VentureWell
@venturewell.bsky.social
We believe that innovation can change the world for good, and we’re providing the tools that empower innovators & entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life.
For many students, the classroom is where their innovation journey begins.
So, we asked higher ed leaders in our network to share the activities they use to spark creative thinking and problem-solving.
🔖 Bookmark these classroom-ready ideas→ bit.ly/49iEYXH
So, we asked higher ed leaders in our network to share the activities they use to spark creative thinking and problem-solving.
🔖 Bookmark these classroom-ready ideas→ bit.ly/49iEYXH
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
For many students, the classroom is where their innovation journey begins.
So, we asked higher ed leaders in our network to share the activities they use to spark creative thinking and problem-solving.
🔖 Bookmark these classroom-ready ideas→ bit.ly/49iEYXH
So, we asked higher ed leaders in our network to share the activities they use to spark creative thinking and problem-solving.
🔖 Bookmark these classroom-ready ideas→ bit.ly/49iEYXH
How it started: An idea to power student entrepreneurs to bring their game-changing solutions to life.
How it’s going: A global network of changemakers fueling the future of innovation.
From spark to scale, our story continues…Check out the highlights → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
How it’s going: A global network of changemakers fueling the future of innovation.
From spark to scale, our story continues…Check out the highlights → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How it started: An idea to power student entrepreneurs to bring their game-changing solutions to life.
How it’s going: A global network of changemakers fueling the future of innovation.
From spark to scale, our story continues…Check out the highlights → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
How it’s going: A global network of changemakers fueling the future of innovation.
From spark to scale, our story continues…Check out the highlights → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
Have a groundbreaking idea? Let’s make it a reality!
Our E-Team Program helps students take their ventures to the next level with:
💰 Up to $25K in funding
🤝🏾 Expert training & mentorship
🌐 Access to a powerful network
Apply for our Spring E-Team Program by January 27 → https://bit.ly/4qp7vRr
Our E-Team Program helps students take their ventures to the next level with:
💰 Up to $25K in funding
🤝🏾 Expert training & mentorship
🌐 Access to a powerful network
Apply for our Spring E-Team Program by January 27 → https://bit.ly/4qp7vRr
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Have a groundbreaking idea? Let’s make it a reality!
Our E-Team Program helps students take their ventures to the next level with:
💰 Up to $25K in funding
🤝🏾 Expert training & mentorship
🌐 Access to a powerful network
Apply for our Spring E-Team Program by January 27 → https://bit.ly/4qp7vRr
Our E-Team Program helps students take their ventures to the next level with:
💰 Up to $25K in funding
🤝🏾 Expert training & mentorship
🌐 Access to a powerful network
Apply for our Spring E-Team Program by January 27 → https://bit.ly/4qp7vRr
🎉 Congratulations to I-Corps™ alumni company JuneBrain on winning first place and the Fan Favorite award at The New Orleans BioInnovation Center 2025 BioChallenge Competition.
Learn how they’re translating lab insights to real-world impact → neworleansbio.com/junebrain-na...
Learn how they’re translating lab insights to real-world impact → neworleansbio.com/junebrain-na...
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🎉 Congratulations to I-Corps™ alumni company JuneBrain on winning first place and the Fan Favorite award at The New Orleans BioInnovation Center 2025 BioChallenge Competition.
Learn how they’re translating lab insights to real-world impact → neworleansbio.com/junebrain-na...
Learn how they’re translating lab insights to real-world impact → neworleansbio.com/junebrain-na...
We’re honored to be featured on the cover of this month’s Inventors Digest.
For 30 years, we’ve championed inventors who bring innovative solutions to life, and we’re proud to see their impact highlighted in this story.
Read the issue → inventorsdigest.com
For 30 years, we’ve championed inventors who bring innovative solutions to life, and we’re proud to see their impact highlighted in this story.
Read the issue → inventorsdigest.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We’re honored to be featured on the cover of this month’s Inventors Digest.
