UW-Madison Showcases 120 Student Ventures, Targets No. 1 Public University for Founders
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Updated · ibmadison.com · Aug 19
UW-Madison Showcases 120 Student Ventures, Targets No. 1 Public University for Founders
1 articles · Updated · ibmadison.com · Aug 19
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UW-Madison used its End of Summer Tech & Entrepreneurship Celebration on Monday to spotlight student AI startups including Lobelia, an asthma-management platform, and to signal a broader push to turn campus projects into companies.
400 students, 120 ventures and more than 100 mentors already sit inside the year-old UW Tech Exploration Lab, while the new Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub says it aims to make UW-Madison the top public university for founders.
The hub said its near-term work will connect faculty, staff and students with research, venture and funding partners, while reducing fragmentation across campus entrepreneurship programs and improving coaching and visibility for founders.
Sept. 26-27 BuildFest and a Nov. 19 Demo Night anchor the lab's fall calendar, alongside weekly office hours and monthly industry problem sprints designed to move ideas from prototypes toward launch.