Located in downtown Charlottesville, the Enterprise Studio supports faculty, research staff, and technical research-focused graduate students seeking to commercialize their research. The Studio is led by Managing Director Lisa Bowers in partnership with UVA LVG and UVA Innovates, a pan-University initiative led by Darden School of Business Professor Michael Lenox , and will serve as a complementary organization to The Foundry, led by Director of Student Entrepreneurship Brian Breslin.
“We help founders think through next steps and connect them to resources, including matching them with a dedicated advisor and guiding them towards the next phase—whether it is licensing their technology to another company, launching their own company in partnership with the Seed Fund or other funders, or appreciating the journey and putting it down and starting a new idea,” Bowers explains. “We are testing out approaches and developing a range of events and educational resources, available both online and in-person, to support founders.”
