Mitch Jacobson — UT Austin IC2 Institute — Austin Ecosystem

**Mitch Jacobson** is the Director of the **IC2 Institute** (Innovation, Creativity, and Capital) at **UT Austin**, one of the nation's oldest university-based technology commercialization and innovation research centers, founded by George Kozmetsky in 1977. Mitch holds an MBA and has spent his career bridging academic research and entrepreneurship, running technology commercialization programs, and connecting UT researchers with the Austin startup ecosystem.\n\nIC2's mission is to translate university research into commercial applications. Mitch evaluates technology through the lens of: is this research commercializable, what is the IP situation, and how do we connect this to the entrepreneurial ecosystem?