Licensing opportunities for national benefit

How MoD-owned commercialisation partner to government, industry and academia is bringing defence-inspired innovations to market.

Unlocking the untapped potential of defence-inspired innovations is absolutely critical to supporting our health sector, the planet, cybersecurity, national security, and the UK economy. With over 20 years of experience, Ploughshare are experts in navigating the complex journey of technology transfer and commercialisation, bringing over 140 technologies to market in this time by working with public and private sector organisations, entrepreneurs and inventors, investors, academic and research institutions, government, and industry bodies.

However, these successes do not happen without making valuable connections and this is where konfer plays an important role.

Helen Brown, Chief Marketing Officer at Ploughshare, shares: “We’ve had a transformative year at Ploughshare and are working towards an ever-increasing number of exciting new opportunities for collaboration which will deliver impactful technologies to market. This also means that it’s never been more important for us to continue creating meaningful new relationships across different industries – identifying the right licensing opportunities for our portfolio – and this is where we really benefit from the konfer platform.”

Elizabeth Akass, Marketing Content Manager at Ploughshare, says: “We’ve had a very positive experience working with konfer, helping to spread the word about our technology portfolio available to license. From our experience, the konfer audience is broad and varied, and we essentially double the number of leads and queries we receive annually by having access to this space – leading to vital conversations and exciting opportunities to drive technologies to their full potential and bring them to market. The team at NCUB are also brilliant to work with behind the scenes.” 

We know success relies not just on innovation, but on making the right connections at the right time, and this is where Konfer plays a key role. By providing access to a broad, cross-sector audience, the platform enables Ploughshare to identify and pursue high-quality licensing opportunities much more efficiently.

Ploughshare are owned by the Ministry of Defence and currently have nearly 40 technologies from their portfolio available to license on konfer – across defence and security, health and wellbeing, digital and data, and climate, environment, and sustainability. 

Explore these technologies and other opportunities on konfer here. 

Posting a call on Konfer can also help you connect with new partners and perspectives. If you have an opportunity to share, we'd love to hear from you. You can get in touch by emailing: konfer-support@ncub.co.uk.