About us

OUR MISSION

Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. is the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Yeda holds an exclusive agreement with the Weizmann Institute to commercialize the unique intellectual property developed by the scientists. The income generated serves to support further basic research and science education.

Identify and assess research projects with commercial potential
Protect the intellectual property of the Institute and its scientists
Create business relationships and license the Institute’s inventions and technologies to the industry
Channel funding from industry to research projects

The Weizmann Innovation Nest (WIN)

The innovation ecosystem comprises of three separate but interrelated units within the Institute. Together, they leverage basic research breakthroughs from the Institute’s world-renowned labs, nurture the most promising applicative projects until they are ripe for the creation of intellectual property (IP), and, as needed, offer an incubator for them to grow into viable commercial entities. Based on Weizmann’s IP, more than 110 spinoff companies have been founded.

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Weizmann Incubator (WIN)

Newly formed Weizmann Incubator fosters the development of early-stage technologies to the point where they can become independent companies. WIN is an off-campus operation under Yeda that provides teams with guidance and funding until they reach seed stage.

Bina (Bridge, Innovate, Nurture, Advance)

Bina provides mentoring, guidance and funding to transform basic science into applied research. Bina also runs active outreach programs and collaborations to encourage applied research across campus, and educational programs to equip researchers with applied science skills.

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father of the weizmann institute's technology transfer tradition

Scientist and statesman, Professor Chaim Weizmann was also an accomplished entrepreneur who knew how to turn important scientific breakthroughs into successful business ventures. A pragmatist, he understood that new discoveries can break out of the halls of academia and be turned into viable, marketable products. By the year 1916, the Russian born Weizmann was a scientific researcher at the University of Manchester in England and owner of numerous patents.

The Man Behind The Technology: A Sample Weizmann Discovery

The highlight of Professor Weizmann's scientific business savvy was a 1915 invention that earned him kudos among the British. Weizmann developed a new biotechnological method to produce acetone from starch through a fermentation process. After patenting his invention in 1916, he offered it to the British Navy, knowing that it required great quantities of acetone for the production of explosives. Weizmann was appointed by Churchill to head the British Navy's laboratories. He moved to London with his students, and was responsible for the successful production of acetone for the British war effort during WWI. After the war, Weizmann's method became the common Industrial method for acetone production.

Yielding Patently Positive Results: The Establishment of a Scientific and Entrepreneurial Foothold in Israel

Professor Weizmann's contribution to the British war effort in WWI yielded more than a successful product. An ardent Zionist, Weizmann set his sights on helping a fledgling Jewish entity achieve nationhood. With the British government ever grateful to him, he prompted it to issue the Balfour Declaration in 1917, the world's first official diplomatic move recognizing Zionism. Seventeen years later, Weizmann synthesized his Zionist fervor with his love of science by establishing the Daniel Sieff Institute. Located in Rehovot, it later evolved into the world-renowned Weizmann Institute of Science.

YEDA: Continuing the Legacy of Chaim Weizmann

One hundred years after Chaim Weizmann's first patent, YEDA is continuing the legacy of turning technological breakthroughs into profitable ventures for the public benefit. Established by the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1959, YEDA is Israel's first, and one of the world's original technology transfer (TT) organizations, promoting the commercial development of Weizmann Institute research studies with huge success.