At The Venture Forum's 5-Minute Pitch Competition on November 19, 2024, Christian Lopez, Founder and CEO of SnowGo|MowGo, introduced an innovative platform designed to streamline outdoor maintenance services. You can watch his pitch below: youtu.be/vtOtkP_82fs?si…

At The Venture Forum's 5-Minute Pitch Competition on November 19, 2024, Chris Barron, Co-Founder and CEO of EMBioSys Inc., introduced their groundbreaking non-invasive therapy for metastatic cancers. You can watch his pitch here: loom.ly/hHtj0GE

At The Venture Forum's 5-Minute Pitch Competition on November 19, 2024, Nick Gronda, Founder and CEO of Croi, introduced an innovative platform designed to assist in making informed college decisions. You can watch his pitch here: loom.ly/_L6myuc

At The Venture Forum's 5-Minute Pitch Competition on November 19, 2024, Dr. Jimmy Chiu, Co-Founder of Loop CO2, presented their innovative approach to carbon dioxide utilization. You can watch his pitch below: loom.ly/BKKJiz0

At The Venture Forum's 5-Minute Pitch Competition on November 19, 2024, Jon Lincoln, introduced the GoImagine online marketplace, which connects artisans with consumers seeking unique, handcrafted items, fostering a community-driven platform. The pitch: loom.ly/VgpTvug

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Venture Forum and WorcLab, is proud to announce the twelve local companies that have been selected to the 2024-2025 cohort of the entrepreneur pre-accelerator program StartUp Worcester. loom.ly/YwiT3iQ

Happy New Year from everyone at the Venture Forum. We hope the connections that you made in 2024 propel you forward in 2025! If you met someone at one of our networking events, tag them here!

Today we presented Nick Gronda with a $7,000 check as the winner of The Venture Forum's 5MP Competition! This will help advance Croi’s mission to simplify the college selection process, ensuring students can achieve their educational goals with financial wisdom and clarity.

Congratulations to Chris Barron of EmBioSys! We were proud to present Chris with a $5,000 check as the runner-up at The Venture Forum's 5-Minute Pitch Competition! Learn More at: embiosys.com

🍕Lunch & Learn at WorcLab 🗓️Jan 21 noon Our speaker, Robert Irwin, is an accomplished industrial designer, inventor, and pioneer in sustainable product development. More about Robert Irwin's work at: irwindesigned.com To sign up: eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-…

The 2nd annual WooTank will take place on April 8, 2025 Clark University, Holy Cross, Nichols, WPI will be competing. Save the Date! wootank.com wootank2025.eventbrite.com

🚀 Massachusetts AI Models Innovation Challenge. MassTech is offering an opportunity for AI innovators: Up to $1 million to advance AI research, development, and deployment! 🎯 📅 Deadline to apply: February 28, 2025 🔗 Learn more and apply today: innovation.masstech.org/ai-models

🚨 WOOTANK INTERCOLLEGIATE SHOWDOWN: THE COMPETITORS ARE SET! 🚨 🏆 Clark University 🏆 Holy Cross 🏆 Nichols College 🏆 WPI Get your ticket: wootank2025.eventbrite.com

Our Host for the 2024 event was Dave Peterson, and he will be back again! Dave kept the competition moving, with lots of enthusiasm. David Peterson General Manager of the Worcester Bravehearts [Photo by Jeff Baker]

💥WooTank will be part of StartUp Week Worcester, a dynamic series of events celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in Central Massachusetts. Hosted by Auxilium and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. worcesterchamber.org/events/startup… WooTank: wootank.com

Get ready for WooTank 2025! WooTank is an intercollegiate pitch competition held in Worcester, where student entrepreneurs from local colleges present their business ventures to a panel of investors, aiming to secure real-time funding. Grab your tickets! wootank2025.eventbrite.com

Scott Kirsner poses the question: "Is Worcester’s startup scene on the verge of a tipping point?" We at The Venture Forum sure do think so! loom.ly/t649cYQ

🚨 Meet the Sharks of Wootank 2025! 🚨 💡 Kevin Anderson – Tech Entrepreneur, Founder of VentureWiz & VentureMeets 💰 Evan Cox – Investor, The Wire Group 📈 Stephanie Ramey – VP at Rucker Investments, Co-Founder of Auxilium Worcester Tickets: wootank2025.eventbrite.com

WooTank in the News! The Worcester Guardian just featured WooTank 2025! Check out their article on how student entrepreneurs are taking center stage at this year’s competition. Read more here: loom.ly/RFGFC6A #WooTank2025

What. A. Night. 🙌🐟💡 Last night’s WooTank Intercollegiate Showdown, organized by The Venture Forum, was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came out to support local student entrepreneurs! Here are the first few photos... #StudentEntrepreneurs #TheVentureForum