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Catalyze student innovation for the common good! 

Impact Venture Demo Day feature student ventures tackling global issues through: tech for good, health and wellbeing, education, climate, fintech and more. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with 25+ innovative U-M student ventures, participate in interactive demonstrations of live prototypes, connect with visionary student founders, and provide feedback to early-stage solutions to global issues. Light refreshments will be provided.

Featured Special Guests Include: 

About the Impact Studio: 

The Impact Studio exists to catalyze innovation and discovery in service to the common good. Our incubator nurtures and launches impactful student ventures through mentorship, prototype funding and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

​This year, we are partnering with the University of Michigan’s Center for EntrepreneurshipoptiMizeZell Lurie InstituteBusiness+Tech and School of Information to highlight impactful student founders across the UM campus.

This event is made possible through our partnerships with the Applebaum Family Philanthropy, Ann Arbor SPARK, Boston Consulting Group, Business+Tech, Center for Entrepreneurship, and Zell Lurie Institute.