University
of VirginiaInnovates
For studentsFor UVA faculty & staffContact

One door per person

Find your way in.

A student, a faculty member, an alum and a company each have exactly one place to start — and everything behind it is shared.

Choose where you fit

StudentsStart something while you’re still on Grounds.

Any school, any major, no application. Walk into the Foundry on The Corner, describe your idea once, and get routed to everything else.

Start at The Foundry
Faculty & researchersTurn discovery into impact.

Bring research that could become a startup, a license or a partnership. Enterprise Studio works alongside UVA LVG, which handles everything built on UVA intellectual property.

Start at Enterprise Studio
Alumni & donorsBack the next generation of UVA founders.

Invest alongside other alumni, judge a pitch, mentor a student team — or support the engines that make it all possible.

Start at CAV Angels
Industry & partnersBuild with the University.

License UVA technology, put a life-science company in wet-lab space at North Fork, sponsor research or recruit UVA talent.

Start at UVA LVG

Who to call

The people who will route you to the right door.

Brian Breslin

Director, The Foundry · Director, Student Entrepreneurship

The Foundry

David Chen

Managing Director, Coulter Center for Translational Research · Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships, UVA Engineering

Engineering

Abby Fifer Mandell

Director, Galant Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship · Senior Lecturer of Commerce

Galant Center