[logicallee]

thank you, this is very interesting. Do you know of any more recent companies that started on this route but continued through private investment (like YC companies etc.) For example, have any of YC's roughly 1,000 companies made use of SBIR, STTR, CRADA, etc? (Which ones).

[stephendicato]

Technology Transfer[1] is one of the mechanisms that enables collaboration between federal labs and the commercial sector.

Caveat, I am not affiliated with YC. However, technology I invented at an FFRDC was licensed by an investment firm. I choose to follow the work, co-found a startup, and focus on bringing the technology to a wider audience. I'm happy to talk about my experiences.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Technology_Transfer_Ac...

[logicallee]

thanks - you say "I'm happy to talk about my experiences", any chance we could do it off of here? you don't list a contact.