Impact Venture Demo Day 2026

​Catalyze student innovation for the common good: RSVP today for the Impact Venture Demo Day!

​Featuring student ventures tackling global issues through: tech for good, health and wellbeing, education, climate, fintech

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​💡 25+ innovative UM student ventures
⚡️ Interactive demonstrations of live prototypes
🤝 Connect with visionary student founders
🌎 Provide feedback to early-stage solutions to global issues
🍫 Light refreshments will be provided

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​Featured Special Guests:

• ​Brian Tobelman from Boston Consulting Group

• ​Brittni Abiolu from Michigan Founders Fund

• ​Gabriel Scharg from Applebaum Ventures

• ​Loren Townes, Jr. from Ann Arbor SPARK

• ​Mike Flannagan from SPARK Capital

• ​Mira Kaufman from Ingeborg Investments

• ​Zachary Savas from Cranbrook Partners & Co

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​About the Impact Studio

​The Impact Studio exists to catalyze innovation and discovery in service to the common good. Our incubator nurtures and launches impactful student ventures through mentorship, prototype funding and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

​This year, we are partnering with the University of Michigan's Center for Entrepreneurship, optiMize, Zell Lurie Institute, Business+Tech and School of Information to highlight impactful student founders across the UM campus.

​This event is made possible through our partnerships with the Applebaum Family Philanthropy, Ann Arbor SPARK, Boston Consulting Group, Business+Tech, Center for Entrepreneurship, and Zell Lurie Institute.