TJ Misra

TJ Misra is Co-Founder of the SAIL Initiative. She has a 15-year global background in building public-private partnerships, developing innovation ecosystems, and startup founding/consulting. She holds a Masters from IHEID and a History BA from UCLA. She has consulted for the Canadian government, covered StatsCan with the Wall Street Journal, and is the Vice-President of NetIP Canada. 

The SAIL Initiative is a not-for-profit effort focused on streamlining how Canada turns the intellectual property from its publicly funded research into socioeconomic benefit. It includes the Simple Agreement for Innovation Licensing (SAIL), a framework for technology transfer designed to reduce negotiation time, lower legal costs, and make licensing research technologies from universities to startups easier for everyone.