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. 

Since our founding in 1995, we’ve supported over 3,000 teams of science and technology inventors and innovators, and nurtured thousands of their startups, reaching millions of people in over 50 countries with ground-breaking technological advancements in fields such as biomedicine and healthcare, sustainable energy and materials, and solutions for low-resource settings. VentureWell’s office is located in beautiful western Massachusetts near several higher ed institutions, including the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. During this pandemic, our staff is working remotely.