Top Resources For Investors
The Innovation Fund exists to fund creative and meaningfully innovative ventures from the Penn student community. All funding decisions are made by our Investment Team, which is comprised of students from across the University of Pennsylvania.
A VC fund and network of founders, executives and investors committed to mentoring and investing in leading early-stage, student and alumni founders
Apprenticeship in early-stage venture capital. Pear Fellows work directly with Pear’s Investment Partners to learn how we find, pick, and help the best founders.
Our incredible community of experts, operators, and advisors is built by students and backed by First Round Capital. We give our portfolio companies all the help they need to take their companies to the next level.
Through our network of student investors who receive hands-on training and mentorship from GC, we partner with the brightest student founders across the US.
The Bet on Entrepreneurship program provides First Generation and/or Lower Income members of the Class of 2026 at the University of Pennsylvania with an eight-week, summer immersive placement with San Francisco/Bay Area-based charter venture capital firms.
Red + Blue Ventures is a privately owned and operated, seed and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies from the Penn ecosystem.
Investor Events & Workshops
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October
Use Penn's library tools to find market data, validate your food or beverage concept, and gain a competitive edge!
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October
Join Kokada co-founder Jared Golestani for a practical look at how to build the supply chain your growing food or consumer goods business!
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October
As the Chief Product Officer at Snorkel AI, Anand loves the excitement of working with world-class teams to build and market game-changing AI products.
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October
Guilherme "Gui" Freire is a serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building and investing in technology companies.
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October
Ozge Tuncel Ozcan is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Forter, where she is responsible for go-to-market teams and operations.
Related Articles & Stories
Find out what's happening with founders across the #entrePENNeur community! Want to tell your story? Contact us at venturelab@upenn.edu.
More than 500 attendees gathered at Tangen Hall to explore entrepreneurial resources, opportunities, and pathways across Penn.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 5, 2026 — The University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab is proud to announce the winner of its tenth annual Startup Challenge: Cloak, founded by an all freshmen team, Rishi Ambavanekar, ENG'29, W'29, and Tyler Sacharow, C'29.
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On Apr 22, 2025, Venture Lab’s Food Innovation Lab and ZenBroth (founded at the innovation Lab!) hosted a tasting and demo cooking session at Tangen Hall.
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Announcing the Finalists of the 2026 Venture Lab Startup Challenge
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At Tangen Hall, Penn’s interdisciplinary hub for makers, designers, and entrepreneurs, two alumni chose to leave a lasting mark by naming state-of-the-art labs that reflect their personal journeys. Amish Jani (W'99 and WG'00) and Svetlana Dunaevskaya (WG'06) share how naming spaces in Venture Lab became a way to invest in future entrepreneurs, honor family legacies, and create a sense of belonging across borders.
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Two Venture lab alumni are among this year’s 84 Scholars from 25 countries!
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