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The Georgetown Venture Lab

The Georgetown Venture Lab is dedicated to supporting alumni entrepreneurs through startup programming, access to valued business resources, and connections to the greater Georgetown community. The Venture Lab is operated by Georgetown Entrepreneurship, an initiative of the McDonough School of Business. 

Georgetown alumni entrepreneurs from all industries, locations, and company growth stages are invited to apply for membership at the Venture Lab. We know that starting and scaling a business is challenging, and we’re here to help. Through curated programming, a vibrant community of fellow founders, dedicated partners, and experienced mentors, the Venture Lab’s network of support is ready to assist you and your startup. 

While taking a temporary pause from operating a physical space, the Venture Lab looks forward to its re-opening at a co-working space in downtown Washington, DC in July 2021. Sign up for our newsletter below to make sure you receive the latest updates on our new space! 

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Venture Lab Members

STRIDER™ | Tara Swersie (SFS ‘06)

STRIDER™ offers a suite of digital products and software services that help equestrians connect to opportunities across the industry, grow revenue, and build professional capacity.

Pubvendo | Joshua Schwartz (SCS ‘13)

Reinventes digital literary marketing by placing your book in front of target audiences through highly engageable, high performing social advertising and outreach.

City78 | Femi Adelakun (G'17)

Bringing out the economic and placemaking potential of neighborhoods through AI and GIS.

Ailanthus | Joshua Schoen (SFS'14)

AiLanthus is document automation company that uses NLP and AI to extract data and use it to generate litigation documents.

MW Consulting | Marcus A. Williams (SCS'10)

MW Consulting is a full-service communications and Information Technology (IT) consulting firm.

AreaProbe | Curvin Leatham (SCS ‘13)

We help real estate investors, and property operators assess demand for housing, retail, and healthcare services in a particular community.

One Tent Health | Mackenzie Copley (COL ‘15)

An HIV screening and rapid PrEP linkage nonprofit on a mission to save and extend lives through fighting the HIV epidemic!

GOODProjects | Darius Baxter, Troye Bullock, Danny Wright (COL ‘16)

GoodProjects designs opportunities for youth and their families to live fulfilling lives free from poverty and violence with improvements to their health wellness.

Causal Design | Keith B. Ives (MIDP ‘14)

Rigorous economic and econometric research services to support nonprofits in creating evidence-based programs & policy work.

Gray Street Solutions | Tyler Gray (SCS ‘14)

A full-service digital agency bringing a “Fearlessly Agile” approach to digital marketing and web development – providing bespoke solutions.

Netcito | Peter Mellen (MBA'98)

Netcito is a peer advisory group for entrepreneurs and innovators. The company based out of 5300 Falmouth Road, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

Technology-Innovation-Law | Chris Bennett (L'21)

Launch and grow an integrated software and solutions company, leveraging innovation and technology, to bridge judicial poverty by enhancing awareness, accessibility, affordability and availability of intellectual property rights (IPR)

FutureEd | Thomas Toch

An independent, solution-oriented think tank at the McCourt School of Public Policy. We are committed to bringing fresh energy to the causes of excellence, equity, and efficiency in K-12 and higher education.

Content Rooms | Chris Cacace (C'17)

Support

"We are immensely grateful to the Leonsis family for their ongoing support. Access to the Venture Lab network, Georgetown EIRS, and Lab resources has been pivotal in our company's growth and a material catalyst in getting the company scaled to the next level. We've gotten perspective, connections, business strategy, practiced the business description to external parties, and mentored GU students. It's overall been a valuable experience."
Tara SwersieCEO at STRIDER

Acknowledgements

The Georgetown Venture Lab is supported by Ted Leonsis (C’77, P’14, P’15), a longtime entrepreneur, investor, and founder, majority owner, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment; his wife, Lynn; his son, Zach (MBA’15), senior vice president of strategic initiatives of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and general manager of Monumental Sports Network; and his daughter, Elle (C’14), digital marketing director of SnagFilms, Inc.

Venture Lab Blogs

GSA Demo Day

April 15, 2021 No Comments

Georgetown Entrepreneurship Hosts Demo Day to Celebrate Inaugural Startup Accelerator On March 30, Georgetown Entrepreneurship hosted the inaugural Demo Day to highlight the 12 early-stage

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