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Empowering Student Ventures at the U


  
Introducing USTAAR, the University of Miami Student Startup Accelerator, a multi-disciplinary accelerator initiative at the University of Miami dedicated to nurturing student-driven projects and entrepreneurial ventures.
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USTAARs inaugural cohort is made up of a diverse group of founders with a wide variety of educational backgrounds and startups spanning across various industries and technologies.

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We have multiple ethnicities represented, many of our founders are native Floridians and the cohort consists of veterans, undergraduate students, faculty members, graduate students, doctors, and educators. Many of our startups have MVPs, some are post-revenue, and some have already raised institutional capital.

 

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Our mission is to provide the support and resources necessary for your innovative ideas to thrive and make a real-world impact.

 

 

ELEVATING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS

The University of Miami has long empowered aspiring engineers, architects, and entrepreneurs from all disciplines to develop design ideas as part of their coursework and capstone projects.

The next step—the ability to launch student-created concepts in the marketplace—has received a significant boost with a $5 million pledge from University alumnus Angel Alvarez, founder and chairman of ABB OPTICAL, and his family to establish the University Student Startup Accelerator or USTAAR.

 "A $5 million pledge from alumni brothers Angel and Victor Alvarez will propel the University of Miami toward the front ranks of institutions that nurture student-led startups."

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