i-Teams Cambridge

Participants work in multidisciplinary teams on real Cambridge inventions, investigating their market potential and identifying viable routes to impact — whether through licensing, partnerships, or startup formation. The programme emphasises practical learning, with participants engaging directly with industry experts to understand customer needs and market dynamics.

Through a combination of lectures, workshops, and project work, participants develop skills in consulting, market research, and entrepreneurship. Teams present their findings at the end of the programme, providing recommendations on how technologies can best move from lab to real-world application.

Different streams of i-Teams focus on specific areas, including:

• Innovation i-Teams → commercialisation of new technologies
• Medical i-Teams → healthcare and biomedical innovations
• Development i-Teams → applying technologies in low- and middle-income contexts
• Social i-Teams → social enterprise and impact-focused initiatives

i-Teams has supported hundreds of technologies and contributed to the creation of numerous spinouts, helping bridge the gap between research and commercialisation.