Missed our Chicago Demo Day? Check out the live recording with timestamps here:
For those that made it— thank you! For those that missed it— no worries! We have a Campus Demo Day in Champaign this Fall.
To see a full list of the startups in our 8th cohort, check out this post.
Here’s an overview of our schedule for the Fall semester:
Techstars Chicago Demo Day featuring Haylon Technologies (iV8) | 9/1
iVenture Startup Social (contact us for details) | 9/7
Founders - Illinois Entrepreneurs
54: Startup Weekend | 9/23 - 9/25
Forge: Startup Conference| 11/12 - 11/13
Social Fuse | 9/27
V. Dale Cozad Lecture on Entrepreneurship | 9/28
Startup Nation Lecture | 10/26
First Wave Deadline for iV9 applications | 11/13
Campus Demo Day | Week of 11/9
Build time for iV8 is not over! The cohort continues with another 50 weeks of programming during the Fall & Spring semesters administered through a weekly seminar course for teams to present updates and explore new topics to build upon their learnings from the summer. Our spring seminar course is open to teams interested in joining iV9— contact us for more info!
Calling all entrepreneurs for Wave 1 of applications for Cohort 9! Wave 1 deadline: Sunday, Nov 13th at 11:59pm
Know someone who might be a good fit? Send them our way! Not sure if you’re a good fit? Apply anyway!
To apply, visit: iventure.illinois.edu/apply
To meet with our team for more info about the program, visit: fantastical.app/sathreddy/30min
To keep up with iVenture, visit: linktr.ee/iventureaccelerator
For professors and faculty: do you think your students might be interested in hearing about iVenture? Contact us and we’ll set up a visit to your class or event.
Finally, shoutout to the two gentlemen leading our program’s operations & marketing: Sathwik Reddy & Josh Jay James.
Sathwik Reddy, Program Coordinator, is an entrepreneur, strategist, developer, and economist passionate about human-computer interaction, media technology, sustainable urban design, and wildlife conservation.
Josh Jay James (‘J Cubed’), Marketing Coordinator, is a serial social entrepreneur passionate about exploring the intersection of enterprise and social impact using principles of quantum marketing and category design thinking.