TCCI Ecosystem
A structured framework for identifying, weighing, and distributing the risks that sit between a research idea and a commercial product — so no single partner carries more exposure than they agreed to.
Every commercialization deal carries technical, financial, legal, and market risk. The Risk Allocation System gives researchers, industry partners, and TCCI a shared, documented way to assign that risk up front — instead of arguing over it after something goes wrong.
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The research team and TCCI log the project's technical, IP, and market risks at the point of invention disclosure.
Each risk is scored for likelihood and impact, and mapped against the parties best positioned to manage it.
Risk ownership is written into the partnership agreement — who absorbs cost, who carries liability, who insures what.
Ownership is reviewed at each project milestone and re-allocated if the risk profile changes materially.
Risk Categories
Whether a lab result reliably reproduces at pilot and production scale, and who covers the cost of finding out.
Medium exposureConfirms the invention is clear to license and defines who defends the patent if it's challenged.
High exposureCovers the funding shortfall between grant money running out and revenue starting, and who bridges it.
Medium exposureWhether the market actually wants the product at the price point it needs to be sold at.
High exposureTracks certification, safety, and regulatory approval timelines that can delay a commercial launch.
Low exposureCovers the practical risk of manufacturing, sourcing, and delivering the product once it's licensed.
Low exposure