LaunchPad will close for the summer starting May 1, 2023 with staff working remotely. If you are in need of assistance, please contact Diego Rubio: Diego.Rubio@utexas.edu. Have a great summer!

Launch your company.
Launch your career. Launch your life.

The LaunchPad at UT Austin is an entrepreneurship hub that helps undergraduate and graduate students of all majors explore and navigate entrepreneurship on the 40 Acres.

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We help students along their entire entrepreneurial journey.

EXPLORE

You're interested in entrepreneurship but don't have a venture idea - yet.

IDEATE

You have a venture idea you'd like to pursue through customer discovery and hands-on learning.

CREATE

You have a researched concept and are working towards building a product or piloting a service.

SCALE

Your venture has initial users or customers, and you're looking to grow.

EXPLORE

You have a venture idea you'd like to pursue through customer discovery and hands-on learning.

IDEATE

You're interested in entrepreneurship but don't have a venture idea - yet.

CREATE

You have a researched concept and are working towards building a product or piloting a service.

SCALE

Your venture has initial users or customers, and you're looking to grow.

We offer...

Open Door Mentorship

Students can meet with our mentors to get help on their idea or venture at any stage and in any industry.

Experiential Learning

We deliver signature programs and on-demand workshops to help students learn by doing.

Coworking Space

Take advantage of our student coworking space located in the Flawn Academic Center (FAC 101D).

Resource Navigation

There are 100+ resources related to starting a business at The University of Texas at Austin. We help you find what you need.

We offer...

Open Door Mentorship

Students can meet with our mentors to get help on their idea or venture at any stage and in any industry.

Experiential Learning

We deliver signature programs and on-demand workshops to help students learn by doing.

Coworking Space

Take advantage of our coworking space located in the Flawn Academic Center (FAC 101D) on Mondays through Thursdays from 12-8 PM for Fall 2022.

Resource Navigation

There are 100+ resources related to starting a business at The University of Texas at Austin. We help you find what you need.

Signature Programs

Entrepreneurial Mindset Bootcamp

Virtual bootcamp to help students learn an entrepreneurial approach to work and life.

StartUP Grants

$500-$5K grants, with mentorship, for students to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity.

Gap Year Founders

Nine-month paid program for recent alumni to dive deep into a problem of interest, do customer discovery, network with industry experts, and identify a solution to potentially launch a venture at the end of their gap year.

Bridge Venture Fellowship

3-week paid learning opportunity for historically underrepresented students to learn about venture capital via a virtual intensive and culminates in an in-person reception.

SEAL Summer Accelerator

Student Entrepreneur Acceleration & Launch is a 9-week capstone-like accelerator that picks the most promising UT startups and helps them make a go or no-go decision.

StartUP
Grants

Gap Year Founders

...

Virtual bootcamp to help students learn an entrepreneurial approach to work and life.

Entrepreneurial Mindset Bootcamp

3-week paid learning opportunity for historically underrepresented students to learn about venture capital via a virtual intensive and culminates in an in-person reception.

Bridge Venture Fellowship

SEAL Summer Accelerator

$500-$5K grants, with mentorship, for students to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity.

Nine-month paid program for recent alumni to dive deep into a problem of interest, do customer discovery, network with industry experts, and identify a solution to potentially launch a venture at the end of their gap year.

Student Entrepreneur Acceleration & Launch is a 9-week capstone-like accelerator that picks the most promising UT startups and helps them make a go or no-go decision.

LaunchPad by the Numbers

2021-2022
4,300

Students
Engaged

$65,200

Funds
Given

170

Mentorship
Hours

1,300

Program Participants

200

Mentorship
Session

55

Ventures
Served