Founders and researchers
Go from a promising result to a plan you can take to investors.
"From a lab result to a defended venture plan."
Start a venture
AI co-founder for deep-tech ventures
Turn research into a venture plan you can defend.
Xinovates takes a scientific idea through Discover, Define, Develop and Deliver: problem first, evidence throughout. You get the plan, the numbers and the pitch, and you make every decision.
Built for UK university spinouts and deep-tech founders · Grounded in research at Oxford Saïd Business School
Your challenge
Spot sepsis sooner on hospital wards
DiscoverUnderstanding the problem
✓Researching the problem and who lives with it
✓Building a persona and empathy map
✓Checking how strong the evidence is
✓Writing the problem brief
Your decision: approve the problem brief
Ready for solutions
7/10
Working with
British University in Georgia
City St George's, University of London
See it work
Watch one idea become a venture plan.
Follow a sample run on early sepsis warning, one phase at a time. Choose a phase to look closer.
01 · Discover
Meet the person with the problem
Says"I only see trends at the next round."
ThinksIs this patient getting worse, or is it noise?
DoesChecks vital signs every four hours
FeelsWorried about missing a sick patient
02 · Define
Sharpen it into a brief
How might we shorten the time between the first signs of sepsis and clinical recognition on acute wards?
Success metricEscalation within 1 hour of first warning signs
Evidence
4 sourced2 assumptions
03 · Develop
Compare solutions fairly
Wearable trend monitor82
Record-system alert74
Bedside camera61
Staffing app48
04 · Deliver
Get a plan that agrees with itself
Value prop ✓Lean canvas ✓Financials ↻Go-to-market ✓Risk ✓Blueprint ✓IP ✓Talent ✓Storyboard ✓Strategy ✓Pitch deck ✓Memo ✓
↻ Revised once: the funding need didn't match the deck, so both were updated, and you're told why.
What you get
Twelve parts, assembled into one plan.
Grouped by the three questions investors ask, each opening on a one-screen visual summary.
Desirable · Will people want it?Value propositionStoryboardGo-to-marketStrategy
Feasible · Can we build it?Technical blueprintIP strategyTalent strategyRisk analysis
Viable · Will it pay?Financial modelLean canvasPitch deckInvestment memo
4phases, problem first
5decisions that stay yours
12deliverables, cross-checked
1evidence trail for every claim
Why it matters
Innovation breaks down in the same three places.
Most deep-tech ventures don't fail for lack of ideas. They fail on unclear problems and decisions nobody can explain later.
Months spent building before the problem is validated
Problem before solution. Discover and Define gather evidence on the problem only, until it is sharp and measurable.
Opinions win over evidence when options are compared
Evidence you can check. Every claim is marked by what it rests on, and options are scored on the same criteria.
Decisions stall because the trade-offs are never made explicit
You decide at every gate, with the options, scores and reasons laid out side by side.
Where Xinovates works
From technology to something people use.
Our STIP model follows innovation from nature to utility. Research and invention happen in your lab; Xinovates supports the innovation practice that follows: designing a product and taking it to market.
Natureexists naturally
Research →
Sciencediscovers nature
Invent →
Technologymanipulates nature
Design →
Productembedded nature
Market →
Utilityuses nature
Your labInnovation practice · Xinovates
Technology readiness, measured
Each key technology is placed on the 1–9 readiness scale, with the weakest link named, so you know what must be proven before launch.
Innovation Readiness Level (IRL)
Coming nextReadiness is more than technology. The IRL model, co-developed by our founder, will assess the whole venture alongside technology readiness.
Where AI fits
An augmented co-founder: supportive, structured, human-led.
AI as assistantAnswers questions when asked
AI as augmented co-founderStructures the journey; you decideXINOVATES TODAY
AI as autonomous innovatorFuture direction
Who it's for
Built for the people who turn research into ventures.
Universities and tech transfer
Give every promising disclosure the same rigorous first look.
"From disclosure to an evidence-marked plan."
For universitiesInvestors and accelerators
Compare opportunities consistently and spot missing evidence early.
"From pitch to assumptions audit to next experiments."
Talk to usResearch
Grounded in research on AI and innovation.
Generative AI: Reshaping Innovation
How generative AI is changing innovation, from ideation to implementation, and the challenges organisations face in adopting it.
Read the article →Future of Innovation by the Impact of AI
How AI is accelerating the innovation lifecycle and reshaping scientific and technological progress.
View the paper →Start with the problem.
Describe the problem you want to solve, or the technology you want to take to market. Xinovates takes it from there, and you decide at every step.