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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.

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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$23M

IN GRANTS AWARDED BY VENTUREWELL

360+

INSTITUTIONS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR PROGRAMS

9500+

EARLY-STAGE INNOVATORS TRAINED BY VENTUREWELL

$1B+

IN FOLLOW ON FUNDING RAISED BY EARLY-STAGE VENTURES WE SUPPORTED

Ideas & Impact

Here are our top stories, new ideas & reflections.

systems change: strategies to engage university stakeholders for ecosystem transformation

Systems change can help university innovation ecosystems address challenges embedded into their structural foundations and shift to more positively impactful models.

reimagining chemical engineering education: q&a with Dr. Pedro Arce of Tennessee Tech University

Faculty grantee, Pedro Arce, designed courses that tasked chemical engineering students with developing innovative, nature-inspired solutions to societal challenges.

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