Celebrating One Year

The ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub marks achievements in its mission of accelerating better health outcomes for everyone.

Kendra Batchelder of WAVED Medical works to aid mammography patients, with help from a Qualcomm Innovator Stipend.

The Call for Proposals is now open! Showcase your transformative ideas at this new immersive event.

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ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health Awards

The ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub will disburse $110 million in funding.

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

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

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.

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

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Ideas & Impact

Here are our top stories, new ideas & reflections.

Reskilling: READI Is Gamifying Workforce Training Through a Virtual Reality Learning Platform

Elissa Russell, CEO and founder of READI, and Timesha Brooks, COO of READI, share their unique path to entrepreneurship with the support of the E-Team Program.

From End Zone to Market: Reaction Technologies Tackles ‘Heads Up’ Concussion Safety

Brandon Martin, CEO of Reaction Technologies, shares his unique path to entrepreneurship with the support of the Aspire program.

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