Accelerating Innovation
The “Technology Innovation Studio: TINS" is a physical space that brings together business leaders, scientists and researchers, serial entrepreneurs, angel/VC investors, industry experts, corporate innovation teams and also policy experts to explore and apply tools, methods and models in innovation.
Anchored at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square, widely described as the most innovative square mile on the planet, the curated network developed by TINS in conjunction with high quality programming creates a fertile ecosystem for stakeholder interactions, and opportunities for consulting, company creation, and investments.
INNOVATION CONCIERGE
The highly experienced and well networked innovation concierge team at TINS assists individuals, companies and organizations engage with the stakeholders in the Kendall Square innovation ecosystem.
This includes assisting in matters such as search and evaluation, identification of novel technologies to license and commercialize, conducting market research and customer discovery, and facilitating collaboration initiatives within the local ecosystem including academic research institutions such as MIT and Harvard.
The TINS team assists international companies set up their presence in Massachusetts by making available reputable and affordable service providers that include legal professionals, banks and accountants. In the case of start-ups, the team also helps prepare for meetings with US based investors, and make relevant introductions to angels, venture capital firms, and corporate investment teams. TINS has also established a mechanism to provide fractional business development services to companies, and in select cases functions as a distribution partner to companies that are expanding their sales efforts in the US.
Exclusive Events
TINS conducts a variety of events for our partners and clients.
The venue and event services has capacities ranging from 25-300 people.
The TINS team also customizes programming and networking events by hosting external speakers to create an engaging experience open to the wider innovation community.
We were delighted to host Professor Bill Aulet, the Ethernet Inventors Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship & Managing Director of The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship with us for a fireside chat.
The discussion was moderated by Rhie Lim as part of her new channel, Kendall On Air.
Bill's best selling book on Disciplined Entrepreneurship has become a guiding framework for entrepreneurs and educators as they form start-ups and build new companies based on technology and business model innovations.
Listen to the full episode HERE.
To the TINS Calendar, to stay updated on upcoming events!
Curated Programs & Interest Groups
TINS conducts a variety of innovation mixers, innovation showcases, executive innovation workshops, and hackathons, most of which are conducted in person.
Curated Programs
- Leadership, Innovation, technology and Entrepreneurship (LITE) Immersion program for students.
- The Innovation Immersion Program (IIP) for Corporate Executives.
- The Biotech Leadership program for first time founders and CEOs.
EVENt Series
- ESF Nights: Lessons in Leadership, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship.
- Kendall on Air with Rhie Lim
- Venturer Virtual Roundtable Series in partnership with
Hackathons
- Series of Hackathons with focus on Innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in praetorship with MIT Hacking Medicine.
INNovation IMMERSION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMs
The Leadership, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (LITE) immersion program is designed to introduce and accelerate the journey of students starting in the world of innovation.
Who Can Apply?
The LITE immersion program is designed for high-school and college students.
Benefits
- Develop social skills by networking (both in-person and online) with entrepreneurs, investors, and scientists.
- Attend sessions on entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and fundraising.
- Gain familiarity with Kendall Square, one of the world’s top innovation hubs with leading research institutions, companies, and organizations.
Interested in learning more, download the LITE brochure or sign up for an information session
The Innovation Immersion Program (IIP) programs is designed for mid-career professionals who would like to gain exposure and learn from the Kendall Square innovation ecosystem. The programs are customized based on cohort size and sector areas of interest.
Who Can Apply?
Mid-career executives in any industry who are able to spend a minimum of 2 weeks in Boston.
Benefits
- Develop high quality connections in your industry, and familiarity with the different stakeholders within the Boston ecosystem.
- Attend tailored courses in the area of leadership, innovation, technology commercialization - conducted by operators, and practitioners in your specific industry.
Curious about the IIP program? Sign-Up for an information session
The Biotech Leadership Program is designed for emerging biotech founders and CEOs to learn first-hand from successful leaders who have built, operated and exited their biotech companies - all within the Cambridge-Boston ecosystem.
Who Can Apply?
