Our platforms
Y1 Match
Scientists and innovators are very strong in their fields of focus but sometimes lack business expertise and a professional network poised to help them commercialize their inventions. Y1 Match connects these inventors with capable businesspeople seeking "the next big thing" who are equipped with strategic, financial, entrepreneurial, and team-building skills—the essential building blocks for creating a well-functioning company.
Y1 Bench
We've built a global consortium of scientists with expertise in areas like computer vision, mechanical engineering, quantum computing, autonomous robots, and sustainable energy. From vetting university laboratory results to analyzing Fortune 500 corporate technology needs, our world-class technologists look deeper to uncover and evaluate under-the-radar innovations and innovators.
Y1U
We're helping institutions of higher education drive technological innovation on campus and capture financial upside from the university's best technology. Our platform has three parts: a new investment track linked to the university, an alumni engagement program that encourages school supporters to directly invest in innovations coming from their alma mater, and a global thought leadership initiative that leverages the resources of our 100-person global marketing team to promote a university’s reputation, research, and brilliant innovations.