Enclavix, LLC announces Dates for the 2026 MarketEdge Discover Program led by the VentureWrench Launch! team

A new Opportunity for Utah’s SBIR/STTR companies to be supported in a Lean Launchpad-style program in early 2026

Salt Lake City, UT (January 12, 2026) – The VentureWrench™ Launch! team from Enclavix™, LLC announces the fourth year of leading the MarketEdge Discover program (formerly the Utah Innovation Center commercialization cohort) for 2026.

Utah’s Nucleus Grow (formerly the Utah Innovation Center) sponsors the MarketEdge Discover program which is run by the VentureWrench Launch! team.  This fully sponsored program for the Utah SBIR/STTR small business community in Utah is based on the well known Lean Launchpad curriculum pioneered by Steve Blank and his colleagues at Stanford University.

Applications for 2026 are open now until February 3, 2026 or until all the available seats are filled. The program will run for 10 weeks from mid-February 2026 to April 2026. Applications gather basic information about the company and the solution and take about 10 minutes to complete.
Ideal applicants are part of Utah’s SBIR/STTR small business community.  This means that the company is interested in applying for SBIR/STTR funding, has submitted an SBIR/STTR application to a federal agency or has received one or more SBIR/STTR awards.  Ideal applicants have not yet successfully launched the target product or technology into the market OR are potentially ready to re-introduce their solution after market issues.

U.S. Small Business Administration.There is no cost to participants, all costs have been covered by the Nucleus Grow and funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Applications are open and gather basic information about the company and the solution and take about 10 minutes to complete.  

Only Utah companies are eligible to apply.

About Enclavix, LLC and the VentureWrench Startup Community

Enclavix is an Artificial Intelligence software company that creates online tools to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship by applying artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies to identify and curate the highest quality, most useful resources to coach and support startup entrepreneurs and to tackle intellectual property challenges. The company has received over $1.2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation through the SBIR program to allow the launch of the AI – powered VentureWrench Library. The VentureWrench Startup Community combines artificial intelligence and advanced software with rich content to help entrepreneurs bring capital into their business, solve problems, answer questions and help them move their business forward.

The startup coaches and creators of the VentureWrench Startup Community, the team at Enclavix, LLC, are experienced entrepreneurs who have started multiple businesses, raised millions of dollars in investment from investors and the SBIR program, and sold their prior company to a public firm. Our CEO has also mentored and provided grant funding for dozens of emerging technology companies through her public service running a State funding program. The team is passionate about entrepreneurship and its potential for entrepreneurs and for the economy.

The VentureWrench Startup Community builds on the AI-powered VentureWrench Library at Library.VentureWrench.com, also free for entrepreneurs, and adds rich content including E-books, checklists, guides, the teams StartupNotes blog, online courses and workshops to help entrepreneurs get to success more quickly. Entrepreneurs can access all of this and more at VentureWrench.com.

Enclavix designed the VentureWrench Library to help entrepreneurs find the information they need – from the best resources – as quickly as possible. Enclavix appreciates the support of the National Science Foundation which provided funding for a portion of this work.
Learn more at https://venturewrench.com/ or https://venturewrench.com/about/.