Aspire Medtech 2024

Fourteen medtech innovator teams offer innovations to improve patient health and solve critical challenges.

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Car Seat Companion

HBCU student Angel Teagle drew on an ecosystem of resources to develop his invention for reducing child hot-car deaths.

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FLIPspace: Advanced Mobility Northwest Arkansas

Our new program helps teams of faculty, researchers, students, and industry experts tackle regional challenges.

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Ascend Energy & Mobility Accelerator 2024

Seven seed-stage Michigan startups are working to achieve a clean energy future.

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Discover the VentureWell Ecosystem Futures Fellowship

Spark changes in STEM innovation with $35,000 in funding and impactful experiences

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Bringing Empathy Into the Classroom

A new white paper offers research-based insights to create an environment for student entrepreneurs that sustains innovation.

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Our Vision

We envision a world in which science and technology innovators have the support, training, and access to networks and resources they need to solve the world’s most difficult problems.

VentureWell is on a mission to cultivate a pipeline of inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven to solve the world’s biggest challenges and to create lasting impact.

We foster collaboration among the best minds from research labs, classrooms, and beyond to advance innovation and entrepreneurship education and to provide unique opportunities for STEM students and researchers to fully realize their potential to improve the world.

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Early-Stage Innovators

We work directly with a variety of early-stage innovators to help them bring their ideas to market through workshops and training, coaching and mentoring, funding and awards.
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Faculty Initiatives

We support faculty in developing programs that cultivate student innovators and promote institutional change through grants, workshops, training, and conferences.
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I&E Networks

We create and build networks to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, both nationally and within individual organizations and schools.
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$29.4M+

in Grants Awarded by VentureWell

1,200+

Institutions Have Participated in Our Programs

17,000+

Early-Stage Innovators Trained by VentureWell

$6.3B+

in Follow-On Funding Raised by Early-Stage Ventures We Supported

Ideas & Impact

Here are our top stories, new ideas & reflections.

Events & Opportunities

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Ecosystem Futures Fellowship

Embark on a transformative journey to ignite change in STEM innovation.
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FLIPspace Advanced Mobility

A groundbreaking initiative designed to empower university teams in Arkansas.
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