Skandalaris Center

We are thrilled to celebrate our WashU Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) MBA team, which placed 1st in the South Regional Finals held this past weekend at Rice University. Their exceptional performance secures them a place in the prestigious Global

The Skandalaris Center is excited to announce six finalists for the 2025 Global Impact Award. The Global Impact Award was founded in 2013 to support the vision and passion of Washington University in St. Louis students, postdoctoral researchers, and recent alumni who

Each semester, the Skandalaris Center hosts the Skandalaris Venture Competition (SVC), which aims to nurture early-stage ideas, inventions, or startups at WashU, preparing teams for commercialization, launching, and pitching to investors. We chatted with SVC Catalyst Funding winner and founder

Pryce Yebesi, former Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Utopia Labs (recently acquired by Coinbase) has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding led by Kindred Ventures to launch his new company, Open Ledger. Joined by Co-Founder Ashtyn Bell, Open Ledger

Applications are now open for the spring 2025 cycle of the Skandalaris Venture Competition! SVC aims to nurture early-stage ideas, inventions, or startups, preparing them for commercialization, launching, and pitching to investors. The competition is open to all WashU students