Worcester Chamber Announces 2024-2025 StartUp Worcester Cohort
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Venture Forum and WorcLab, is proud to announce the twelve local companies that have been competitively selected to the 2024-2025 cohort […]
5 Minute Pitch 2024 Judges
Jacob Rucker Cofounder, Auxilium Auxilium Worcester Ernesto Martinez-Villalpando, Ph.D. Strategy & Growth Advisor Zero_by_fifty Zero by Fifty Michelle Moulin CEO/Founder Blue Strategy + Creative Intl Blue Strategy + Creative Intl. […]
5 Minute Pitch 2024 Finalists
T J Haigh CEO, Trivflic Reimagined Trivia Trivflic T J Haigh CEO, Trivflic Reimagined Trivia Trivflic
5MP 2024 Agenda
Agenda 5:00 – 5:40 Doors open – networking, food, and drink 5:45 – 6:00 Program Begins Opening Remarks – Ron Fraser, Chair, The Venture Forum Presenting Sponsor Remarks: Stephanie Ramey, Auxilium […]
City Biz: Paul Silva Interviews Zak Dutton, Executive Director at Venture Forum
September 4, 2024, by Paul Silva This is part of the CityBiz series of interviews. Listen to the full interview here: Paul Silva Interviews Zak Dutton, Executive Director […]
Worcester Chamber of Commerce: StartUp Worcester Profile: The Next Trivia App is Born in Worcester
by Michael Kane, Economic Development and Public Policy Associate TJ Haigh, a young entrepreneur to watch, participated in two of Venture Forum’s programs. Haigh, the founder of Trivlic, was both […]
Worcester Business Journal: First WooTank Intercollegiate pitch competition leads to $14.5K in funding for student-founded startups
The Venture Forum held its first-ever WooTank Intercollegiate Showdown at the JMAC BrickBox Theater in downtown Worcester. April 4, 2024, by Eric Casey Inspired by the hit ABC television show […]
Inaugural WooTank 2024 Intercollegiate Showdown was a spectacular pitch event!
Congratulations to the 8 student entrepreneur teams that participated in our Inaugural WooTank Intercollegiate Showdown! 6 of 8 teams were awarded a total of $14,500 from our Sharks Mark Wingertzahn, […]
Worcester Guardian: College students compete for ‘deals’ in WooTank
March 25, 2024|Arts & Entertainment/Events, Business/Finance, Education/Schools And for that reason….we’re in! Here’s a really fun take on the popular TV show Shark Tank in which Worcester college student entrepreneurs […]
Launch Worcester Event at Redemption Rock Brewing Co was an incredible event
On March 18th,2024 Venture Forum launched Launch Worcester at an incredible event at Redemption Rock Brewing Co. There was fantastic energy in the room from startup founders, small business owners, service providers, mentors, […]
