Are you interested in obtaining funding for your entrepreneurial project? Or interested in investing in startups or supporting entrepreneurial ventures?
New Ventures can connect you with people on both sides of the funding equation.
New Ventures organizes several startup funding opportunities, including the START Entrepreneurs program, Princeton Startup Bootcamp powered by VentureWell, and several Startup Showcases that include a keen focus on women and underrepresented minority founders. New Ventures also routinely advises and connects Princeton alumni, faculty, postdocs and students to other sources of startup funding around campus and beyond.
New Ventures is also connected to a wide array of venture capital firms and other sources of funding for entrepreneurs within the Princeton entrepreneurial ecosystem. These include Princeton-focused VC firms and angel funding groups (see sidebar).
New Ventures can advise and connect Princeton entrepreneurs with other sources of funding in the regional New Jersey ecosystem and beyond. Contact Anne-Marie Maman '84.
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The START program is part academic fellowship and part startup accelerator. The goal of the program is to help aspiring commercial and social entrepreneurs translate academic scholarship into highly impactful new ventures.
The Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Northeast Hub provides entrepreneurial training, mentoring and resources to enable researchers to translate their discoveries into benefits for society. The Hub is dedicated to delivering benefits in health care, the environment, technology and other areas while building skills and opportunities among researchers from all backgrounds, including those historically underrepresented in entrepreneurship.
Intelispark, a consulting firm that helps startups obtain federal small-business funding, is available to provide individualized counseling to Princeton faculty, postdocs and graduate students on how to seek funding through federal grant opportunities (such as SBIR and STTR).
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The Dean for Research IP Accelerator Fund is a program to award development gap funding to Princeton investigators, thereby fostering and advancing the development of nascent technologies emanating from University labs into commercial development and, ultimately, the global marketplace.
An annual national conference and startup pitch competition celebrating underrepresented academic entrepreneurs.
Intelispark, a consulting firm that helps startups obtain federal small-business funding, is available to provide individualized counseling to Princeton faculty, postdocs and graduate students on how to seek funding through federal grant opportunities (such as SBIR and STTR).
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The eLab Accelerator is a summer program offering resources, mentorship, funding, a specialized entrepreneurship curriculum, and a collaborative co-working space to help teams develop their startup ideas into viable, scalable ventures.
Innovation Forum is an annual competition and networking event showcasing Princeton research with commercialization, cultural or societal potential. Participants present their research in a three-minute presentation to the audience and a panel of judges, followed by a two-minute question and answer period.
Individual Princeton students and student groups can apply for funding to support research and development activities outside the classroom in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Projects that also relate to entrepreneurship and design thinking are particularly encouraged.
The Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Northeast Hub provides entrepreneurial training, mentoring and resources to enable researchers to translate their discoveries into benefits for society. The Hub is dedicated to delivering benefits in health care, the environment, technology and other areas while building skills and opportunities among researchers from all backgrounds, including those historically underrepresented in entrepreneurship.
The Princeton Entrepreneurs' Network Startup Pitch Competition is held annually at Princeton Reunions.
Founded in 1999, the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) is an entirely student-run organization which aims to foster student entrepreneurship at Princeton.
The Princeton Startup Bootcamp, Powered by VentureWell, is an intensive entrepreneurship workshop for Princeton grad students and postdocs.
At this annual showcase, a select group of premier Princeton and/or HBS-founded startup companies present an overview of their businesses followed by an audience Q&A.
PSV is a community of Princeton's top investors and builders. Prospect Student Ventures provides grants to student founders and does pro-bono work for VC firms.
The Princeton Research Funding Gateway is a portal site containing funding opportunities from internal Princeton sources, corporations, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and highlighted federal calls.
The Student Activities Funding Engine (SAFE) is a system designed to make it easy to manage and find funding for various student activities, such as Senior Thesis Research, Summer Study Abroad, Internships, and Independent Work.
The START program is part academic fellowship and part startup accelerator. The goal of the program is to help aspiring commercial and social entrepreneurs translate academic scholarship into highly impactful new ventures.
Startup Showcases shine a light on extraordinary Princeton founders with compelling business plans across the spectrum of industry sectors and social impact enterprises, helping them make valuable connections with alumni and investors.
Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund
Princeton’s first venture fund, the Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund, is fully invested. PEC administered the program and continues to manage the AEF portfolio. AEF’s 30 startups leveraged the $2.2 million total investment into nearly $160 million in outside investment as of 2022.