About Us

Our position in the technology-transfer ecosystem is the center of opportunity.

TandemLaunch lives in the overlap of innovation, industry and investment. This lets us:

Find, fund and staff emerging technologies from the world’s best universities, transforming bleeding-edge research into consumer-ready products.

Remove the barriers that block the transfer of  University inventions into the marketplace.

Create an ongoing flow of opportunities chosen to match our industry partner’s needs, creating long-term returns for our funding partners.

Jumpstart and accelerate the careers of the serial entrepreneurs of tomorrow through our Associates Program.

 

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Helge Seetzen, Ph.D.

CEO

Helge Seetzen, Ph.D.

CEO

Helge is an award-winning technologist, entrepreneur, and a recognized global authority on technology transfer and display technologies. His past successes include the transformation of raw university IP into fully commercialized LED TV technology. Brightside Technologies, his previous company, sold to Dolby Laboratories for US$28M in 2007. Helge holds over 40 patents in the fields of display, camera and video technology.

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Emilie

Emilie Boutros, CA.

CFO

Emilie Boutros, CA.

CFO

Since starting her career as a chartered accountant at KPMG, Emilie has led finance functions for prominent technology companies: Softimage, CGI, and most recently for Averna Technologies, a US$30M business with 300 employees, whom she served as CFO. Emilie holds degrees from McGill University, HEC and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

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Martin

Martin Girard, P. Eng.

Senior Staff Engineer

Martin Girard, P. Eng.

Senior Staff Engineer

Over the past 15 years of his career in software design, Martin has held development and technical leadership positions at Matrox, Discreet & AutoDesk. Jobs in the start-up space have included Director of Engineering at DigiScreen and Head of Development at First Person Plural Inc.. Martin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Université de Sherbrooke.

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Katie

Catherine Young Morris, MPhil

Venture Development Manager

Catherine Young Morris, MPhil

Venture Development Manager

Katie Young Morris served as a Program Manager at the University of New Brunswick where she worked extensively in partnership research and knowledge transfer. She holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management, a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Leadership and a Masters of Philosophy in Policy Studies from the University of New Brunswick.

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Lorne-Whitehead

Lorne A Whitehead, Ph.D., P.Eng

Strategic Advisor

Lorne A Whitehead, Ph.D., P.Eng

Strategic Advisor

Lorne is an award-winning inventor, renowned Professor and global expert on technology transfer. His over 25-year track record of successful innovation transfer began with the invention of the Prism Light Guide, and the founding of TIR Systems which was sold to Philips.  Lorne currently chairs the Board Of Directors of Sun Central Inc., and holds a number of prominent administrative roles at UBC, including Special Advisor on Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Research.

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AndreBazergui

André Bazergui, Ph.D., P.Eng

Strategic Advisor

André Bazergui, Ph.D., P.Eng

Strategic Advisor

André is a distinguished Professor and award-winning research and innovation expert who serves on a number of prestigious strategic boards across Canada. He recently served as the President and CEO of CRIAQ (Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace). In 2010 co-chaired the Quebec Strategy of Research and Innovation with the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation, and Export Trade of Québec.

JimDeWilde
JimDeWilde

Jim De Wilde, Ph.D.

Strategic Advisor

Jim De Wilde, Ph.D.

Strategic Advisor

Jim De Wilde is President of JdW Venture Capital Strategies, and a member of the Investment Committee of iNovia Capital (Montreal). He sits on the Advisory Boards of the Walsingham Fund (Toronto), and Enertech Capital (Philadelphia). He also serves as a professor of business and management and holds a Ph.D. in political science from McGill University.

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Our work is making the future.

Mirametrix

Mirametrix

Mirametrix manufactures and sells portable, high performance gaze-tracking devices. Mirametrix licensing offers opportunities for major CE companies to explore the transformative potential of gaze tracking integrated into household consumer products. More ›

UBC:
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Dr. Craig Hennessey:
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Intelligent Mixing

Intelligent Mixing creates fully automated, studio-quality mixes in real time using a set of machine learning and spectral analysis based algorithms. We think we can replace the sound-engineer. Or at least make his job more creative.

Queen Mary London:
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Dr. Josh Reiss:
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Disparity

3D Disparity Solutions

3D Disparity Solutions offers a suite of modeling and algorithms for 3D displays, auto-stereo displays and related devices. The algorithms can improve the visual quality of 3D displays while allowing 3D disparity allows viewers to choose between watching 3D or 2D at the same time, on the same screen. Glasses on? Perfect 3D. Glasses off? 2D without ghosting.

Max-Planck-Institute:
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Dr. Piotr Didyk:
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ResEnhancer

Resolution Eyes

Resolution Eyes is a software solution that displays high-res detail on low-res monitors. Increase perceived image quality and text legibility without draining processor power and battery life. More ›

Max Planck Institute:
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Dr. Piotr Didyk:
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3LD Noise Reduction

Fully-automated, real-time noise removal that gives you sharp and crystal clear images, without sacrificing the small details that are lost in standard denoising solutions. More ›

Concordia University:
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Dr. Aishy Amer:
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For Inventors

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Submit Invention

Display deadline extended to April 12, 2013.
Contact projects@tandemlaunch.com for a copy of active calls for proposals.

We invest in your innovation.

TandemLaunch supports your invention with custom funding, staffs it from our business and development teams, and provides the critical industry connections you’ll need to bring it to market.

And give it what it needs to grow:

Investment Funding
Industry Connections within Consumer Electronics
Experienced Business Leadership
Technical Leadership
Technical & Support Staff
Intellectual Property and Legal Services

For Companies

We find the innovation you are looking for today.
And create the products your customers will be looking for tomorrow.

Our Open Innovation Program offers both general and custom technology scouting across our network of the world’s best universities.

Our Accelerator Program funds, grows and accelerates tomorrows technologies at our risk, not yours, until they are ready for your market.

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PRIVACY

This privacy policy explains how TandemLaunch uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, TandemLaunch collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. TandemLaunch’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how TandemLaunch’s visitors use its website. From time to time, TandemLaunch may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

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Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, TandemLaunch may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in TandemLaunch’s sole discretion. TandemLaunch encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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