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Kentucky has a total of 4 programs.

Industry Transformation Accelerator

Launch Blue’s Industry Transformation Accelerator is designed to provide early-stage tech startups with in-depth insights on securing their first corporate clients.Through the virtual 7-week program, startup founders will develop strategies for pilot projects, dilutive and nondilutive funding, and technology adoption—culminating in a pitch to Launch Blue’s corporate innovation partners.

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Lexington


Launch Blue

Innovation Corps

I-Corps Hubs provide experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering. Launch Blue’s Regional I-Corps Program will coincide with our UAccel program.

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Lexington


Launch Blue

Pre-Seed Accelerator

Launch Blue’s 7-week pre-seed accelerator focuses on training and developing Deep Tech, Technology that Transforms Industries and Innovative Societal Solutions startups to create a funding strategy for success. Startups are educated on using multi-phase federal research grants to develop and de-risk the technology while also learning how to raise dilutive investment dollars at the seed stage level.

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Lexington


Launch Blue

UAccel Quick Start

The goal of the program is to advance an innovation toward commercialization, including preparations for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants or National Innovation Corps applications, creation of a startup, or partnering with an established company to license the technology.

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Lexington


Launch Blue

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