18 VentureWell-Supported Companies on Forbes and TIME Year-End Lists

The 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and TIME’s The Best Inventions of 2024 honor 18 of our innovators.

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The Next Wave of Ocean Solutions

The VentureWell Ocean Enterprise Accelerator will help advance blue economy solutions and climate resilience technologies.

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A More Informative Mammogram

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

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A Green Medtech Startup

For twins Daniel and David Lundberg, founders of medtech company T33 Dental, sustainability is more than a buzzword.

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Spring E-Team Program Applications Open

VentureWell’s flagship program for student innovators provides support and up to $25K. Apply or refer a student team!

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Celebrating One Year

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

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Ignite Ideas Into Impact at the VIA Summit

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

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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+

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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

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E-Team Program

Student teams, kickstart your innovation with funding and training.
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Not just another event—a transformative journey, igniting the next wave of innovation.
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