A comprehensive overview of iVenture.
More than just an Accelerator. iVenture encompasses curriculum, social innovation programs, Fellowships, collaborations with student entrepreneurship groups and more.
The 6 parts of iVenture
The 6 parts of iVenture
Accelerator
Accelerator
Accelerator
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Fellowships
Fellowships
Fellowships
Social innovation
Social innovation
Social innovation
Chicago events
Chicago events
Chicago events
RSO collaboration
RSO collaboration
RSO collaboration
So how can you get involved?
So how can you get involved?
As a student
As a student
As a student
Experiential programs
iVenture Accelerator is the educational accelerator for top startups looking to scale and serves as the capstone experience of the iVenture Ecosystem. The Accelerator supports top ventures from the Illinois Innovation Network and University of Illinois System campuses. The intensive program accelerates growth with a 10-week full-time summer sprint, 11 months of continuous entrepreneurial education throughout the academic year, and access to our vast alumni and mentorship network. For change-makers looking to make a positive impact on the world, iVenture provides the necessary resources students need for their startups to succeed including non-dilutive funding of up to $20k (you own 100% of your company), free office space, food, access to makerspaces, compensated travel to Chicago, and more.
iVenture Accelerator
iVenture Accelerator is the educational accelerator for top startups looking to scale and serves as the capstone experience of the iVenture Ecosystem. The Accelerator supports top ventures from the Illinois Innovation Network and University of Illinois System campuses. The intensive program accelerates growth with a 10-week full-time summer sprint, 11 months of continuous entrepreneurial education throughout the academic year, and access to our vast alumni and mentorship network. For change-makers looking to make a positive impact on the world, iVenture provides the necessary resources students need for their startups to succeed including non-dilutive funding of up to $20k (you own 100% of your company), free office space, food, access to makerspaces, compensated travel to Chicago, and more.
iVenture Accelerator
iVenture Accelerator is the educational accelerator for top startups looking to scale and serves as the capstone experience of the iVenture Ecosystem. The Accelerator supports top ventures from the Illinois Innovation Network and University of Illinois System campuses. The intensive program accelerates growth with a 10-week full-time summer sprint, 11 months of continuous entrepreneurial education throughout the academic year, and access to our vast alumni and mentorship network. For change-makers looking to make a positive impact on the world, iVenture provides the necessary resources students need for their startups to succeed including non-dilutive funding of up to $20k (you own 100% of your company), free office space, food, access to makerspaces, compensated travel to Chicago, and more.
iVenture Accelerator
WiE is creating a thriving community of women in entrepreneurship by providing them with a safe and inclusive space to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another. Through engaging events, insightful speakers, and a network, WiE is inspiring, educating, and equipping women at UIUC to excel in their entrepreneurial pursuits.
Social Innovation: Women in Entrepreneurship
WiE is creating a thriving community of women in entrepreneurship by providing them with a safe and inclusive space to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another. Through engaging events, insightful speakers, and a network, WiE is inspiring, educating, and equipping women at UIUC to excel in their entrepreneurial pursuits.
Social Innovation: Women in Entrepreneurship
WiE is creating a thriving community of women in entrepreneurship by providing them with a safe and inclusive space to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another. Through engaging events, insightful speakers, and a network, WiE is inspiring, educating, and equipping women at UIUC to excel in their entrepreneurial pursuits.
Social Innovation: Women in Entrepreneurship
Program Fellows support the operations of the iVenture ecosystem. We hire leaders in events, operations, marketing, content, design, and more.
Program Fellowship
Program Fellows support the operations of the iVenture ecosystem. We hire leaders in events, operations, marketing, content, design, and more.
Program Fellowship
Program Fellows support the operations of the iVenture ecosystem. We hire leaders in events, operations, marketing, content, design, and more.
Program Fellowship
iVenture alums still enrolled in school receive stipends and resourcing to continue work on their venture during the following summer.
Alum Fellowship
iVenture alums still enrolled in school receive stipends and resourcing to continue work on their venture during the following summer.
Alum Fellowship
iVenture alums still enrolled in school receive stipends and resourcing to continue work on their venture during the following summer.
Alum Fellowship
For high schoolers who want to shadow our Program Fellow team.
Rotational Shadow Program
For high schoolers who want to shadow our Program Fellow team.
Rotational Shadow Program
For high schoolers who want to shadow our Program Fellow team.
Rotational Shadow Program
We work closely with student entrepreneurship groups such as Founders, EntreCORPS, and Zero2One.
Student Entrepreneurship Roundtable
We work closely with student entrepreneurship groups such as Founders, EntreCORPS, and Zero2One.
Student Entrepreneurship Roundtable
We work closely with student entrepreneurship groups such as Founders, EntreCORPS, and Zero2One.
Student Entrepreneurship Roundtable
The Entrepreneurship Certificate
The Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation Graduate Certificate is designed to develop leaders who:
1. Recognize an entrepreneurial mindset
2. Understand how to manage and innovate in uncertainty
3. Understand when, why, and how to think creatively
4. Assess the feasibility of a new venture and the diversity of challenges involved.
This Graduate Certificate will not only provide a strong foundational knowledge of creativity and entrepreneurship, but also provide students multiple opportunities to apply this knowledge.
