Venture Lab

Workshops are an integral part of the Venture Lab experience. The workshops are organized around expert coaching sessions with Yale Ventures EIRs, entrepreneurs and executives in residence. Each workshop is organized by the Yale Ventures team, selecting EIRs and analysts to match the needs of the faculty innovator in order to offer targeted feedback and accelerate their venture development. Learn more about Venture Lab workshops.

For faculty and graduate students/postdocs who have developed groundbreaking science or technology innovations, Venture Lab Customer Discovery offers essential training, funding, and mentorship for teams with early stage ventures. This program guides teams through the crucial stages of customer discovery and solution validation. With a clear pathway to the national NSF I-Corps Teams program and potential access to a $50,000 grant, this program uniquely positions participants to successfully translate their innovations from the lab to the market, enhancing their appeal to investors and attracting top talent to their research teams. Learn more about Customer Discovery.

Digital Health Clinic provides specialized content delivered by Yale faculty and experienced digital health innovators, designed to accelerate the development of your digital health innovations. Participants will receive personalized guidance through three 1:1 sessions with Yale Ventures digital health experts, focusing on product functionality, market demand, and best practices in digital health product development. After these sessions, teams will have the opportunity to advance to the Customer Discovery program, supported by a dedicated mentor. The program concludes with a tailored Venture Lab Workshop, led by Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) with deep expertise in digital healthcare. Learn more about the Digital Health Clinic program.