MTM recognizes that one effective avenue for facilitating technology transfer and commercialization of University and underutilized Corporate held technologies is through the formation and growth of small, technology based, start-up companies.

As the commercialization entity for K-State, our organization has worked closely with new companies that are founded around or have a close relationship with University faculty, their staff, and core University developed technologies or competencies. Aside from these more traditional University start-ups, MTM has also been quite successful in extracting and facilitating new business ventures from its portfolio of corporate donated technologies. In both cases, our goal is to provide a comprehensive suite of business services and access to capital, thus allowing our start-ups to develop the critical competencies and attain the resources necessary to take basic discoveries and make them readily available to the marketplace at a later stage of development.

MTM’s portfolio companies provide a diverse array of products and services, ranging from nutritional beverages, to nanotechnology, to new engine technologies. Although a good number of MTM startups are housed within our incubator space at the Manhattan-Kansas State Innovation Center, we do not require that they all begin within our walls. With a strong connection to Kansas State University, the City of Manhattan, and the Manhattan Chamber, it is often our preference to locate our start-ups in Manhattan; however, in the diverse world of technology start-ups we realize that this is not always feasible. So whether next door in the “Little Apple” or down town in the “Big Apple”, we are willing to support our start-ups wherever it makes the most operational sense for them to succeed.