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Turn 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.

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Enterprise Studio

Turns faculty research into startups, licenses and partnerships.

722 Preston Ave, alongside UVA LVG

115ventures tracked
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Ways to engage

41 deals · 6 venturesIP door
UVA LVG

The only path from a UVA lab notebook to a company.

25 startups · $1.4B
Coulter Center

Eighteen years of turning device and diagnostic research into companies.

6 × $50,000
Manning SPARK

The Manning Institute’s competition for faculty translational projects.

6 R1s · fast-trackSigned 2025
Lab-to-Launch

Virginia’s pledge to double startups from its research universities.

$20M · 2 exits
LVG Seed I & II

Two $10M funds that back UVA ventures right off the lab bench.

I-Corps → Enterprise Studio
NSF

Federal science funding — and the I-Corps path to market.

iTHRIV is the Virginia hub
NIH CTSA Network

Virginia’s hub for clinical and translational science.

in developmentIn development
Solutions Labs

Mission-driven labs built around grand challenges.

Who to call

Start with one conversation.

David Chen

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

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