About Us
We support the development of innovation ecosystems in emerging and developed economies connecting business with Higher Education institutions and the public sector to stimulate economic growth and job creation.
We are a global innovation and growth advisory firm founded within the vibrant Oxford innovation ecosystem helping global clients to improve the way they approach and manage innovation to achieve sustainable growth. Our mission is to give entrepreneurs and businesses alike the tools and guidance to successfully build and grow global, transformational companies.
We deliver a focused set of services underpinned by the latest innovation management, entrepreneurial and digital transformation frameworks and tools. We provide coaching, mentoring and hands-on support for effective innovation management including the development, IP protection, and commercialisation of projects. Our advice allows our clients to explore and gain confidence in their innovation investments in disruptive technologies, emerging markets and business models, and their digital transformation projects in order to achieve their growth ambitions.
Capitalising on our global network of innovation practitioners, we build project teams to serve our clients' specific needs and provide appropriate subject matter expertise. Given the depth of our experience we operate a hybrid partnership style where we support in-house client resources in some cases, while we lead projects in others.
Our innovation experts are individuals with experience from both university research and working in the commercial world. We believe that this combination is critical to advise clients on emerging technologies and markets, conduct robust feasibility studies, form innovation strategies, and deliver digital transformation integrating digital technology into all areas of the business, fundamentally changing the way it operates and delivers value. Our innovation practitioners have broad experience in start-up and spin-out formation underpinned by strong intellectual property management knowledge.
During our interventions, we maximise knowledge transfer to client teams; this enables our clients to build internal capacity giving them the confidence to undertake their own change initiatives in the future. To build innovation capability, we offer professional training courses in innovation management and entrepreneurship as well as in digital transformation, and technology transfer from university research.
We have a strong track record working closely with the public and private sectors, entrepreneurs, businesses and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) assisting them to launch new ideas and to maximise value out of their innovation and technology transfer projects.
OUR STORY
We started our journey in 2009 working with many family businesses, manufacturing SMEs, and technology start-ups in the greater London area. We later developed and broadened our thinking in technology transfer and IP commercialisation from within the vibrant Oxford innovation ecosystem working for Oxford University Innovation, the technology transfer office of the University of Oxford – one of the best technology transfer offices in the world.
We got involved in numerous projects, working with and supporting high growth businesses in the UK across industries and sectors including manufacturing, waste management, publishing, IT services, and motorsport; setting up technology transfer offices for several European universities as well as developing and supporting national innovation ecosystems in many emerging economies from Southeast Asia to Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, addressing discontinuities in policy and gaps in capability and capacity.
From these global interactions and consulting interventions, a strong understanding of innovation management, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship was formed, a need identified and a passion was born which continues today – to support and advise business, government, and Higher Education institutions to build and grow global, transformational companies and national innovation ecosystems.
Founder & Managing Director
Costas is a senior executive and innovation practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in industry, management consulting, and in Higher Education settings in the broad areas of product development, innovation management, technology transfer and the creation and commercialisation of intellectual property. Building on his academic research in optical communications and nanomaterials, Costas gained diverse experience in industry working for world-class corporates, such as Alcatel-Lucent, as well as in a spin-off from the University of Southampton from its initial stages and until its successful floating in the AIM stock market, where he managed several high-technology development projects with high-visibility clients such as DARPA, DoD, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Coherent Inc.
Costas has led large engagements in innovation management, technology transfer, technical due diligence, technology scouting, and digital transformation with several universities, commercial, and government organisations spanning across Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Caucasus region. Recently, Costas was part of the founding team and the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Finance and Administration of a new high-technological university in the Middle East.
Costas brings unique experience from across academia and business in the areas of strategic planning, financial planning, digital transformation, development of strategic initiatives to enhance organisational performance, and building opportunities for growth. He has been part of several feasibility studies for setting up new universities in Europe and in the Middle East. Costas has developed innovation strategies and has set-up technology transfer offices for several European universities and maintains a strong interest in developing and implementing open innovation frameworks building and sustaining knowledge economies worldwide. He regularly delivers courses and presentations to conferences and Universities worldwide about innovation management, entrepreneurship, IP commercialisation and technology transfer.
If you are wondering about what tamegon stands for, read on:
tamegon is the acronym of several subjects, all related to innovation management and entrepreneurship that describe our expertise and interests:
t – technology (We are passionate about technology and particularly its application and use for the development of new or enhanced products and services that add value to customers and the society).
a – analysis (We believe in thoroughly testing all assumptions made through data, market, and technology analyses to ultimately find out whether a business proposition is just an idea or an opportunity that should be pursued and invested in).
m – management (We provide clarity to the implementation of new business propositions and change management projects using appropriate change and innovation management tools, techniques, and frameworks).
e – entrepreneurship (We have a particular interest in start-ups and we support entrepreneurs through out their growth journey and to seek investment if required).
g – growth (We develop innovation strategies to assist organisations to grow in their chosen markets).
o – opportunity (We advise our clients about new opportunities in their existing or adjacent markets, and we assist them to explore and exploit them).
n – newness (We support our clients to envisage and develop ambitious but pragmatic concepts and develop new and advanced products and services that add value to their clients).
OUR VALUES
- We bring several years of worldwide experience and deep expertise in innovation management developing high growth business propositions.
- We form long lasting partnerships with our clients and other stakeholders to add value to innovation projects.
- We assist our clients to visualise ambitious ideas while maintaining a pragmatic approach to implementing projects and business opportunities.
- We develop relationships of trust being a dependable resource for our clients' innovation projects.
- We observe high ethical and professional standards putting our clients' interests ahead of our firm's.
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