(*) In 2021, VHIR’s Board of Trustees (Patronato) approved the constitution and/or participation to five companies participated by VHIR.
(**) Income generated by the activities of the Innovation Unit (royalties and ufront payments from licenses, OHs from collaboration agreements and competitive grants, etc.).
(***) Research collaborations between research groups at VHIR and companies, involving an innovation project.
(****) Ratio of licensed patents to all applied patents.
(*****) Total funding of our companies, public & private, competitive & non competitive.
4
Number of SpinOffs /
Start-Ups approved *
2.54M€
Revenue from innovation
activities **
37
Number of new Collaborations ***
30%
% Licensed Patents ****
35.4 M€
Total funding raised by VHIR Spin-Off's & Start-Ups *****
Evolution of Income for innovation activity
Evolution of Income for innovation activity. The activities are described in the section: “Revenue collected by type of innovation activities”
Spin-off’s approved in 2021




In 2020, VHIR’s Board of Trustees (Patronato) approved VHIR’s participation in 4 companies.
Patents 2021
10
Patent applications *
1
Utility Model **
5
Patents entering national phases ***
4
Patents licensed to companies ****
(*) Patent families applied in 2021 (Patent families are the set of patent applications that derive from a first priority patent application).
(**) Utility Model Families in 2021 (Families are the set of applications that derive from a first Utility Model).
(***) National patent applications arising from an international PCT application.
(****) “Families” of Patents for which an exploitation agreement has been signed with a company (in this case called a licensee).
In total, Patents of VHIR
120
Patents applied *
35
of which licensed patents
(*) All patent families applied to 2021 inclusive.
Impact & other resources captured and confirmed during 2021
636,000€
Revenues from Spin-Off's (licenses, services) *
493,350€
Funding raised by staff and Innovation activities **
+50
People employed by our portfolio companies ***
447.8M€
Portfolio Companies' Market Value ****
+10M€
Value of Project Grants granted to our companies *****
35.4M€
Total funding raised by VHIR Spin-Off's & Start-Ups ******
(*) Revenue from SpinOffs in which the VHIR participates.
(**) VHIR is the statewide institute that has raised the most ISCIII funding in staffing and activities of the innovation unit.
(***) Number of people employed by companies where VHIR is one of the shareholders.
(****) Total Fair Value, at 2021 closing, of the whole historic portfolio of companies where VHIR is one of the shareholders (including exits and write-offs).
(*****) Direct or contribution. Competitive calls where our portfolio companies participate, and usually VHIR is also involved.
(******) Total funding of our companies, public & private, competitive & non competitive.