JBTVL is accepting startup company applications for the TVL Accelerator’s Fall 2023 cohort. We are looking for early and growth stage startups (pre-revenue and post-revenue) that will benefit from leveraging our highly talented grad students and UT Austin resources to address important questions they have about their business with market validation, pricing and competitor research, business model analysis and a variety of other consulting projects.

In support of President Jay Hartzell’s mission to become the world’s highest-impact public research university, TVL has created the space for UT graduate students to collaborate with startups in order to help bridge the gap between curriculum-based learning and real-life research learning and opportunities.

The TVL Accelerator matches Texas-based startups with cross-functional teams of UT Austin graduate students in the TVL Practicum class for 10-week long startup consulting projects. Our rigorous market validation process and our students’ research accelerates startups towards funding and growth.

Still need more info? Register now for our upcoming TVL Accelerator Information Session on Wednesday, June 28 at 5:00 PM via Zoom. At this session, TVL Director Mellie Price will cover our various programs with a focus on how we engage with startups, what the application process looks like, and the results we’ve seen from our alumni companies. There will also be ample time for Q&A and interaction with Mellie and the rest of the TVL team.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, July 9. If you have any questions about the TVL Accelerator or the TVL Practicum class, please contact us at InfoTVL@mccombs.utexas.edu.