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Technology Licensing Office at the University of Utah - Startup Funding Available Technologies Site Search Available Technologies Site Search Guide to Commercialization Early startups need funding to get off the ground. Wherever you are on your entrepreneurial journey, we have resources for you, and we also have relationships with local resources to help provide more feedback and coaching.
SBIR/STTR Programs offer vital grants for small businesses, fueling high-risk research to transform lab breakthroughs into impactful commercial products. While these grants are highly competitive, our team can support faculty as they apply for funding.
When new businesses launch, founders often need seed funding to invest the time needed to build the company’s go-to-market strategy, assemble the right team, define the needed development resources and outline an investable business thesis. The Utah Venture Hub has developed funding to support this early business development work. To inquire, reach out to Kyrsten Woolstenhulme at This email address is being protected from spambots.
You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The state of Utah started the Utah Innovation Fund to elevate Utah's economy by commercializing technologies discovered, advanced or developed at Utah's higher education institutions.
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EPIC has a nearly 30-year track record of fund management and has made over 125 investments ranging from software to healthcare. The Utah Venture Hub provides the EPIC team an early look at new and emerging university opportunities, allowing the EPIC team to guide and support new startups. To inquire, reach out to Sarah Halbern at This email address is being protected from spambots.
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DigitalOcean Hatch (formerly Startup Launchpad) provides AI and ML startups up to $100,000 in cloud credits and three months of free access to an 8x NVIDIA H100 GPU droplet for training and inference. The program targets pre-seed through Series A startups building on DigitalOcean infrastructure (including Paperspace by DigitalOcean) and includes technical support, mentorship, and ecosystem partnership benefits. Applications can be submitted directly or through partner incubators and accelerators worldwide.
AI and Health Seed Funding Program is sponsored by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute (UC Davis). This program supports interdisciplinary research teams at UC Davis focusing on innovative ideas to accelerate the impact of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The awards are intended to serve as a launchpad for early pilot and proof-of-concept studies with potential for future scaling and external funding.
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