arturventura

I was wondering this a few days ago, while reading about Microsoft Research. I pretty sure that is the answer is a negative, but I would like to know if someone already thought about this.

The basic idea is that a Research Center doesn't output products but ideas that can be licensed or sold to third parties. Like a for profit SRI that sells time and access to PhD and equipment to do research.

Could something like this come out of venture funding?