Spring 2026 E-Team Program

These 26 student ventures exemplify innovative thinking and a clear vision for meaningful change.

Meet the Cohort

Strengthening Research Translation

What does it take to grow a strong ecosystem for STEM innovation and entrepreneurship within higher ed?

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7 Biggest Challenges for Student Entrepreneurs

Innovators share the obstacles they’ve faced in launching their ventures—and advice for solving those challenges.

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What Biomedical Engineering Must Keep Human

VentureWell’s Phil Weilerstein reflects on how to prepare the next generation of innovators for a healthcare landscape shaped by AI.

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DEBUT 2026

With $190,000 in prizes, the DEBUT Challenge is open to student teams working on solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.

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E-Team Program

Get support for your student venture, with a powerful mix of grant funding, training, mentorship, and networking.

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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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$38.5M+

in Grants Awarded by VentureWell

1,300+

Institutions Have Participated in Our Programs

20,500+

Early-Stage Innovators Trained by VentureWell

$9.0B+

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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E-Team Program

Student innovators, kickstart your innovation with a powerful mix of grant funding and entrepreneurship training.
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DEBUT Challenge

A total of $190K in prizes for undergrad student teams working on solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.
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