The Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs connects local startup companies with talented and entrepreneurial graduate students at the University of Texas. The JBTVL Practicum course offers students the chance to participate in semester-long consulting projects solving important problems alongside the company’s founders. If admitted to the program, students will work closely with two startup companies […]
Announcing the JBTVL Accelerator Spring 2020 Cohort
We welcome these innovative companies who have been selected for our upcoming cohort! These 14 startup ventures were selected from a highly competitive field of applicants and represent some of the finest early-stage ventures that are being developed around Austin. They will be working with multi-disciplinary teams of graduate students from The University of Texas at […]
JBTVL in 2019: Year in Review
JBTVL in 2019: Year in Review As we wrap up 2019, marking our 35th year of supporting entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin and beyond, we take a look back and reflect on how JBTVL made a positive impact with the help of all our stakeholders. JBTVL Investment Competition Our flagship event, the […]
2019 Fall TVLIC Winners Announced
Plexus Technology earned first place and the $10,000 award in JBTVL’s Fall 2019 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) on December 6, 2019. As Texas Champion, Plexus Technology also won the priceless opportunity to close the Nasdaq in New York City and advising from the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs staff. Plexus Technology provides a […]
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) Schedule
Semifinals Schedule – December 6, 2019 – Rowling Hall Division I – RRH 3.304 9:00 AM – Aperiam Bio Aperiam Bio is engineering biological molecules for agricultural and pharmaceutical applications — these products might increase the nutritional profile of animal feed or help kill cancer cells — using proprietary machine learning tools. Austin Cole, […]
Watch Startup Pitches at the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition on Dec. 6
The Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) is designed to mimic the real-world process of raising venture capital. Graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin present their ideas for new businesses and receive invaluable feedback from entrepreneurs and investors. Many TVLIC competitors go on to launch their businesses. Successful competitors have included uShip, […]
Fall 2019 Venture Expo Companies
Our upcoming Venture Expo on November 21, 2019 will be featuring our Fall 2019 JBTVL Accelerator cohort, JBTVL Alumni Companies and other amazing startups from the University of Texas at Austin ecosystem! Read about these exciting new ventures below. Our current JBTVL Accelerator cohort is showing some serious potential and promises to be one of […]
Veteran Austin entrepreneur Mellie Price Tapped to Lead New Business/Medical Partnership
Health Startups Have New Home for Growth, Opportunity at UT Austin Veteran Austin entrepreneur Mellie Price tapped to lead new business/medical partnership AUSTIN, Texas – Health product innovators and entrepreneurs in the Texas capital are getting a leg up thanks to a new partnership at The University of Texas at Austin between the Jon Brumley […]
Fall 2019 Accelerator Cohort
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (JBTVL) is proud to welcome these promising companies into our Fall 2019 Accelerator cohort. Please take a moment to explore this wonderful group of innovative Austin startups spanning healthcare, technology, consumer, and business services. Our JBTVL Practicum students hit the ground running on Monday, September 9 to work with these […]
ShaadiBox wins Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition
AUSTIN, Texas – Three members of the McCombs MBA Class of 2019, Pallavi Nair, Yukti Gangwani and Jamal Olatunde, earned first place for their online retail platform, ShaadiBox, during the Spring 2019 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) held on May 10, 2019 at Robert Rowling Hall. ShaadiBox solves a difficult problem that Indian-American brides […]