Venture Bench
Supporting university startup companies
Venture Bench is a University of Utah accelerator created by the Technology Commercialization Office that provides a suite of services for its technology based companies. The University of Utah has a long history of success in creating companies and currently was ranked first at creating new start-ups from its research-based inventions. This path to success can be long and challenging and VentureBench provides new companies the support and expertise to shorten this time frame.
Services provided
- Grant Funding Assistance
- TCP Grants
- SBIR/STTR development
- VIP award competition
- Microgrants
- State Centers of Excellence Program
- Investment Funding
- Seed Funding through KickStart & Local Angels
- Venture Capital - National & Local
- Seek Out Managment Expertise
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program
- Establishment of Corporate Structure
- Market Assessment
- Business Plan Development
- Logo/Brand Creation
- Web Hosting & Development
- Accounting Services
- Access to Research Facilities & Labs
- Office & Wet Lab Space
Contact us
For more information, contact us at venturebench@tco.utah.edu.

