Netval is a recognised association that today brings together 65 universities, 16 PROs, 16 IRCCS and 7 other members. Founded in 2002 as an informal network between universities, Netval became an association in 2007 and opened its doors to non-university members.  

Knowledge Share platform is a joint venture involving Netval, the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM) at MIMIT (Ministry Of Enterprises and Made in Italy) and the Politecnico di Torino. It showcases R&D technologies developed by Italian Universities and Research Centres, in pursuit of collaboration and commercialisation opportunities.   

Knowledge Share is a platform dedicated to the exploitation of research results fed by universities, IRCCSs and EPRs in the country.  

Our aim is to make the contents of patents easily accessible, to convey in a clear and simple way the advantages that technologies can bring to the sectors they target, and to connect the world of business, investors and innovators with that of research.