The object of this paper is the study of the existing organizational forms of startups and the assessment of their compliance with the tasks of technology transfer. It has been established that existing approaches to understanding startups do not meet the needs of technology transfer. The feasibility of improving their legal status is substantiated. Directions for improving the form of a startup in the field of technology transfer have been formed. The following are proposed as the characteristic features of startups in the field of technology transfer: having the status of a business entity, meeting the requirements of a production and commercial entity, having technology or rights to technology, or performing work on its creation. The need to change the provisions of the Framework Program for research and innovation "Horizon Europe" by introducing a separate category of startups in the field of technology transfer is substantiated. Their definition as autonomous small (medium-sized) enterprises at an early stage of their life cycle is proposed. As such, created as a division of a university or research institution, and carrying out production commercial activities and owning the rights to technology or aimed at new technologies or scaling existing business models based on them. A universal legal construction of a startup in the field of technology transfer is proposed, which can be used in national legislation. Under it, it is proposed to understand a business entity, created recently, with the purpose of carrying out production activities and obtaining profit, based on the realization of the appropriate right to technology. The research is aimed at forming directions for improving the legal status of startups. The research results can be used in the formation of international normative acts, to regulate these relations and serve as a basis for further scientific research

Some study revealed the absence of a generally accepted approach to determining the requirements for the efficiency and effectiveness of technology as an object of civil and economic relations. The need to form recommendations on the content of legal norms and contractual clauses that can be used to fix them in the specified means of regulation is substantiated. It is proved that provided that the current legislation of a particular country fixes universal criteria for determining the effectiveness of technology, this will have a positive impact on their transfer. Thus, on the one hand, all participants in the relationship of technology circulation will receive indicators and an understanding of how to separate an effective technology from pseudo- and outdated technologies. On the other hand, public officials will have a guideline on what technologies cannot be provided with budget funding and support. And the parties to the contractual relationship will be able to fix in the relevant agreements more effective protective clauses, which will help protect their legitimate interests and stabilize investment risks. Existing approaches to determining the degree of efficiency of technologies were defined and systematized. The analysis of the feasibility and possibility of using macroeconomic and local performance indicators was carried out. General circumstances have been formed that affect the formation of the category of technology efficiency. These include the territory and level of technological development of the implementation area. The suitability and adaptability of the technology to the ability to perform the tasks assigned to it and others. As a result of the study, universal designs for identifying the effectiveness of the technology were proposed. They are proposed for use in the formation of national and international legislation and protective contractual clauses