Summer Venture Program
A 10-week intensive experience designed to accelerate the development of student entrepreneurial ventures.
2025 Update
For students interested in applying to the 2025 Summer Venture Program, we are excited to meet you and get to know your ventures. Please read the FAQs and sign up for an info session to learn more about the program and ask any questions you may have.
Please also note that there is a new requirement for all 2025 applicants to attend a Customer Discovery Workshop, conduct five or more Customer Discovery calls, and submit insights as part of the application.
About Summer Venture Program
The Summer Venture Program (SVP) is a 10-week intensive experience that builds entrepreneurial skills and accelerates the development of student ventures. Each year approximately 15 teams are chosen among the most promising graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurs from Babson College, F.W. Olin College of Engineering, and Wellesley College.
Teams receive free housing, co-working space, dedicated advisors, expert speakers/mentors, and world-class programming that leverages the resources of the Blank Center. As teams work to build their businesses, they make invaluable connections to potential customers, partners, investors, and industry influencers. At the culmination of the program, teams present at the Summer Venture Showcase to an audience drawn from the Babson community and the Boston entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Participants form lifelong bonds with their fellow entrepreneurs, and after the program, they join a powerful network of hundreds of SVP alumni that span over a decade.
The Leader
Since its inception in 2009, the Summer Venture Program has influenced the lives of over 430 student entrepreneurs. Notable past ventures include DARTdrones, DetraPel, Mighty Well, Think Board, and Virool. Babson is recognized nationally as the No. 1 leader in entrepreneurship by U.S. News & World Report, and the Summer Venture Program has been recognized regionally as the category winner for education 50 on Fire by BostInno. Embracing Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® (ET&A™) ourselves, the program has been finely honed over the course of 17 years, and today represents the best of entrepreneurship education.
