October 18-20 | Tucson, AZ

The Research Institution GAP Fund and Accelerator Program Summit

Mind the Gap at World’s Best Technologies Showcase: Opportunity for university presenters

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October 16-17, 2025 / Seattle, WA

The annual summit for research institution gap fund and accelerator programs, including proof of concept programs, startup accelerators, and university venture funds

The Story

innovosource is partnering with WBT to bring you an exclusive, pre-event on gap funding (October 24th) of early stage technologies and start-ups. This roundtable is intended for current/aspiring fund managers and stakeholders across research universities, government agencies, hi-tech companies, and the early-stage investment community.

This session and associated networking are for you. We guarantees that the information and discussion from this event will provide you with a solid platform for gap fund development or partnering. We will also be announcing a venue following the event to continue the discussion and networking with peers and future partners.

We will take advantage of the conference location (San Diego) and the conference focus (showcasing early-stage/university) technology to offer a valuable opportunity.

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Want to participate? Showcase your fund and program? 

If you are a university-affiliated gap fund manager that would like to participate onsite or virtually, we want to share this event as a platform for you. In addition, we have negotiated a few other perks for those on-site university participants:

  • comp registration to MTG event
  • comp table space in exhibit hall to network/share information and materials
  • opportunity to add some of your licensable technologies/start-ups to the conference materials

 

Consortium For Gap Fund and Accelerator ProgramS

The Consortium provides a dedicated, institutional coordinating forum for collective insight, program refinement, and structured engagement with aligned commercial, investment, and philanthropic partners.

GAP are an interdependent institutional innovation and capital strategy that includes:

  • Translational research

  • Proof of concept programs

  • Startup accelerators

  • University venture funds

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