Innovus Technology Transfer

Innovus Technology Transfer Innovation and Commercialisation, Innovus is a division of Stellenbosch University.

Innovus is responsible for facilitating technology transfer, entrepreneurial support and development, and innovation management at Stellenbosch University. We have the full mandate to manage the protection and commercialisation of the universityโ€™s innovation and intellectual property portfolio through patenting, licensing and the formation of spin-out companies. Through our LaunchLab business incu

bator, we offer various services to and opportunities for entrepreneurs. In addition to this our equity holding in the Innovus group of companies is a valuable asset for the university. The universityโ€™s short courses and copyright division is facilitates the registration, promotion and delivery of short course education at Stellenbosch University. The company has also been tasked with managing and taking Stellenbosch University's soccer to a next level.

03/06/2026

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 2026 ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ

For ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 2026, Innovus Technology Transfer hosted a webinar - "๐ˆ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ญ, ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž"

Andrรฉ J Marรจ, ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ at Von Seidels touched on ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ and how they outlive personality rights of a brand (Person). He used the example of Nelson Mandela. Listen to Andre as he discusses how the Nelson Mandela Foundation uses IP rights to maintain the legacy of the statesman and activist.

๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duzjviylayg

Maties Sport

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ?Join Innovus Technology T...
29/05/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ?

Join Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University and Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelerator (GHIAA) for an online webinar on embedding equitable access commitments into legal agreements across the R&D value chain.

๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: 10 June 2026
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 13:00 โ€“ 14:00
๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ: Microsoft Teams
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค: https://shorturl.at/l3DDR

๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: Saberi Marais, Technology Transfer Specialist at Innovus
๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ: Julia Barnes-Weise, JD, CLP, Founder & Executive Director of GHIAA

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Navigating the โ€œcomplex web of contractsโ€ to accelerate access to healthcare solutions;
โ€ข Using the MAPGuideยฎ โ€“ a database of real-world access provisions;
โ€ข Practical tools to align funders, researchers & manufacturers on access goals; and
โ€ข Passing access commitments across the agreement chain โ€“ from public funders to commercial developers.

If youโ€™re a researcher, technology transfer professional, funder, or manufacturer working on health innovations, this session will give you concrete legal and strategic tools to turn equitable access from a principle into a binding commitment.

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ@๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง.๐š๐œ.๐ณ๐š

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As we celebrate ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ today, the Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University shares the exciting ...
25/05/2026

As we celebrate ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ today, the Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University shares the exciting innovation ecosystem that is part of in the Southern tip of Africa.

The TTO hosted the ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐“๐“๐Ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ last week at Die Stal, Coetzenburg, Stellenbosch University. The forum brought together technology transfer professionals, researchers and industry partners, to engage on innovation, collaboration, and commercialisation opportunities across the region.

The programme featured insightful discussions and presentations from institutions across the Western Cape including a case study and a presentation relating to re-use of human health databases

Thank you to all presenters, delegates, and partners who contributed to the success of the forum and strengthening innovation ecosystems that create impact through research commercialisation.

A huge congratulations to our very own Anne Chisa (PhD) on earning her PhD in Crop Science from the !Her doctoral resea...
22/05/2026

A huge congratulations to our very own Anne Chisa (PhD) on earning her PhD in Crop Science from the !

Her doctoral research focused on how innovative research can help tackle food security challenges, a perfect fit for the team she joined in December 2025.

Now formally addressed as Dr. Anne Chisa, we're so proud to have you in our team!

11/05/2026

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 2026 ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ! ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ญ, ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž!
On 22 April 2026, the Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University hosted a webinar on ๐ˆ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ.
The event aimed to educate students and researchers about the role of IP in our everyday lives ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ (IP).

Drikus Hancke, Head of Rugby at Maties Sport said โ€œAlmost every decision in sport touches intellectual property, even though we donโ€™t always call it IP in our day-to-day work, but we are constantly operating within it.โ€

05/05/2026
Wouldnโ€™t it be nice to identify ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ in just one click. Stellenbosch University is developing an app...
04/05/2026

Wouldnโ€™t it be nice to identify ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ in just one click. Stellenbosch University is developing an app for that!

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ?

Researchers at Stellenbosch University have trained a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) on approximately 28 000 images of healthy and diseased vines.

The result? An AI model that detects Grapevine Leafroll Disease (GLD) from a simple smartphone photo with up to 96% accuracy (and over 99% for certain cultivars).

๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ: https://shorturl.fm/CCu4P

Innovus Technology Transfer is seeking licensing partners from agri-tech companies with the expertise to turn this dataset into a scalable, market-ready solution for grape producers, nurseries, and digital viticulture platforms.

Contact Innovus TTO at [email protected] to learn more.

Innovus Technology Transfer is on the ground at today's event, engaging with researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry...
16/04/2026

Innovus Technology Transfer is on the ground at today's event, engaging with researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry partners to advance the commercialisation of university-born innovations and their offerings.

From IP protection to licensing pathways, the team is here to take lab breakthroughs into real-world agricultural impact.

Visit the Innovus TTO exhibition stand, get knowledge and goodies!

๐€๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง. ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฉ 4 ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ!

๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ญ, ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž!How do trademarks, copyright, designs, patents, and know-how shape the world of sport and your own ...
14/04/2026

๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ญ, ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž!

How do trademarks, copyright, designs, patents, and know-how shape the world of sport and your own research or creative work?

Join the for the 2026 ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ themed: ๐˜๐˜— ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต: ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ.

โ€ข Date: 22 April 2026
โ€ข Time: 13:00 โ€“ 14:00
โ€ข Venue: Microsoft Teams

Using sport as a practical lens, the webinar aims to explore how IP creates commercial value and competitive advantage across all disciplines.

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
- Andrรฉ J Marรจ (Von Seidels) โ€“ Trade marks, IP strategy & risk
- Drikus Hancke (Maties Sport Centre for Sport Leadership) โ€“ Practical sports IP challenges & opportunities

Bonus: Bring your questions for a chance to win a Matie Shop voucher spot prize!

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ 20 ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ 2026: Scan the QR code or visit https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Azv6pjwKWEKEM6Eg3_zTSIV2WmkSnZhPkUOzr2iuZ7pURVRVV0hNSU9EOFBNWUJCT1NaQzJPUEJIMC4u&route=shorturl

For queries: Send an email to ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ@๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง.๐š๐œ.๐ณ๐š
๐˜•๐˜‰: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ.

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20/03/2026

We're !

Join the Innovus Technology Transfer at Stellenbosch University as an Administrative Officer.

Are you exceptionally organised, detail-driven, and comfortable with databases? This role is the central hub of our innovation activities, supporting everything from patent management and licencing to financial reporting and stakeholder coordination.

The position is based at Stellenbosch Campus
Closing Date: 27 March 2025

If you have a knack for administration and want to support cutting-edge research and innovation, we want to hear from you.

Apply online here https://sun-e-hr.sun.ac.za/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=69856437&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=82071&p_spid=3980903&oapc=8&oas=409FYuki_RvtYrypmsvBoA..

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