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KickStart Venture Services

KickStart Venture Services

Chapel Hill, North Carolinaunc.edu

Overview

KickStart Venture Services is a university-based program that supports research-based startup formation and growth by providing education, early-stage funding, and on-campus accelerator space.

Year Founded

2008

Portfolio Companies

11

Website

unc.edu

Investments

KickStart Venture Services investments
CompanyDateStageLead
AmarnaBioMar 2025GrantCo-investor
Sorbenta, Inc.Mar 2025GrantCo-investor
GeneVentiv Therapeutics, Inc.Mar 2022GrantCo-investor
Renovion, Inc.Nov 2021GrantCo-investor
EnFuego Therapeutics Inc.May 2020AcceleratorCo-investor
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HeadquartersChapel Hill, North Carolina
Year Founded2008

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