Before an idea reaches your formal process, it's already been won or lost — by whoever happened to review it, on whatever day, with whatever time they had. LetsGather standardises that triage, so only the ideas worth your time reach you — built for any organization that collects ideas from innovators and needs to get in early.
Built by the team behind the methodology piloted at Northern Accelerator and the University of Edinburgh
Across higher education, fewer than 4 in 100 disclosed research ideas ever reach the market (AUTM, 2023) — not because the research isn't good enough, but because triage happens manually, unevenly, and too late.
Fragmented spreadsheets and unstructured assessments consume staff time that should go toward your strongest cases.
Spent progressing a single idea before realizing — too late — that it lacked real market potential.
Different reviewers, different standards. That variance is what shows up later as missed spin-outs and weak KEF returns.
None of this shows up as a line item. It shows up as the spin-outs and partnerships that never happened.
If you already run Wellspring, Inteum, or an equivalent system, good — keep it. LetsGather operates upstream, before formal disclosure, so what lands in your existing system has already been triaged, scored, and developed.
Think of it as the missing stage before disclosure — the layer that decides what's worth disclosing in the first place.
Centralise the knowledge. Apply AI to the triage. Let teams build the strongest cases before they ever reach a committee.
LetsGather gives every early-stage idea a consistent, structured evaluation — then helps the strongest ones get developed collaboratively, so what reaches your formal process is already validated.
One shared space for every idea, document, and contributor — no more chasing spreadsheets across departments.
Consistent scoring and similar-idea discovery, so two reviewers reach the same conclusion on the same idea.
Structured pipelines let researchers and teams build a stronger case together, without needing a facilitator in the room.
Every early-stage idea enters a structured intake — no more inconsistent spreadsheet reviews.
Teams develop the strongest ideas together, guided by AI recommendations and similar-idea discovery.
The best opportunities get full validation and a business plan — ready to hand to your tech transfer process.
Output: a validated, business-ready case — not a raw idea your committee has to untangle from scratch.
Before LetsGather existed as a product, we validated the methodology by hand, in two UK universities — running the exact workflow the platform now automates.
"The question was never whether the methodology works — 40% spin-out conversion at two universities answered that. The question is how many institutions we can reach."
Book a 30-minute call. We'll look at your current pipeline — disclosure volume, review process, conversion rate — and show you exactly where LetsGather fits, with no obligation.