Business Incubation
Ventura Labs turns Orchidian ideas into real companies, with workspace, mentors, seed support and investor connects.
Ventura Labs — business incubation.
Ventura Labs turns Orchidian ideas into real companies, with workspace, mentors, seed support and investor connects.
- A dedicated Orchid initiative, run in partnership with industry and mentors
- Real environments and outcomes — not theory alone
- Open to Orchidians across all ten Schools
Why business incubation.
Dedicated workspace
Desks, meeting rooms and prototyping space inside a community of builders.
One-to-one mentorship
Matched from 800+ industry partners to your sector and stage.
Seed support
Funding for prototypes, early hires and your first customers.
Legal and financial
Guidance on incorporation, compliance, IP, accounting and fundraising.
Investor connects
Demo days and warm introductions to angels and early-stage funds.
A closer look.
Ventura Labs is for founders who refuse to wait until graduation. It's the boldest expression of Learn While You Earn: here, the venture you launch can become the work you earn from.
Arrive with a full plan or a stubborn problem to solve. Early-stage founders move through structured cohorts; ready founders get hands-on support to ship and scale, and WINNERDS ideas are fast-tracked in.
Entrepreneurship here is no afterthought. Mentors help translate coursework into product decisions, and the discipline of running a venture sharpens how you study, so degree and startup advance together.
Ventura Labs in frames.
Dedicated workspace
Desks, meeting rooms and prototyping space inside a community of builders.
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One-to-one mentorship
Matched from 800+ industry partners to your sector and stage.
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Seed support
Funding for prototypes, early hires and your first customers.
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