SJSU Innovation Fund

Your donation to the SJSU Innovation Fund will support innovation programs and SJSU-affiliated startups, providing them with key resources required by emerging entrepreneurs and contributing significantly to the likelihood of their success. Because many of our startups are conceptualized and created by first-generation founders coming from diverse backgrounds, your gift will help fund critical business mentoring and provide support that could be life-changing on many levels.

Give Now

Students discuss entrepreneurship

SJSU Incubator Launch Director Michael “Mash” Ashley and Distinguished Alumnus Bill Mazotti ‘84 lead a discussion with students at an entrepreneurship event.



The SJSU Innovation Fund helps support core programs, collaborations and activities designed to leverage SJSU’s resources and encourage entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines. Your individual or corporate gift can have a multiplier effect as we leverage other state, local and federal funding to harness the talents of Spartans and develop the innovative leaders of tomorrow.

Examples of where funds could be targeted include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Collaboration & Engagement with Innovation Partners: Enhancing resources and opportunities to partner and facilitate programming with innovation drivers like the Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center (SV SBDC) and other organizations in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Thank you for your support!

For More Information, contact:

University Advancement
(408) 924-1120
advancement@sjsu.edu