Students

Lean on valuable expertise and experience to accelerate your venture ideas.

Student entrepreneurs typically find themselves in a unique position. Many are working on exciting, cutting edge projects in school and are at the forefront when it comes to developing and using new technologies, but they lack the years of experience that comes with working in the business world. The Venture Catalyst at ASU is designed to address these needs and to assist student entrepreneurs in developing and connecting to resources that will assist in accelerating their venture to the next level.

The Catalyst is designed to offer you, the student entrepreneur, the services you need to move your venture forward. The Catalyst works with affiliates to develop the best mix of services and access for each individual venture through its state-of-the-art venture services platform. The Catalyst uses its own personnel, as well as collaborators from its extensive network, to provide this full range of acceleration services. In addition, ASU offers multiple funding opportunities for student ventures. Some of these opportunities offer not just initial seed funding, but mentorship and office space to assist ventures with business development.

Services offered through Venture Catalyst
  • Funding competitions via Edson and the Innovation Challenge
  • Legal Service through IAP
  • Accounting Services
  • Financial Services
  • Strategic Planning
  • Mentoring and Advising from Domain Experts
  • Market Analysis
  • Intellectual Property Assistance
Edson Student Startup Accelerator

The Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative harnesses the entrepreneurial energy, excitement and creativity found in ASU’s student body. It provides funding, office space and training for teams of students across the university to explore their innovative ideas for business products and services in partnership with faculty, researchers and successful entrepreneurs from both the academic and private sectors. The program will help students succeed in any enterprise, large or small, for-profit or not-for-profit, domestic or global. Visit edson.asu.edu for more information.

Learn more about Student Entrepreneurship or contact the Venture Catalyst at ASU to get started.