market & patentability assessments of 30 inventions in… Mostrar más

Part of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge Enterprise is responsible for supporting the translation of University research to create globally leading economic and social impact.

• Managed a portfolio of approx. 15 concurrent commercialisation projects at different stages of commercialisation.
• Evaluated potential for technology propositions for a portfolio of inventions in Physical Sciences.
• Conducted technology, market & patentability assessments of 30 inventions in deep-tech.
• Prepared 7 marketing collateral, showcasing our technologies available for licencing, and created a LinkedIn marketing campaign to facilitate the communications with key industry players.
• Supported technology licensing executives with patent searches, filing and prosecution, liaising with external patent attorneys.
• Proactively built and maintained relationships at the intersection of industry and academia, resulting in R&D partnership agreements. Delivered a potential business pipeline within 6 months.
• Managed research and commercialisation related contracts, such as CDAs, collaboration agreements and license agreements.
• Raised awareness of Cambridge Enterprise in the Departments of Engineering and Materials through effective outreach activities.
• Advised the Consulting Team on their new New Research Commercialisation and Technology Transfer online course.
• Advised the Physical Sciences team members on how to use Linkedin for the creation of personal branding, and outreach.
• Key technologies covered: User-friendly VR display systems, more efficient batteries, new additive manufacturing techniques, environmentally friendly cement production, non-invasive blood testing, a novel method for measuring the perceived loudness levels, novel lithography techniques for markers... Mostrar menos

A boutique R&D tax incentive advisory firm, passionate about helping UK innovation thrive. We do this by helping companies of all sizes access millions of pounds of government money through tax incentives.

• Worked with C-suite clients to deliver technical and commercial reports to develop in excess of £1.5m in R&D tax funding.

• Consulted with companies across the full industrial landscape including batteries, engineering, food and beverages, medical devices, construction… Mostrar más

A boutique R&D tax incentive advisory firm, passionate about helping UK innovation thrive. We do this by helping companies of all sizes access millions of pounds of government money through tax incentives.

• Worked with C-suite clients to deliver technical and commercial reports to develop in excess of £1.5m in R&D tax funding.

• Consulted with companies across the full industrial landscape including batteries, engineering, food and beverages, medical devices, construction, packaging, software and many more.

• Analysed scientific, technological, financial and strategic information to discern business implications of innovative technologies and emerging trends.

• Published a white paper: gathered insights from recent chemical industry innovations, with key numbers and examples from companies doing exciting R&D activities. Focused on 10 case studies to identify key success criteria benchmarks. It increased the LinkedIn engagement of the company by 3x.

• Represented Kene Partners in conferences bringing key industry players and emerging technologies to gather insights about new trends and bring new clients to the Business Development portfolio.

• Adept at using CRM software (Hubspot) and project management platforms (Kanban). Mostrar menos

As a member of a coss-functional team, commercialisation-R&D work of innovative chromogenic materials for use in creative product development, focusing on prototype thin-film materials and their evaluation for use as devices.

• Developed a roadmap for the creation of the company’s electrochromic devices technology.
• Created 10 prototypes and presented results and research reports that bring insights to life for a C-suite audience.
• Liaising with the Creatives Team, contributed… Mostrar más

As a member of a coss-functional team, commercialisation-R&D work of innovative chromogenic materials for use in creative product development, focusing on prototype thin-film materials and their evaluation for use as devices.

• Developed a roadmap for the creation of the company’s electrochromic devices technology.
• Created 10 prototypes and presented results and research reports that bring insights to life for a C-suite audience.
• Liaising with the Creatives Team, contributed to the brand identity development and social media strategies of the start-up, as a part of technology scouting targets. Mostrar menos

My very first international experience. As an undergraduate researcher, I got two different funding to support my research. I enjoyed a lot, struggled a lot, learnt a lot. After this experience I knew that I wanted to go back to the UK to continue doing groundbreaking science and I got accepted directly to my PhD after completing my undergraduate degree.

Research in novel green energy (hydrogen) production using cellulose-based renewable resources.

• This collaborative research… Mostrar más

My very first international experience. As an undergraduate researcher, I got two different funding to support my research. I enjoyed a lot, struggled a lot, learnt a lot. After this experience I knew that I wanted to go back to the UK to continue doing groundbreaking science and I got accepted directly to my PhD after completing my undergraduate degree.

Research in novel green energy (hydrogen) production using cellulose-based renewable resources.

• This collaborative research was funded by a competitive grant worth £5K provided by ICAM (International Centre of Advanced Materials) and an Erasmus internship grant.
• Delivered presentations on the progress of the research in weekly meetings with the research team.
• Highly adaptable to new work environments, having initiated my project in a foreign country and in an agile and multinational team environment. Mostrar menos