Research Medium — Closing the Gap Between Research and Impact

The gap isn't knowledge. It's connection.

Every year, breakthrough research sits in journals while companies reinvent the wheel, founders search for co-founders, and investors miss the next big thing. We're closing that gap.

Ideas → Commercialization

95% of research never reaches market. Tech transfer is slow, reactive, and relationship-dependent.

AI surfaces commercially-ready research to companies actively looking. Proactive, not reactive.

Research → Innovation

Companies don't know what's possible. Researchers don't know what's needed.

Demand signals flow to researchers. Supply signals flow to industry. Matching happens automatically.

Founders → Capital

Deep-tech founders struggle to find investors who understand their science.

Investors discover research before it's a startup. Founders connect with capital that gets their domain.

Talent → Opportunity

Brilliant researchers stay invisible. Hiring managers use LinkedIn and hope.

Published work becomes a living portfolio. The right opportunities find the right people.

Find your path

Every stakeholder in the research ecosystem has a gap to close. Here's what Research Medium does for you.

Researchers & Students

Your research is already here. Claim your profile.

Your publications are already indexed from 140 institutions
See who's searching for work like yours
Control your visibility — you decide what's public
Get notified when opportunities match your work

Find My Publications

Companies & Hiring

Find research talent that's actually available and aligned

Semantic search — finds researchers by what they actually work on
Commercial readiness signals — filter for applied research
Request introductions through institutional channels
Track your pipeline of shortlisted researchers

Search Research Talent

Investors & VCs

See the future of deep-tech before it's a pitch deck

Track emerging research themes before they're startups
See momentum building in real-time
Find technical advisors for due diligence
Discover founders while they're still in the lab

Explore the Landscape

Founders & Startups

Find co-founders, advisors, and investors who get your science

Connect with researchers for co-founding or advisory
Find investors actively exploring your domain
Signal your raise to matched capital
Build your team from deep-tech talent

I'm a Founder

Institutions & Tech Transfer

See demand for your research — and capture the value

Dashboard showing which researchers are being discovered
See what themes are generating industry interest
Route introduction requests appropriately
Benchmark against peer institutions

Claim Your Dashboard

How it works

We index

Millions of data points across research publications, institutions, founders, and investors — connected and continuously updated.

AI extracts signals

Commercial readiness, momentum, collaboration patterns, investment appetite — turning raw data into actionable intelligence.

Matches happen

Founders find investors. Companies find talent. Researchers find opportunities. Introductions flow through trusted channels.

Where this is going

Today: You search, we match

Semantic search across 1.17M publications. Researcher profiles with commercial signals. Introduction requests through institutions. It works now.

Soon: The platform works while you sleep

Researchers notified when their work aligns with new demand. Companies alerted when relevant research is published. Investors signaled when momentum builds in their thesis areas. Institutions see opportunities before they're asked.

Closing the gap between research and impact