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Five Essential (and Mostly Free!) IP Resources Every Innovator Should Know About

Intellectual property is the cornerstone of many products in the marketplace today, providing significant value by granting inventors exclusive rights.

Building a Strong Network as a Medtech Company: An Interview With Jason Kang

Jason Kang, co-founder of Aspire alumnus Kinnos, shares advice for other early-stage founders.

Meet Five VentureWell-Supported Startups That Are Addressing Global Water Challenges

On World Water Day, we recognize the critical role that water plays in global sustainability and highlight some bold innovators.

Measuring What Matters: Weaving Science, Service, and Systems Into Data and Evaluation Practice

As a learning organization, VentureWell is dedicated to continuously improving how we innovate by using data to generate insights, measure impact, and refine our strategies.

The Impact of Angel Investing: Interview with Anne Maghas

After successfully founding three companies, Maghas realized she had valuable insights to share with other founders, particularly those facing similar challenges, as Black women in the innovation and entrepreneurship space.

Accelerating Access to Mpox Diagnostic Tests: The Impact of RADx ITAP

With support from VentureWell, the RADx^® ITAP healthcare innovation and commercialization program has produced a faster and more convenient mpox test.

ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub Connects Southeast Healthtech Experts

Spoke members gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to share ideas and foster collaboration within the Southeast health innovation ecosystem.

How These Founders Are Building Sustainability Into Their Medtech Startup

Co-founders and twin brothers Daniel Lundberg and David Lundberg explain why they built sustainability into their medtech company, T33 Dental, and how other startups can do the same.

Celebrating One Year of the Investor Catalyst Hub!

Just over a year ago, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) launched the Investor Catalyst (IC) Hub as part of ARPANET-H—a nationwide health innovation network.

SOCAP Bound: Energized by Climate Week NYC and Strong Partners

VentureWell Vice President, Ventures, Christina Tamer recaps her trip to Climate Week NYC 2024, where she explored pathways to market for transformative sustainability technologies.

The Inventor Series Sponsored By Qualcomm: Featuring WAVED Medical

Kendra Batchelder, co-founder of WAVED Medical, explains how the Qualcomm Innovator Stipend Program helped pay for legal fees associated with securing rights to intellectual property.

It Takes An Innovation Ecosystem To Grow a Student Entrepreneur

Angel Teagle was a student at Elizabeth City State University with an idea that would become Car Seat Companion. An ecosystem of resources helped him grow into an entrepreneur.

Accelerating Climate Justice Through Solar Energy

Entrepreneurs whose innovations have been funded by the American-Made Solar Prize and the JEDI Contest and a mentor who worked closely with applicants share their insights into the competition and its benefits.

Meet American-Made Solar Prize Finalist Monique Dyers of EmpowerSun Solutions

Monique Dyers, founder and CEO of EmpowerSun Solutions, shares her experiences with being a finalist for the American-Made Solar Prize Round 7 and winner of the JEDI Contest.

Empathy in Entrepreneurship Education: Five Ways To Bring Empathy Into the Classroom

Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, social scientists and entrepreneurship educators offer research-based insights and classroom techniques.

Medical Imaging Data Insights Highlight Opportunity for Marketplace

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA announced the exploration of a new initiative.

Four Ways To Foster Creative Thinking in Student Entrepreneurs While Developing Their Problem-Solving Skills

With the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, educators offer classroom techniques to develop problem-solving skills.

Bringing Critical Thinking Into the Entrepreneurship Classroom: Six Techniques

Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, social scientists offer research-based insights and classroom techniques to improve critical thinking.

Do You Have the Right Answers to these Intellectual Property Questions?

In honor of World Intellectual Property Day, we put together a quick-reference guide on the role IP rights play in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Creating Innovators, Not Companies: Measuring the Success of an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Course

José Lugo and Mari Luz Zapata Ramos of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez share how VentureWell funding helped in expanding their entrepreneurship course.