These seminars are for students actively engaged in building their startups. This highly collaborative course provides entrepreneurial theory, context, and skills to facilitate venture-building and experiential learning-by-venturing.
Seminar: BADM 463 + 464
These seminars are for students actively engaged in building their startups. This highly collaborative course provides entrepreneurial theory, context, and skills to facilitate venture-building and experiential learning-by-venturing.
Seminar: BADM 463 + 464
These seminars are for students actively engaged in building their startups. This highly collaborative course provides entrepreneurial theory, context, and skills to facilitate venture-building and experiential learning-by-venturing.
Seminar: BADM 463 + 464
Flagship events
Flagship events
iVenture Orientation
Tue / May 21st, 2024
Deans' Visit
Mon / June 17th, 2024
Chicago Showcase Week
July 8th - July 12th, 2024
Campus Demo Day
Wed / September 18th, 2024
Online Demo Day
Wed / November 13th, 2024
Chicago Demo Day
Thu / May 16th, 2024
Other Events
54, Forge, Accelerators Collide, hackathons, and more.
iVenture Orientation
Tue / May 21st, 2024
Deans' Visit
Mon / June 17th, 2024
Chicago Showcase Week
July 8th - July 12th, 2024
Campus Demo Day
Wed / September 18th, 2024
Online Demo Day
Wed / November 13th, 2024
Chicago Demo Day
Thu / May 16th, 2024
Other Events
54, Forge, Accelerators Collide, hackathons, and more.
Help a team of your choice set milestones and focus on critical business issues they face. You play a key role in helping the team set and achieve strategic goals. You will 1) Have 1 virtual or in-person meeting per month 2) Receive periodic updates from teams, and 3)bring area or process expertise (a great fit for senior leaders).
iVenture Coach
Help a team of your choice set milestones and focus on critical business issues they face. You play a key role in helping the team set and achieve strategic goals. You will 1) Have 1 virtual or in-person meeting per month 2) Receive periodic updates from teams, and 3)bring area or process expertise (a great fit for senior leaders).
iVenture Coach
Help a team of your choice set milestones and focus on critical business issues they face. You play a key role in helping the team set and achieve strategic goals. You will 1) Have 1 virtual or in-person meeting per month 2) Receive periodic updates from teams, and 3)bring area or process expertise (a great fit for senior leaders).
iVenture Coach
Link one or more teams to people in your network who might become partners, customers, suppliers, advisors, funders, or can provide other expertise or resources. A quick, high-yield way to help student startups.
Connector / Advisor
Link one or more teams to people in your network who might become partners, customers, suppliers, advisors, funders, or can provide other expertise or resources. A quick, high-yield way to help student startups.
Connector / Advisor
Link one or more teams to people in your network who might become partners, customers, suppliers, advisors, funders, or can provide other expertise or resources. A quick, high-yield way to help student startups.
Connector / Advisor
Meet with several teams individually over the course of a few hours. A great fit for serial entrepreneurs or those with skills that can help a broad range of ventures in different industries.
Office Hours
Meet with several teams individually over the course of a few hours. A great fit for serial entrepreneurs or those with skills that can help a broad range of ventures in different industries.
Office Hours
Meet with several teams individually over the course of a few hours. A great fit for serial entrepreneurs or those with skills that can help a broad range of ventures in different industries.
Office Hours
Teach a workshop on branding, strategy, market research, legal + IP, and any other topic relevant to early-stage entrepreneurship. Can be one lunchtime session to multiple sessions over a few days. Great fit for subject matter experts and faculty.
Teach Workshops
Teach a workshop on branding, strategy, market research, legal + IP, and any other topic relevant to early-stage entrepreneurship. Can be one lunchtime session to multiple sessions over a few days. Great fit for subject matter experts and faculty.
Teach Workshops
Teach a workshop on branding, strategy, market research, legal + IP, and any other topic relevant to early-stage entrepreneurship. Can be one lunchtime session to multiple sessions over a few days. Great fit for subject matter experts and faculty.
Teach Workshops
Come to join us on-campus to deliver a focused talk on your entrepreneurial journey, lessons learned, and perspectives gained. Great for executives and startup veterans.
Speaker Series
Come to join us on-campus to deliver a focused talk on your entrepreneurial journey, lessons learned, and perspectives gained. Great for executives and startup veterans.
Speaker Series
Come to join us on-campus to deliver a focused talk on your entrepreneurial journey, lessons learned, and perspectives gained. Great for executives and startup veterans.
Speaker Series
A little more about us
Ventures
155
Distinct plans of study
109
Students
379
Expert mentors and advisors
1881
Full time internships and jobs created
Internships and jobs created
923
Money raised
$161,000,000+
Total enterprise value
$1,000,000,000+
iVenture Accelerator
The educational accelerator for startups ready to scale within the U of I system.
iVenture Accelerator
The educational accelerator for startups ready to scale within the U of I system.
A quick guide to the iVenture Ecosystem
More than just an Accelerator. iVenture encompasses curriculum, social innovation programs, Fellowships, collaborations with student entrepreneurship groups and more.