VentureWell

VentureWell We believe that innovation can change the world for good, and we’re providing the tools that empower innovators & entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life.

National non-profit based in Hadley, MA

Driving systemic resilience across global agricultural ecosystems 🌱We recently wrapped up the M4D Open Innovation Challe...
06/03/2026

Driving systemic resilience across global agricultural ecosystems 🌱

We recently wrapped up the M4D Open Innovation Challenge Bootcamp—the first stage of an initiative supporting growth-stage enterprises working to strengthen resilience in rural communities around the world.

Twenty-two teams completed the bootcamp and are advancing solutions across four core focus areas:
🌾 Insurance Solutions for Resilient Food Systems
🧱 Reducing the Drivers of Fragility
🛜 Digital Extension for Accountable Service Delivery
🌽 Agroecology for Productive, Climate-Resilient Systems

During the three-day virtual experience, participants explored strategic topics, strengthened connections to M4D Alliance Partners, and exchanged insights.

🌐 Thank you to our M4D consortium members and partners Asian Development Bank, IDB Lab, ESA - European Space Agency, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), CGIAR, EIIS - European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability, and the International Innovation Hub (IIH)—for helping make this possible.

06/03/2026

📚☀️ June is here, and so is our annual summer reading list.

Our executive team shares the books shaping their thinking, and the ones they’re reading just for fun.

🔖 See their picks → https://bit.ly/4uMF81f

We're excited to introduce the latest FLIPspace cohort: Bardia Saeedi, Graham Theisen, Walter Alejandro Sarmiento, Sidda...
06/02/2026

We're excited to introduce the latest FLIPspace cohort: Bardia Saeedi, Graham Theisen, Walter Alejandro Sarmiento, Siddarth Suresh! 🎉

Over the next three months, they’ll receive tailored venture development support, connect with mentors, and advance AI-driven innovations designed to address complex issues across industries.

Special thanks to the Walton Family Foundation, the Federal Laboratory Consortium, and Highway Ventures for bringing this program to life and supporting the next generation of innovators in Arkansas.

🌐 Get to know the cohort → https://bit.ly/43O4IXO

🏳️‍🌈 This , we’re sharing a few podcasts, articles, and resources we’ve been learning from lately.👉 Swipe through for t...
06/01/2026

🏳️‍🌈 This , we’re sharing a few podcasts, articles, and resources we’ve been learning from lately.

👉 Swipe through for the resources!
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StartOut, Out in Tech, The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE, Discovery

05/29/2026

Thirty years of shared work has a way of becoming something more than a partnership.

As we close out our 30th anniversary and National Inventors’ Month, Rob Lemelson reflects on what VentureWell has meant to his family’s legacy → https://bit.ly/4o9CVcJ

$75,000. Five campuses. Unlimited potential.We’re proud to announce five recipients of the VentureWell Innovation and En...
05/29/2026

$75,000. Five campuses. Unlimited potential.

We’re proud to announce five recipients of the VentureWell Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Institutional Award:
🏆 Steven Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University
🏆 Johnny Graham, Howard University School of Business
🏆 Yatin Karpe, Texas State University
🏆 Brittney Miller, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
🏆 Antwon Woods, Alcorn State University School of Business

Each awardee will receive $15K to expand STEM I&E efforts across their campus, creating more opportunities for students, faculty, and research translation.

Learn more → https://bit.ly/49YOAX4

💭 What does it take to move research from the lab into communities?Our Director of Higher Education Ecosystems, Mike Bri...
05/28/2026

💭 What does it take to move research from the lab into communities?

Our Director of Higher Education Ecosystems, Mike Brizek, has been engaging higher ed leaders nationwide on how colleges and universities can strengthen the culture, partnerships, and capacity needed to move use-inspired research into real-world impact.

From 's Innovation to Impact Symposium to 's Innovation in Food Sustainability Symposium, these conversations explored how institutions can strengthen research translation and build more connected innovation ecosystems.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to partner with leaders working to expand institutional readiness in these areas 🤝🏽

🔋⚡ Meet the startups pushing energy innovation forward. We’re proud to introduce the 14 seed-stage startups selected for...
05/27/2026

🔋⚡ Meet the startups pushing energy innovation forward.

We’re proud to introduce the 14 seed-stage startups selected for the 2026 Aspire Climatetech cohort!

Over the next five weeks, the teams will work closely with expert investor-mentors to pressure-test ideas, strengthen diligence conversations, and prepare for investor engagement.

🔌 See the solutions they’re building → https://bit.ly/4uCGfAN

👇 Biomedical engineering students—there’s just one week left to apply for !In partnership with the National Institute o...
05/26/2026

👇 Biomedical engineering students—there’s just one week left to apply for !

In partnership with the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, we’re spotlighting innovative healthcare solutions designed to solve real-world challenges.

Up to $190K in prizes is on the table—but only if you get your application in on time.

💻 Apply by June 5 → https://bit.ly/4sOvwCI

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01035

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