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UVA Licensing & Ventures Group

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

722 Preston Ave

41IP deals completed
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Ways to engage

every school has themCompany door
Corporate Partners

The way most companies actually reach UVA.

$15M+ · 6 venturesCompany door
Commonwealth BioAccelerator

The region’s first wet-lab accelerator.

1 of 3 in the U.S.
Rolls-Royce UTC

Translation through an incumbent rather than a startup.

562 acres
North Fork

A UVA Discovery Park — and home to the region’s first wet-lab accelerator.

350K sq ft · 2027Opens 2027
Manning Institute

The single largest bet UVA has made on translation.

AstraZeneca $4.5B
Rivanna Futures

A national-security innovation campus in Albemarle County.

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Data Science

UVA’s newest school — and the fastest-moving frontier for new ventures.

2,500+ jobs
C'Ville BioHub

The industry-led cluster that turns UVA science into Virginia payroll.

300+ startups · $2B+
VIPC · Va Venture Partners

Virginia’s state venture capital.

AstraZeneca · RA Capital · Droia
National industry & VC

The industry partners and investors who scale UVA science.