ISVs, Startups, and Investors
IP Ventures

IP Ventures spins-out and licenses Microsoft Research technology to entrepreneurs and companies in order to foster innovation and new product development. IP Ventures also connects our licensees with Microsoft partner groups.

Microsoft invests billions of dollars annually in research and development. Our computer science research organization, Microsoft Research, employs more than 700 of the brightest software engineers and researchers in six labs around the world. And our product development teams constantly create software building blocks and internal business applications.

Would you like to work with IP Ventures?

Please select a link below based on your interest:

Entrepreneurs

Start a business or accelerate early growth with our early-stage innovations from Microsoft Research

Economic Development Agencies

We'll work with you to accelerate the growth of start-up companies in your local market

Getting Started in IP Ventures
  • Browse our IP catalog to find out more about our offerings. Some offerings will include evaluation agreements and packages that you can download
  • Contact IP Ventures representative by clicking the links in the Licensing tab for the technology in which you're interested
  • If the technology you are looking for is not on the website click on the link in the Licensing tab I need another technology not listed on this site and we can inquire with our research labs and product groups
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