PRESS RELEASE: IP Guru Joins Commercialisation Powerhouse to Help Australian Tech Start-Ups Crack the Global Market

After more than 2 years building and leading Deloitte Australia’s IP Strategy & Commercialisation practice, Nicholas Stamatiou has joined technology and open innovation leaders Innovative Foundations as Managing Partner.

With its headquarters in Seattle and offices in Milan and Los Angeles, Innovative Foundations is a hybrid tech commercialisation and marketing organisation that represents tech giants like Boeing, AT&T and Microsoft on the global stage.

Stamatiou said: “This is an exciting time to be joining the Innovative Foundations team, leveraging the deep relationships that we have across the US and Europe and bringing ‘best in class’ Australian technologies to the world”.

“We are in a ‘golden era’ of tech commercialisation and M&A – with tech giants constantly scouting for game-changing technologies, we want to make sure that Australian tech companies get the early guidance they need to really shine on the global stage”.

Innovative Foundations CEO Matthew Wahlrab said: “We’re thrilled to have Nicholas join our leadership team and spearhead our push into the Asia Pacific market”.

“Nicholas is a unique mix of entrepreneur and thought leader, having developed open innovation programs for some of world’s leading technology companies – experience that will be critical to the Innovative Foundations business as we continue to expand operations”.