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Unsure about the next step for your business venture? We're accepting applications for our fall Accelerate cohort! Accelerate is open to teams who want to launch high-growth businesses or explore the commercialization potential of an idea.
The nine-week program takes place on Tuesdays from 3-5pm.
Apply by Tuesday, September 27th!
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Multiple funding opportunities available!
- E-Team Program: Part of the VentureWell Accelerator, supports student ventures as you embark down the path you’re likely to take as an innovator and entrepreneur. The program helps you advance your invention through a powerful mix of up to $25,000 in grant funding, entrepreneurship training, mentorship by dedicated staff, national recognition, and networking with peers and industry experts. Applications due by Oct 5. Learn more
- Fall '22 Course and Program Grants: Grants of up to $30,000 are awarded to faculty or staff at US higher education institutions to support curriculum that engages students in science and technology (S&T) innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). Course & Program Grants may be used to strengthen existing programs or to build new courses and programs that engage student teams in developing and pursuing scalable solutions to real-world needs and progress toward social and environmental sustainability. Learn more.
- American-Made Solar Prize Round 6 Webinar: If you have an innovative solar solution, then you're invited to compete in the Ready! contest, where you can win $50K by identifying an impactful idea or solution addressing a critical need in the solar industry. Participants compete for progressively larger prizes, including an optional justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion–focused prize that rewards efforts to lower barriers to solar adoption in underserved communities. Learn more.
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Amazon Launches Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2
Amazon is officially launching the Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2, where university teams across the globe can apply to compete in developing multimodal conversational agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions. The first-place team will take home a prize of $500,000. The TaskBot Challenge 2 addresses one of the hardest problems in conversational AI — to create next-generation conversational AI experiences by addressing their changing needs as they complete complex tasks.
Apply before November 4
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Upcoming Events & Programs
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Free educational & networking event for bioscience firms and innovators
Eugene is home to nearly 150 bioscience companies. Join Onward Eugene and Oregon Bioscience Association for this educational and networking event to learn more about resources in the local innovation ecosystem for startups and new ventures. Hear from bioscience and advanced manufacturing companies that are growing here and how they have successfully plugged-in.
Date: Friday, September 30
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Details and registration
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Now Accepting Applications for TiE XL Fall '22 Cohort
The TiE XL Entrepreneur Boot Camp is for early-stage entrepreneurs looking to vet their ideas and provide a base of knowledge to develop their companies and for entrepreneurs who have a product but haven't raised funding yet.
Schedule: This is a series of ten 3-hour workshop that will take place from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM, two times per week. This cohort will start mid-April.
Cost: TiE Members: $750 Nonmembers $1,000 **Scholarships available for qualifying entrepreneurs
Apply here
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In-Person & Virtual Tickets Now Available for the 19th Annual Bend Venture Conference
The Bend Venture Conference (BVC), hosted by EDCO, has championed entrepreneurs, innovators and rule-breakers across the region, the state and eventually across the country for nearly two decades. One of BVC's main goals is to connect Impact, Early Stage and Growth Stage companies with investment opportunities.
This year's conference takes place on October 20th and 21st
Tickets available here!
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Exclusive Outdoor Company Pitch Event Returns to Bend
Bend Outdoor Worx (BOW), Central Oregon’s outdoor industry accelerator, announces the return of BOW BreakOut, a pitch event created solely for outdoor companies and BOW BootCamp sessions. This year’s event will be held October 22, 2022, at the Open Space Event Studio in Bend, Oregon.
Tickets available here.
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Join the IFundWomen of Color Community
IFundWomen of Color was created, with founding partner Caress, to empower diverse entrepreneurs to bring their dreams to life. How do they do it? By applying the IFundWomen Method of providing access to debt-free capital through crowdfunding and business grants, expert business and fundraising coaching, and intros to lucrative connections, IFundWomen of Color entrepreneurs can grow their ideas into profitable, sustainable businesses, faster.
Apply today
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