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Delaware State University
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Delaware State University in Dover is the state's public land-grant HBCU. The College of Business operates CURE, a downtown Dover small-business incubator, and the Delaware Center for Enterprise Development, a community training office since 1992. Those pages describe community entrepreneurs rather than a campus student residency. Separately, university news documents the first Innovation Venture Summit, co-hosted with Capital One in April 2025, where student teams pitched and DSU undergraduates on the Agribonum team received $75,000. The captured story calls that summit the first and does not confirm a later cycle.
This listing was compiled from public university pages on October 8, 2026. It is unclaimed and has not been confirmed by the school or a program director.
Include. Delaware's public HBCU has a community incubator and a documented undergraduate pitch award.. Confidence is medium because the incubator page does not show a standing student cohort and the summit's later cycles are not confirmed on a captured DSU page.
How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-10-08); what those sources do not state is left unknown.
At a glance
Indexed programs
3
2 currently active
Top direct funding
$75,000
Innovation Venture Summit
Equity
Equity terms unknown
Program mix
3
Incubator · Small Business Support · Pitch Competition
Programs to explore
Compare funding, equity, and timing before you apply.
3 programs indexed
Pitch Competition
Innovation Venture Summit
Pitch CompetitionAlso: Innovation Venture
$75,000
funding range
- Last activity
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- Participants
- Undergraduate Students
- Verification
- Unverified
Incubator
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funding range
- Last activity
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- Participants
- Community Entrepreneurs
- Verification
- Unverified
From students
Be the first student from Delaware State University to post a startup.
Post a startupFunding and Equity
The Innovation Venture story says the summit awarded $250,000 to student entrepreneurs and that Agribonum, a DSU undergraduate team, received $75,000. CURE and DCED do not publish check sizes. Equity is not stated.
Recent Activity
The Innovation Venture news story is dated April 15, 2025. The College of Business centers page was public on October 8, 2026.
Known Startups and Winners
Agribonum, the agricultural-technology team named in the April 2025 story.
Research gaps & things to verify
Missing Information
Whether Innovation Venture recurred, whether CURE serves current students, and equity terms.
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Delaware State University
News & articles
2 news articles and official sources documenting entrepreneurship programs, winners, and activity at Delaware State University.
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Delaware State University College of Business centers
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Delaware State University College of Business centers
Official centers page for the College of Business.
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