UC Venture Lab - Founders and Friends: End of Year Celebration

Founders & Friends: Year-End Happy Hour

This year, the UC Venture Lab's founders did the hard part. They validated problems, built prototypes, landed pilots, raised capital, and hired their first employees. Join us to celebrate the founders, mentors, Executives in Residence, investors, and partners who made it a year of great work.

Why we're gathering outside 1819

The 1819 Innovation Hub is where many of our companies start. More and more of them are also leaving it, and that's the point. Our startups are growing out of the co-working desk and the Makerspace bench and into labs, offices, and production space across the Cincinnati Innovation District.

That's why we're hosting this year's celebration at Digital Futures, one of the district's anchors for research in emerging technology. The district is where university research, corporate partners, and startups share the same few blocks. Discoveries can move from lab to license to launch without leaving the neighborhood.

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