# Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame

> Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame is a VC fund backing B2B and Audio. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: South Bend, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ndresearchtechtransfer/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ndideacenter/
- Website: https://www.ideacenter.nd.edu/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ndideacenter/

Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame is a VC fund in South Bend focused on B2B and Audio. The IDEA Center is the University of Notre Dame’s collaborative innovation hub dedicated to expanding the technological and societal impact of the University’s innovations. This is done by nurturing and facilitating the movement of the best ideas of faculty, staff, and students from discovery to commercial application. The Center provides thenecessary space, services, and expertise for idea development, commercialization, business formation, prototyping, entrepreneurial education, and student entrepreneurial efforts. The Center is open to any University researcher and student with an idea they want to commercialize.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| Audio | 1 | 33% |
| Intellectual Property | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simba Mubvuma | De-Risking Analysts Team Lead | 0 | — |
| William Reh | CEO, Board Member & Co-Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Day1 AI | Day1 helps foundations and nonprofits to discover synergies that increase collaborative impact. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Jun 02, 2024 |  |
| Resonado Labs | Resonado Labs develops innovative audio hardware solutions that deliver a wide spectrum of new possibilities for sound reproduction. We are on a mission to bring real innovation to the audio market, starting at the hardware level. We have developed audio hardware products ranging from miniaturized sub-woofer drivers for all-in-one integrated soundbars to long range sonic projection arrays capable of delivering a hyper directed sound beam audible at distances of over 1500m. With a core focus on transducer design and engineering, we are capable of high velocity innovation and development on a never ending quest to continually improve the acoustic performance of our products through endless experimentations with materials, motor structure architectures, industrial and system designs. We are pushing our proprietary transducer technology into new industries through both simulation engineering environments and rapid prototyping with physical materials on site at our Chicago headquarters and in conjunction with our commercial partners. | $3M | Seed | Jul 20, 2021 |  |
| Resonado Labs | Resonado Labs develops innovative audio hardware solutions that deliver a wide spectrum of new possibilities for sound reproduction. We are on a mission to bring real innovation to the audio market, starting at the hardware level. We have developed audio hardware products ranging from miniaturized sub-woofer drivers for all-in-one integrated soundbars to long range sonic projection arrays capable of delivering a hyper directed sound beam audible at distances of over 1500m. With a core focus on transducer design and engineering, we are capable of high velocity innovation and development on a never ending quest to continually improve the acoustic performance of our products through endless experimentations with materials, motor structure architectures, industrial and system designs. We are pushing our proprietary transducer technology into new industries through both simulation engineering environments and rapid prototyping with physical materials on site at our Chicago headquarters and in conjunction with our commercial partners. | $147K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catapult Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catapult-venture-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connetic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connetic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crush Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crush-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dorm Room Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorm-room-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elevate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Golden Angels Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-angels-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame invest in?

Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame invests primarily in B2B, Audio and Intellectual Property startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame?

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### Who are the partners at Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame?

The team at Idea Center at the University of Notre Dame includes Simba Mubvuma (De-Risking Analysts Team Lead) and William Reh (CEO, Board Member & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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