Texas Venture Mentoring Service (TEXVMS)

 

The Texas Venture Mentoring Service (TEXVMS) brings together Austin’s most accomplished mentors to support startups from The University of Texas at Austin, UT El Paso and UT Permian Basin.

TEXVMS has been operated since 2018 by the Austin Technology Incubator with the support of The University of Texas System.

TEXVMS is based on the methodology of the MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS), which has been used at MIT since 2000 and successfully replicated at over 50 organizations worldwide.

TEXVMS mentees receive

  • EXPERT mentors to complement gaps in your team
  • DIVERSE perspectives on your startup's challenges
  • CONFIDENTIAL space to prepare your message to investors and stakeholders
  • STRUCTURED mentoring following the MIT VMS model
  • CONNECTED community of veteran entrepreneurs, executives and technologists
TEXVMS is a free service available to faculty, staff, and student startups originating at UT Austin and our sister institutions, or participating in UT entrepreneurship programs.

Want to know more? Visit ati.utexas.edu/texvms or contact us at texvms@ati.utexas.edu.