The iVenture Accelerator Presents Cohort 11: The Final U of I Pitch Event
For guests:
We'll be on the 4th floor. Please mention to the front desk that you're here for the iVenture event, and your contact for the event is Tenny Ahn.
Intro
Welcome to iVenture 11’s first and final Chicago pitch event for summer 2025! Come watch early-stage, revenue generating & user-base-expanding companies across health tech, climate tech, ed tech, food insecurity, social, AI, and more.
For all our new friends reading this, iVenture is the educational accelerator for top student startups at U of I. We help them scale their revenue & userbases, develop core entrepreneurial competencies, and create & refine their longterm strategies to build sustainable startups.
In addition, we provide them with up to $20k in non-dilutive funding, free workspaces, free food, and full access to our network of international mentors and advisors. Our alumni have raised over $160 million over the last 10 years and their companies are collectively worth over $1 billion; iVenture 11 is the newest cohort joining and continuing the legacy.
More importantly, they’re the newest cohort that we have the pleasure of growing together with.
The morning consists of 3 minute pitches + judging and open networking amongst fellow founders, entrepreneurial mentors + advisors, friends of the iVenture community, and executives across the city.
Check out our iVenture Cohort 11 startups at this link.
Refreshments and friendships provided.
Schedule
10:00am – Doors 0pen
10:30am – Pitching starts
12:00pm – Open networking
iVenture is a program within the Origin Ventures Office of Entrepreneurship.