For 30 years, we’ve championed inventors who bring innovative solutions to life, and we’re proud to see their impact highlighted in this story.
Read the issue → inventorsdigest.com
For 30 years, we’ve championed inventors who bring innovative solutions to life, and we’re proud to see their impact highlighted in this story.
Read the issue → inventorsdigest.com
👁️ Reversing blindness isn’t science fiction. It’s happening now, and Katie Solley and her team at Eyedea Medical are leading the way.
In this episode of VentureWell Voices, Katie shares how her team is transforming corneal surgery to make treatment more accessible worldwide. → bit.ly/4gWpyKp
In this episode of VentureWell Voices, Katie shares how her team is transforming corneal surgery to make treatment more accessible worldwide. → bit.ly/4gWpyKp
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
👁️ Reversing blindness isn’t science fiction. It’s happening now, and Katie Solley and her team at Eyedea Medical are leading the way.
In this episode of VentureWell Voices, Katie shares how her team is transforming corneal surgery to make treatment more accessible worldwide. → bit.ly/4gWpyKp
In this episode of VentureWell Voices, Katie shares how her team is transforming corneal surgery to make treatment more accessible worldwide. → bit.ly/4gWpyKp
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“What if joints could heal themselves? What if we could deliver advanced hospital-level care to every rural county in America?”
VentureWell VP @mark-marino.bsky.social is driven by questions like these—and by the partnerships that turn them into real-world impact.
hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
VentureWell VP @mark-marino.bsky.social is driven by questions like these—and by the partnerships that turn them into real-world impact.
hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
Finding solutions to 'What-if'
A Q&A with Mark Marino, the vice president of VentureWell
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October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“What if joints could heal themselves? What if we could deliver advanced hospital-level care to every rural county in America?”
VentureWell VP @mark-marino.bsky.social is driven by questions like these—and by the partnerships that turn them into real-world impact.
hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
VentureWell VP @mark-marino.bsky.social is driven by questions like these—and by the partnerships that turn them into real-world impact.
hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
💭 Think intellectual property (IP) is too complicated or out of reach?
🧠 Think again! In honor of #IPMonth, we’re resharing our list of free IP resources that will help you protect your ideas with confidence → bit.ly/4jOITgW
🧠 Think again! In honor of #IPMonth, we’re resharing our list of free IP resources that will help you protect your ideas with confidence → bit.ly/4jOITgW
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 the exclusive right to prevent others from making, using, offering...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
💭 Think intellectual property (IP) is too complicated or out of reach?
🧠 Think again! In honor of #IPMonth, we’re resharing our list of free IP resources that will help you protect your ideas with confidence → bit.ly/4jOITgW
🧠 Think again! In honor of #IPMonth, we’re resharing our list of free IP resources that will help you protect your ideas with confidence → bit.ly/4jOITgW
Looking for fresh insights on science and tech innovation? Look no further! We curated a list of eight of our favorite podcasts 🎧
From deep tech to impact investing to inclusive leadership, these podcasts offer something for everyone.
🔗 Read our full write-up → bit.ly/41SJojG
From deep tech to impact investing to inclusive leadership, these podcasts offer something for everyone.
🔗 Read our full write-up → bit.ly/41SJojG
8 Podcasts We Can’t Stop Listening To
These are the podcasts shaping how we think about the future of science and technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Looking for fresh insights on science and tech innovation? Look no further! We curated a list of eight of our favorite podcasts 🎧
From deep tech to impact investing to inclusive leadership, these podcasts offer something for everyone.
🔗 Read our full write-up → bit.ly/41SJojG
From deep tech to impact investing to inclusive leadership, these podcasts offer something for everyone.
🔗 Read our full write-up → bit.ly/41SJojG
How can universities more effectively turn research into real-world impact?
