Launch Blue supports students, faculty, staff, startup founders, and investors through our unique training programs, which combine learning with hands-on experience.

• Our student ambassador and entrepreneurial leadership training initiatives develop the workforce of the future in emerging technology fields, innovation, and commercialization through experiential learning.

• Our innovation and entrepreneurial training programs provide innovators and founders with hands-on training to create and sustain successful technologies and businesses that solve real-world problems.

• Our new funding initiative, Invest Blue Angel Network, brings together a diverse community of accredited investors to provide startups with the capital and support they need to scale. The network is composed of seasoned entrepreneurs, operators, industry experts and professionals from various fields. The initiative facilitates investments, offers educational resources, and simplifies the complexities associated with early-stage investing.

Launch Blue is dedicated to growing the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem of Kentucky. Operating from the University of Kentucky, Launch Blue partners with stakeholders across the Commonwealth and beyond to nurture an environment that allows emerging technologies and social solutions to reach their full potential impact, serving UK’s land grant mission to uplift Kentucky’s innovation economy.

*Please note: gifts are to be used at the discretion of the department: UK Innovate and Launch Blue.