University of Texas – Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition Winners to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Aug. 08, 2017 --

What: 
The winners of the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition at the University of Texas, a McCombs School of Business Center of Excellence created to foster entrepreneurship for graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Rob Adams, Director of Texas Venture Labs will ring the Opening Bell. 

Where:
Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

University of Texas - Venture Labs Investment Competition Media Contact:
Rob Adams
(512) 633-5955
[email protected]

Nasdaq MarketSite:
Emily Pan
(646) 441-5120
[email protected]

Feed Information:
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DL 3811 Vertical
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Webcast:
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Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://business.nasdaq.com/discover/market-bell-ceremonies and click on the market open of your choice.           

About University of Texas – Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) at The University of Texas at Austin is a campus-wide initiative to accelerate both student and community startups.  The mission is to help graduate students learn to take their innovations to market and become great entrepreneurs and business leaders.  Since 2010, TVL has accelerated over 148 Austin-area startups in a wide range of industries and 41% percent of these companies have gone on to raise total funding in excess of $415 million. In addition, TVL has helped launch more than 80 graduate student companies through the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC).

About Nasdaq
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total listings with a market value of approximately $12 trillion. To learn more, visit: http://business.nasdaq.com   

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