At the NAI Annual Conference, our CEO Phil Weilerstein & AUTM CEO Steve Susalka co-facilitated a listening session that revealed promising trends and opportunities to strengthen the innovation pipeline: bit.ly/46x1la4
At the NAI Annual Conference, our CEO Phil Weilerstein & AUTM CEO Steve Susalka co-facilitated a listening session that revealed promising trends and opportunities to strengthen the innovation pipeline: bit.ly/46x1la4
What’s Next in Academic Innovation
VentureWell President and CEO Phil Weilerstein recounts a listening session he convened with Steve Susalka, CEO of AUTM, at the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Annual Conference.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How can universities more effectively turn research into real-world impact?
At the NAI Annual Conference, our CEO Phil Weilerstein & AUTM CEO Steve Susalka co-facilitated a listening session that revealed promising trends and opportunities to strengthen the innovation pipeline: bit.ly/46x1la4
At the NAI Annual Conference, our CEO Phil Weilerstein & AUTM CEO Steve Susalka co-facilitated a listening session that revealed promising trends and opportunities to strengthen the innovation pipeline: bit.ly/46x1la4
Take your #HealthTech venture to the next level with five must-know tips from VentureWell-supported innovators.
Grab your notepad → bit.ly/42plmwY
Photo Credits: Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit
Grab your notepad → bit.ly/42plmwY
Photo Credits: Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit
October 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Take your #HealthTech venture to the next level with five must-know tips from VentureWell-supported innovators.
Grab your notepad → bit.ly/42plmwY
Photo Credits: Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit
Grab your notepad → bit.ly/42plmwY
Photo Credits: Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit
Our brand-new podcast, VentureWell Voices, is here!
In the first episode, Micah Ulrich, CEO of Flux Hybrids, shares his journey from a prototype built in a parking lot to a 5,000-square-foot facility.
Tune in for insights on navigating setbacks and building confidence as a founder: bit.ly/4gWpyKp
In the first episode, Micah Ulrich, CEO of Flux Hybrids, shares his journey from a prototype built in a parking lot to a 5,000-square-foot facility.
Tune in for insights on navigating setbacks and building confidence as a founder: bit.ly/4gWpyKp
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our brand-new podcast, VentureWell Voices, is here!
In the first episode, Micah Ulrich, CEO of Flux Hybrids, shares his journey from a prototype built in a parking lot to a 5,000-square-foot facility.
Tune in for insights on navigating setbacks and building confidence as a founder: bit.ly/4gWpyKp
In the first episode, Micah Ulrich, CEO of Flux Hybrids, shares his journey from a prototype built in a parking lot to a 5,000-square-foot facility.
Tune in for insights on navigating setbacks and building confidence as a founder: bit.ly/4gWpyKp
So what’s holding innovation back, and what’s helping move it forward in higher ed?
Our CEO Phil Weilerstein shares takeaways from a listening session hosted with Steve Susalka, CEO of AUTM, at the 2025 NAI Annual Meeting → bit.ly/46x1la4
Our CEO Phil Weilerstein shares takeaways from a listening session hosted with Steve Susalka, CEO of AUTM, at the 2025 NAI Annual Meeting → bit.ly/46x1la4
October 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So what’s holding innovation back, and what’s helping move it forward in higher ed?
Our CEO Phil Weilerstein shares takeaways from a listening session hosted with Steve Susalka, CEO of AUTM, at the 2025 NAI Annual Meeting → bit.ly/46x1la4
Our CEO Phil Weilerstein shares takeaways from a listening session hosted with Steve Susalka, CEO of AUTM, at the 2025 NAI Annual Meeting → bit.ly/46x1la4
✨From bold ideas to thriving ventures, we’ve spent three decades helping innovators turn the impossible into possible.
CEO Phil Weilerstein reflects on the moments that shaped our journey and shares the path forward → https://bit.ly/48vpRd1
#VentureWell30 #30YearsofInnovation
CEO Phil Weilerstein reflects on the moments that shaped our journey and shares the path forward → https://bit.ly/48vpRd1
#VentureWell30 #30YearsofInnovation
September 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
✨From bold ideas to thriving ventures, we’ve spent three decades helping innovators turn the impossible into possible.
