July 8, 2024

An impressive 33% of the startups featured in this year's Cincy Inno’s Top Startups to Watch list and finalists for the Business Courier’s Cincy Inno Fire Awards are either founded by University of Cincinnati alums or are associated with UC’s corporate investor partners. UC has strategically identified and developed programs centered around fundamental influences for startup success.

July 9, 2024

Bearcat Ventures is a student-led initiative redefining experiential education in venture capitalism. It introduces students to the intricacies of early-stage startup investments and equips them with the knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions. The two local startups chosen as Bearcat Ventures' first investments are Tembo, a Postgres developer platform founded by a former University of Cincinnati student, and Band Connect, a connected health platform co-founded by a UC DAAP alumna.

July 12, 2024

Two-time University of Cincinnati graduate Brent Figg has coached rowing teams for decades — now, he’s bringing his innovative mentorship style into transdisciplinary realms.

July 12, 2024

Matthew Sias founded Innovation Acceleration, a tech startup partner of the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, to help companies increase efficiency by incorporating generative AI and machine learning into their business processes.

July 6, 2022

By two key measures, the Cincinnati Innovation District (CID) is demonstrating success at an accelerated pace in developing entrepreneurial talent.

March 22, 2023

Entrepreneurship programs at the University of Cincinnati allow college students to explore the commercialization potential of business concepts they’ve developed in the laboratory or the classroom. Through the Venture Lab in the 1819 Innovation Hub, Bharadwaj “Ben” Dogga connected with seasoned industry professionals and resources to evaluate the marketability of DigiE3Turbo, a software plug-in he designed to automate the digitization of jet engine blades.

September 20, 2023

When Abby McInturf was a University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) student on her way to a degree in industrial design, she studied ways to enhance human health through better design. Her research and experiences in the UC Venture Lab led her, shortly after graduation, to found a company called Band Connect that improves physical therapy rehabilitation for a host of musculoskeletal injuries.

September 20, 2023

In higher education, individuals like Josie Dalton stand out. As the assistant director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Cincinnati, Dalton nurtures the entrepreneurial spirit in students.

September 19, 2023

Ask someone what life-changing scientific breakthrough they might want to be remembered for, and it’s a fair bet they’ll say “Curing cancer.” RNA Nanotherapeutics is bringing that answer a step closer, thanks to the research of Xiaoting Zhang, the John and Gladys Strauss Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and director of the Breast Cancer Research Program of the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Cancer Biology. UC’s Venture Lab helped him launch a discovery that could transform the treatment of breast cancer.

November 30, 2023

A pair of graduates of the University of Cincinnati’s Venture Lab program were recognized as being among the top entrepreneurs in North America as part of the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Clean Earth Rovers cofounders Michael Arens and David Constantine were named to the 13th annual Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the energy category.