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The Philanthropy Pivot: Higher Ed Funding Futures

At our July 30 webinar, learn how funders and institutions are navigating today’s shifting philanthropic landscape.

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E-Team Program Summer 2025 Cohort

Meet these 24 student teams, chosen for their inventive thinking and potential to drive meaningful change.

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Summer Reading List

VentureWell’s executive leadership team shares their picks—books to inspire you and spark new ways of thinking.

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Phil Weilerstein Receives 2025 NAI Sentinel Award

VentureWell’s president and CEO was honored for his mentorship, advocacy, and work to promote inventive discovery.

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The Future of Laundry

E-Team and Aspire alumnus Ultropia is revolutionizing the laundry space with ultrasonic technology that uses less water and energy.

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Ocean Enterprise Accelerator

Be part of a groundbreaking program empowering early-stage ventures to drive the future of the blue economy.

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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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1,300+

Institutions Have Participated in Our Programs

19,000+

Early-Stage Innovators Trained by VentureWell

$7.2B+

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

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VIA Learning Series

On July 30, attend “The Philanthropy Pivot,” our free webinar with higher ed leaders.
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