What’s new?
Before the Spring 2025 semester comes to an end, we still have many exciting opportunities planned here at TVL.
We’re thrilled to have accepted students into the Fall 2025 Practicum class. We appreciate all the students who applied and came to our info sessions!
We’re most excited for the upcoming Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition on May 2nd! The competition gives UT graduate student founders the opportunity to pitch in front of industry experts and investors for the chance to win cash prizes! We’ve had a large number of innovative, competitive teams apply and our panel of 45 highly-regarded judges are anticipating a great event. Our TVL team is hard at work throughout April planning the best competition yet. If you’d like to register to attend the finals competition, followed by an awards ceremony and catered reception, please RSVP here!
Another thrilling activity on the TVL Investment Competition agenda is a Fireside Chat with last semester’s winners, Longhorn Life Sciences. James Clarke, the representative competitor for Longhorn Life Sciences (pictured above), will be in Crum Auditorium at 1:30pm to give advice to competitors, and discuss what it takes to continue to accelerate a startup post-win.
Other awards that will be given out at TVL Investment Competition:
Is there a UT staff/faculty member who’s impacted your entrepreneurial journey? They deserve to be celebrated! There are many ways staff members can contribute to student success in entrepreneurship and warrant recognition through the John S. Butler Award. We are accepting nominations for the award through Sunday, April 20th, and the winner will be announced during the TVL Investment Competition Finals Ceremony.
The Nemec Fortitude Award is now accepting applications! If you’re currently enrolled in a UT System university and actively pursuing your own entrepreneurial venture, this could be your opportunity to take your ideas further with a $6,000 scholarship! Fortitude is key to entrepreneurship, and we want to hear how you embody this vital trait. To apply, submit your responses, a short essay, and at least three letters of recommendation. Deadline is April 20th, 2025 and the award recipient will be announced at the TVL Investment Competition on Friday, May 2nd, during the Finals ceremony!