Healthcare company-building profile
UVA Licensing and Ventures Group Seed Fund and Enterprise Studio
University of Virginia
AcceleratorUniversity acceleratorUniversityActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- University accelerator
- Organization
- University of Virginia
- Organization type
- University
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Company stage served
- Research or idea stage to Seed
- Cohort or participation model
- Rolling venture formation support; seed fund investments made case by case
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- LVG Seed Fund invests in qualifying UVA spinouts; terms not published
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
UVA Licensing and Ventures Group partners with faculty, researchers and investors to commercialize university innovations, running the LVG Seed Fund, an Enterprise Studio for venture formation and an I-Corps program alongside patent management and licensing. A substantial share of its spinout portfolio is biomedical, including therapeutics and diagnostics companies founded on UVA School of Medicine research. Faculty describe LVG as managing patents, negotiating licenses and introducing entrepreneurs to form companies.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Therapeuticsmedical devicesdiagnosticsuniversity spinout formation
- Category: University accelerator
- Program structure: Rolling venture formation support; seed fund investments made case by case
- Published terms: LVG Seed Fund invests in qualifying UVA spinouts; terms not published
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Adial Pharmaceuticals; Advaray; AgroSpheres; AMP3D; Angara
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