3.04.25

Women-Owned Businesses to Follow in 2025


In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re looking at some of the standout female founders from our entrepreneurship program portfolio over the past year. Each of these women have an incredible, successful business, and is making history today whil... Read More ▶

2.27.25

Testimony on 2025 Veteran Service Organization Hearings


On February 36, 2025,  Deputy Executive Director of the IVMF, Ray Toenniessen, spoke to the Senate and House Committees on Veteran's Affairs.... Read More ▶

2.27.25

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Joins the D’Aniello Institute’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans Consortium


The D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University is proud to announce the expansion of its Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) consortium with the addition of the El Pomar Institute for Innovation an... Read More ▶

2.24.25

Micron and Syracuse University Celebrate First 90 Participants to Achieve Semiconductor Certification Through Onward to Opportunity


Micron and the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University today announced that 90 transitioning servicemembers, veterans and military spouses have achieved a certificate of completion in semiconductors thro... Read More ▶

2.04.25

Black-Owned Businesses to Follow


In honor of Black History Month, we’re looking at some of the standout Black entrepreneurs from our IVMF entrepreneurship program portfolio. IVMF has a program for all veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs, no matter what your business or busin... Read More ▶

1.28.25

Welcome Breaking Barriers in Entrepreneurship 25A Cohort


It is with great pride that IVMF announces the 93 Black, Latinx, and female entrepreneurs selected to take part in Breaking Barriers in Entrepreneurship (BBiE) program’s 25A cohort. These entrepreneurs are joining a community of passionate and inno... Read More ▶

1.27.25

Entrepreneurship Conferences and Pitch Competitions for 2025


Because these two event-driven opportunities are so vital to the entrepreneurial process, we’ve compiled a list of conferences and pitch competitions in the United States. Many are exclusively for veterans and military spouses, but there are also m... Read More ▶

1.22.25

Meet the Entrepreneurs of the Vet100


Every year, Inc.com releases a list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in America, ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2020-2023. Of these 5,000 incredibly successful companies, IVMF honors the top performing veteran companies with... Read More ▶

1.17.25

Veteran Deals and Discounts


What follows are some of the most useful, no nonsense, obtainable deals and discounts readily available for veterans.... Read More ▶

1.15.25

D’Aniello IVMF’s Ray Toenniessen Named 2025 Presidential Leadership Scholar


Ray Toenniessen, a U.S. Army veteran and the newly appointed Deputy Executive Director of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), has been named one of 57 Scholars who will form the Presidential Lea... Read More ▶