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Hello, everyone, our guest today is Cliff Gross.

He serves as the CEO of Tech Capital.

He's passionate about the development

and commercialization of University IP to improve the quality of life and create lasting value.

Previously, he founded Biomechanics Corp and Utec, where he served as CEO and chairman

and was president and CEO of Inova Corp, a provincial venture fund of Canada. Cliff, are you ready to take us to the top?

Absolutely, to the apex. Good, very good. All right, tell us what tech capital is and what's the

model. How do you guys generate returns for yourself? Tech Capital is a UK-based intellectual

property investment company. And we generate revenues by providing services to universities and companies

around the world, as well as acquiring and investing in what we believe are promising

university discoveries. And give me a real example of that. Tell me about the last deal you did.

We have multiple portfolio companies, but one of the technologies that we've invested in was actually in the category of medical devices.

And we set up a portfolio company called Belisgura, and we acquired a range of medical devices from a leading medical device company.

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