Being a student founder is hard. We're here to help!

Duke Innovation Studio takes student ventures from inception to reality

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Here's how:

01

Mentorship

We support startups by assisting them with market research, customer discovery, and idea validation tailored to each of our verticals

02

Education

We partner with Rev, a virtual accelerator that provides a unique entrepreneurship curriculum for each of our startups

03

Talent

We provide student founders with engineering talent, industry specialists, and UI/UX designers to turn their ideas into products and solutions

04

Network

We build relationships with experienced entrepreneurs, alumni mentors, and subject matter experts to help startups navigate their problem spaces

05

Sponsorship

We offer our portfolio companies an array of resources – for more details, please inquire within

06

Fundraising

We connect our startups with venture capitalists and angel investors in each vertical so they can pitch their solutions and secure funding at our Demo Day

Our teams

Emerging Technologies

Identify promising startups in our key verticals and advise them on their journey to a successful product launch

Outreach

Source partnerships with VCs, angel investors and experienced entrepreneurs

Marketing

Curate content for our social media platforms and design promotional materials to build our brand

Internal

Serve as campus ambassadors and collaborate with student organizations to expand our community

Our partners

Duke I&E

We partner with Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship for sponsorship and community building with fellow entrepreneurs on campus

DAML Group

We partner with Duke Applied Machine Learning to source engineering talent to help founders build their ideas

Fin Venture Capital

We partner with Fin Venture Capital for fintech mentorship, venture insights, and networking in the VC community

Rev

We partner with Rev for our educational content and programming

Contrary

We partner with Contrary Capital to host innovation-related events and workshops

Duke I&E
DAML Group
Fin Venture Capital
Rev
Contrary

Program

Fall 2021

Potential Founders

We look for aspiring entrepreneurs who are passionate about building towards a better tomorrow.

Curriculum

We host weekly events with renowned guest speakers to educate our founders on different facets of entrepreneurship

Validation

We source hair-on-fire problems from our community and conduct market research to validate identified pain points

Transition

Our most promising founders transition into the Spring Accelerator

Spring 2022

Ideas

We search for innovative ideas within the broader Duke community to finalize our cohort

Talent

We assemble startup teams by connecting our founders to engineering talent and business support

Pilot Launch

Teams pilot their minimum viable products

Demo

Teams present to VCs, angel investors, and the general public

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This year's cohort

We're excited to innovate in 5 key verticals

Energy

Finance

Social Impact

Health

Blockchain

Get in touch

If you're interested in setting up a meeting or learning more about our work, send us a message!

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