Our E-Team Program gives student innovators the chance to move new science and tech ideas out of the lab and classroom and into the marketplace. The three-stage program provides grant funding, experiential workshops, coaching, and a potential investment opportunity to help teams manifest their project's full commercial potential.

During Propel, your team will start to plan out and validate the pathway for your innovation, digging into business model design and mapping action plans to engage stakeholders and de-risk your venture. You'll cover topics including pricing and revenue models, strategic partnerships, and financial resources. Stage 2 provides your team with additional funding of up to $20,000. During this program, you will develop your business model hypotheses and a plan to test them and during the required three month period, you will execute on that plan to validate your business model.

COVID-19 Safety
VentureWell is committed to holding a safe and engaging workshop. Please review our COVID-19 policy and implementation plan and familiarize yourself with the health and safety requirements for attending this workshop. In addition to the VentureWell policy, CIC requires all visitors to complete the CIC Visitor Health Pass 48 hours prior to arrival. Please complete this form before arriving for the workshop.

Workshop Location/Dates/Times
Cambridge Innovation Center
CIC Cambridge @ 245 Main
Mosaic Room (3rd Floor)
245 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

August 11-12, 2022
8:30AM - 6:00PM ET

Please plan to arrive the day before and depart the day after the workshop.

Important Registration Directions
As stated in the program guidelines, VentureWell requires that two key student members of your E-Team participate in the Propel Workshop, which will take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts from Thursday, August 11 to Friday, August 12, 2022. Please plan to arrive the day before and depart the day after the workshop.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are limiting attendance and only two individuals per team can participate in the workshop. Each team member who is attending the workshop must register. It is the team leader's responsibility to ensure registration is complete by each team member before the deadline of July 6, 2022 and you may need to forward registration details over email to your team members. Failure to register before the registration deadline may result in your team not being able to participate in the workshop and access grant funds. If you have questions please contact Sarah Wharmby at swharmby@venturewell.org.