Amid a very different summer in 2020, student entrepreneurs in Baltimore had a chance to push their ventures forward with the help of a new program from local university leaders.

Local entrepreneurship leaders spun up AddVenture, a summer pre-accelerator that provided a curriculum built for the program, mentorship and a Slack community for startups from 14 Baltimore-area colleges and high schools.

When the COVID-19 pandemic moved programming online, the leaders of eight university-based accelerators started sharing ideas and resources as they shifted programs to a virtual format. Along with pivoting spring demo days to virtual, they looked ahead on the calendar and saw a summer that would have fewer opportunities than usual for jobs, internships and other experiential learning.

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