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Darden School of Business · Batten Institute

UVA’s deepest bench in entrepreneurship education — the incubator every school’s founders pass through.

#7graduate entrepreneurship, Princeton Review 2026
275+companies supported since 2020
$1.75B+raised by alumni-founded ventures

Overview

Through the Batten Institute, Darden runs the i.Lab incubator, founder and search fellowships, venture internships and innovation grants, and convenes the Jefferson Innovation Summit. It is already pan-University in practice.

  • Batten i.Lab — 10-week summer incubator open to all of UVA
  • Batten Founder & Search Fellows — post-graduation funding
  • Venture Internship Program, Innovation Grants, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
  • Jefferson Innovation Summit — the Commonwealth convening
  • Ranked #9 globally for entrepreneurship; #3 among U.S. public business schools
  • Corporate partnerships and an executive education practice built for organizations

Connected across the map

TranslationBatten i.Lab22 teams · 5 schoolsCapitalBatten Grants & Fellows$1.5M since 2020CapitalDarden Venture FellowsVC pipelineCapitalCAV AngelsUVA alumni networkThe SchoolsWise & NOVAUVA beyond GroundsTranslationCorporate Partnersevery school has them

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