CEO Phil Weilerstein reflects on the moments that shaped our journey and shares the path forward → https://bit.ly/48vpRd1
#VentureWell30 #30YearsofInnovation
CEO Phil Weilerstein reflects on the moments that shaped our journey and shares the path forward → https://bit.ly/48vpRd1
#VentureWell30 #30YearsofInnovation
👏🏼 Big congrats to E-Team alums Mayela Fernandez, cofounder & CEO of Ecoplasticity, and Serena Allen, founder and CEO of AirVitalize Innovation, for receiving the Walking Softer Young Leaders Award!
💫 We can’t wait to see what’s ahead!
💫 We can’t wait to see what’s ahead!
September 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
👏🏼 Big congrats to E-Team alums Mayela Fernandez, cofounder & CEO of Ecoplasticity, and Serena Allen, founder and CEO of AirVitalize Innovation, for receiving the Walking Softer Young Leaders Award!
💫 We can’t wait to see what’s ahead!
💫 We can’t wait to see what’s ahead!
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Please join us in welcoming VentureWell to #SOCAP25 as one of this year's mission-aligned Catalyst partners! ⭐️ @venturewell.bsky.social supports the cultivation of science and technology inventors and the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems critical to their success.
August 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Please join us in welcoming VentureWell to #SOCAP25 as one of this year's mission-aligned Catalyst partners! ⭐️ @venturewell.bsky.social supports the cultivation of science and technology inventors and the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems critical to their success.
Since 1995, we’ve championed bold ideas and the people turning them into real-world impact.
As we celebrate this milestone, we’re honoring the faculty, student innovators, partners, and founders who have turned possibility into reality.
Explore three decades of boundless impact → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
As we celebrate this milestone, we’re honoring the faculty, student innovators, partners, and founders who have turned possibility into reality.
Explore three decades of boundless impact → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
Three Decades of Bold Ideas and Boundless Impact
At VentureWell, 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
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September 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Since 1995, we’ve championed bold ideas and the people turning them into real-world impact.
As we celebrate this milestone, we’re honoring the faculty, student innovators, partners, and founders who have turned possibility into reality.
Explore three decades of boundless impact → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
As we celebrate this milestone, we’re honoring the faculty, student innovators, partners, and founders who have turned possibility into reality.
Explore three decades of boundless impact → bit.ly/4nrDJt8
After a 2011 climate event, blooms of sargassum have exploded across oceans, smothering reefs and filling beaches. Soarce, a startup from our Ocean Enterprise Accelerator, is reimagining this seaweed as a resource for sustainable products.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAYiUN4gvi4&t=9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAYiUN4gvi4&t=9s
September 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After a 2011 climate event, blooms of sargassum have exploded across oceans, smothering reefs and filling beaches. Soarce, a startup from our Ocean Enterprise Accelerator, is reimagining this seaweed as a resource for sustainable products.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAYiUN4gvi4&t=9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAYiUN4gvi4&t=9s
🔔 There’s just one week left to register for the BME IDEA 2025 Meeting!
With just 75 seats available, every attendee joins an exclusive community advancing biomed entrepreneurship.
🧑🏽🔬 Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of the field. Reserve your spot today → https://bit.ly/40xJKvb
With just 75 seats available, every attendee joins an exclusive community advancing biomed entrepreneurship.
🧑🏽🔬 Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of the field. Reserve your spot today → https://bit.ly/40xJKvb
September 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🔔 There’s just one week left to register for the BME IDEA 2025 Meeting!
With just 75 seats available, every attendee joins an exclusive community advancing biomed entrepreneurship.
🧑🏽🔬 Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of the field. Reserve your spot today → https://bit.ly/40xJKvb
With just 75 seats available, every attendee joins an exclusive community advancing biomed entrepreneurship.
🧑🏽🔬 Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of the field. Reserve your spot today → https://bit.ly/40xJKvb
📚 Syllabus season is here—but don’t worry, this one’s actually fun: venturewell.org/blog/class-a...
