by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 2, 2016 | Happenings
Calling Asheville entrepreneurs who make inspiring natural products with big potential for market disruption. Durham-based sustainability pioneer Burt’s Bees is running a Natural Launchpad grant program that offers $10K cash prizes for up to 10 startups creating...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 2, 2016 | Happenings
Building on local efforts to ramp up STEM education, from BorgWarner Turbo Systems’ workshops with elementary students to the Nesbitt Discovery Academy (STEM High School), UNC Asheville is among area institutions preparing young talent for engineering jobs that...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 2, 2016 | Happenings
Congrats to the next 15 businesses selected for ScaleUp WNC. The 3rd cohort includes No Evil Foods, Black Mountain Ciderworks, Copper Pot & Wooden Spoon, Organic Planet Cleaning, and Port City Amplification. Some 30 local ventures have completed the program. Run...
by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 24, 2016 | Happenings
Nicely done, Asheville. A new CED study reports that five AVL-based ventures secured 9 investment deals totaling about $14 million last year. The funded companies spanning life sciences, tech, and cleantech include: Theraworx – over $7 million raised Genesys...
by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 24, 2016 | