Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership includes the iVenture Accelerator, Illinois Social Innovation, EntreCORPS, and Entrepreneurs without Borders programs.

The Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership was established in 2004. In 2018, Bruce Barron (BS ’77) and the REAM Foundation providing a naming gift to Gies College of Business to create the Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership. The REAM Foundation gift was made in honor of Steven Miller (BS ’87), who joined Barron in co-founding Origin Ventures, a venture capital firm.