13 Class Activities To Stimulate Inventor-Entrepreneurs
Student innovators will benefit from these nine cutting-edge innovation and entrepreneurship class activities and exercises.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📚 Syllabus season is here—but don’t worry, this one’s actually fun: venturewell.org/blog/class-a...
🎉 New year, new innovations in biomed engineering for educators.
Revitalize your classroom with the latest trends and best practices in design instruction featured at this year’s BME-IDEA Meeting jacobsschool.bsky.social.
Don’t miss out, register today: bit.ly/40xJKvb
Revitalize your classroom with the latest trends and best practices in design instruction featured at this year’s BME-IDEA Meeting jacobsschool.bsky.social.
Don’t miss out, register today: bit.ly/40xJKvb
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎉 New year, new innovations in biomed engineering for educators.
Revitalize your classroom with the latest trends and best practices in design instruction featured at this year’s BME-IDEA Meeting jacobsschool.bsky.social.
Don’t miss out, register today: bit.ly/40xJKvb
Revitalize your classroom with the latest trends and best practices in design instruction featured at this year’s BME-IDEA Meeting jacobsschool.bsky.social.
Don’t miss out, register today: bit.ly/40xJKvb
Check out our new MedTech to Market blog series for the stories behind our work with innovators, funders, and researchers who are bringing game-changing health technologies to life.
🧬 First up: how we worked with The NIH to advance the first point-of-care test for hepatitis C → bit.ly/3H6eehn
🧬 First up: how we worked with The NIH to advance the first point-of-care test for hepatitis C → bit.ly/3H6eehn
Medtech to Market: Advancing the First Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Test
As the Commercialization Center, VentureWell provided infrastructure support for a life-saving hepatitis C test-to-treat breakthrough.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Check out our new MedTech to Market blog series for the stories behind our work with innovators, funders, and researchers who are bringing game-changing health technologies to life.
🧬 First up: how we worked with The NIH to advance the first point-of-care test for hepatitis C → bit.ly/3H6eehn
🧬 First up: how we worked with The NIH to advance the first point-of-care test for hepatitis C → bit.ly/3H6eehn
Our #AspireMedtech mentors aren’t just advisors—they’re seasoned medtech investors and industry experts who work 1:1 with startups to sharpen strategy, stress-test business models, and prep for real-world investor conversations.
Join us 8/21 to hear what the program offers → bit.ly/3HoR5Hg
Join us 8/21 to hear what the program offers → bit.ly/3HoR5Hg
August 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our #AspireMedtech mentors aren’t just advisors—they’re seasoned medtech investors and industry experts who work 1:1 with startups to sharpen strategy, stress-test business models, and prep for real-world investor conversations.
Join us 8/21 to hear what the program offers → bit.ly/3HoR5Hg
Join us 8/21 to hear what the program offers → bit.ly/3HoR5Hg
$7 billion. 💥
That’s the amount of follow-on funding raised (so far!) by NSF I-Corps™ teams turning big ideas into real-world impact.
Check out the latest headlines from I-Corps™ alumni who are shaping the future in healthcare, agriculture, aerospace, manufacturing, and more.
bit.ly/4lpSvyW
That’s the amount of follow-on funding raised (so far!) by NSF I-Corps™ teams turning big ideas into real-world impact.
Check out the latest headlines from I-Corps™ alumni who are shaping the future in healthcare, agriculture, aerospace, manufacturing, and more.
bit.ly/4lpSvyW
August 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
$7 billion. 💥
That’s the amount of follow-on funding raised (so far!) by NSF I-Corps™ teams turning big ideas into real-world impact.
Check out the latest headlines from I-Corps™ alumni who are shaping the future in healthcare, agriculture, aerospace, manufacturing, and more.
bit.ly/4lpSvyW
That’s the amount of follow-on funding raised (so far!) by NSF I-Corps™ teams turning big ideas into real-world impact.
Check out the latest headlines from I-Corps™ alumni who are shaping the future in healthcare, agriculture, aerospace, manufacturing, and more.
bit.ly/4lpSvyW