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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by mattkrause on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:16PM (#25930813)
That's not particularly nefarious.

The NIH and NSF have two funding programs, the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, that specifically fund startups/spin-outs from their research programs. More here: https://www.sbir.gov/ Some DARPA programs also have similar commercialization milestones: our PMs were pushing people to think about FDA approval and manufacturing.

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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by throwawaygh on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:39PM (#25931187)
> That's not particularly nefarious.

Completely agreed! I didn't mean to give that impression at all. I was simply giving a specific recent example demonstrating GP's statement that "especially when said innovation is often possible only because of extensive public investment in research, supply chain stability, etc.".

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