The program is meant for first time founders and CEOs in the early stages of their entrepreneurial journey and is actively engaged in building a biotech company. The applicants are ideally be preparing to raise institutional funding in the next 6 to 12 months and will need to submit two letters of recommendation. The organizing team will review the applications and select the candidates for each cohort based on the above criteria.
Benefits
- This program provides a highly curated and condensed blueprint for building a biotech company, from people who have done it before, in the most sophisticated biotech innovation ecosystem in the world.
- Form a high quality community and network, and be available to each other for the rest of your professional careers. There will be mechanisms for the groups and cohorts to stay in touch and frequently engage with each other including arranging regular virtual and in-person meetings, including reunion sessions.
Want to learn more about Biotech Leadership Program, Sign-Up for an information session
Venturer Virtual RounDtable Series
to launch the “Supporter Virtual Roundtable” - an exclusive virtual, interactive session series designed to support entrepreneurs in a more intimate setting outside of the regular Thursday Venture Cafe Gathering. This dynamic series offers deep dives into crucial topics like fundraising, scaling, and other essential aspects of business building.
TINS is partnering with
The roundtable series kicks off on September 4th, 2024 with a conversation between Suman Lal, Managing Director of TINS and Aureliusz Gorski, co-founder of Campus.AI. This episode will cover Aureliusz' fundraising journey, when he secured the largest ever pre-seed investment round in Polish history for building the world’s largest generative development platform that will redefine how people and businesses use AI.
INNOVATION LAB - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
TINS collaborates with inventors, scientists, companies and partner organizations to develop prototypes of innovative products, services and applications that are subsequently tested in the real world.
AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE IN DIGITAL HEALTH
The product in development is designed for patients to leverage the advances in AI and combine them with a physician’s inputs - the applications range from answering basic questions to triaging hospital admissions.
prototype acts as an interactive tool that allows you to discuss with a physician and share your medical records, providing deeper insights compared to just reading articles online. Please get in touch with us at info@tins.world if you would like to be a validation partner or early adopter.
Interested in working with an experiened team of scientists, commercialization experts and entrepreneurs to test your next product idea? Get in touch with us at info@tins.world.
MarketPlace
TINS Marketplace highlights innovative technologies and products that come out of the Kendall Square innovation ecosystem
Products
Apps
Expert Advice
Services
Investments
TINS ANGELS
TINS Angels are a group of individual investors that invests into start-ups coming out of the Kendall Square innovation ecosystem. We also collaborate with other established angel groups in the ecosystem.
massachusetts SOFT LANDING FUND
We are investigating the thesis of forming an investment fund focused on investing into high quality international start-ups that are looking to establish a presence in Massachusetts.
Aug 2024: TINS announces collaboration with Original Studio
We are delighted to partner with to make available Sidi Gome's expertise in social space design to innovation ecosystems around the world, Beautiful and functional spaces are critical for facilitating and accelerating innovation, and we cannot be more excited to leverage Sidi's experience designing over 1M SF of social innovation spaces around the world, including for clients such as MIT and CIC - said Suman Lal, Managing Director of TINS.
TINS forms "Quantum Interest Group" in Kendall Square
This group discuss and exchange ideas about applications of quantum technology in different sectors. Our first-session on the potential applications of quantum technology in drug discovery was moderated by William Chin featuring a panel of experts that included Vincent Ling, Chris Mullaly, David Almeida Cardoso and Johannes Galatsanos. In attendance were an invited group of scientists from MIT and elsewhere, representatives from big pharma, entrepreneurs, investors and also consular representatives from regions and countries that are making significant investments into quantum technology.
Our PARTNERS
CAREERS
TINS is in its early stages, and looking to grow in many dimensions that can help accelerate innovation for our partners, collaborators and clients. We are not hiring at the moment, but will be looking to expand our team in the near future and as we take on more projects. Feel free to register your interest here and we will be in touch.
Our ideal candidate is someone who desires to excel, is passionate about innovation, has a bias for action, and is someone whom we are trying to hold back. We prize integrity, empathy and humility over intellect.
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