UVA Innovates
Empowering innovators for the greater good.
UVA Innovates connects students, faculty, researchers, and alumni to the spaces, capital, and people that turn ideas into reality.
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What are you trying to do?
Got an idea? Let's turn it into a company.
Take your research to market.
Need lab or studio space? Move in and build.
Mentor or back the next UVA founder.
Partner with UVA. Talent, research, big swings.
Got a problem worth solving? Bring it here.
Home to The Foundry · Enterprise Studio · Commonwealth BioAccelerator · Solutions Lab — in partnership with the Batten Institute, Galant Center, Engineering ORI, and the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic.
Explore by Category
News, ventures, and people — organized by what you care about.
Research Commercialization
Discoveries moving from the lab to the market.
Explore →Defense & National Security Innovation
Dual-use technology and mission-driven ventures.
Explore →Biotechnology & Health Innovation
Life sciences ventures from bench to bedside.
Explore →AI & Data Ventures
Machine learning and data-driven startups.
Explore →Social Entrepreneurship
Ventures built for public and community impact.
Explore →Regional Innovation Ecosystem
Charlottesville and the Commonwealth's innovation network.
Explore →Corporate Partnerships
Companies collaborating with UVA on innovation.
Explore →Founder Stories
Successful UVA founders, by sector.
Explore →Investors & Venture Capital
Capital sources backing UVA-connected ventures.
Explore →Alumni Founder Network
Hoos building companies after Grounds.
Explore →Innovation Jobs & Internships
Opportunities across the ecosystem's ventures.
Explore →Startup Workspace & Makerspaces
Labs, studios, and shops for builders.
Explore →The connective tissue of UVA's entrepreneurial ecosystem — coordinating spaces, services, and enrichment opportunities so the University's best ideas become ventures for the greater good.
In the news
From idea to impact.
UVA's Innovator of the Year determined to make food safer, students smarter
UVA, Batten School to expand economic development efforts in Appalachia
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Ready to catalyze your vision?
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