WooTank 2025: A Night of Innovation, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurial Spirit
WooTank 2025 was a resounding success! The Venture Forum held the second annual WooTank Intercollegiate Showdown on April 8th, 2025 at Off The Rails in Worcester MA. This year’s event […]
Press Release: Venture Forum Announces Leadership Transitions and New Board Members
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lazarczyk, LAZ PR lisa@lazpr.com | 617.838.7327 VENTURE FORUM ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS Central Massachusetts Start-Up Community Builds on Strong Foundation of Supporting Entrepreneurs with […]
Worcester Guardian: WooTank returns: student entrepreneurs take center stage
March 30, 2025|Business, Culture, Education Intercollegiate pitch competition brings Worcester’s top student-led ventures to the forefront By Charlene Arsenault Read the full article here: https://theworcesterguardian.org/f/wootank-returns-student-entrepreneurs-take-center-stage
WooTank is Part of Something Bigger – StartUp Week Worcester
Startup Week Worcester is a multi-day event celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in Central Massachusetts. Presented by M&T Bank and hosted by Auxilium Worcester and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, the event highlights Worcester’s […]
MassLive: Is Worcester’s startup scene on the verge of a tipping point?
Kirsner on Innovation March 25, 2025, By Scott Kirsner Read the full article here: https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/03/is-worcesters-startup-scene-on-the-verge-of-a-tipping-point.html
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 […]
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, […]