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On April 18, 2025, during the 13th Annual Tom Tom Festival's EVOLVE Conference, more than 20 delegates convened for the  Jefferson Innovation Summit to discuss the ways in which universities can help to commercialize and scale new technologies and grow entrepreneurship within the Commonwealth. The delegates included representatives from a broad swath of entrepreneurs, prominent venture investors, Virginia's public universities, the Governor’s office and executive branch, aca

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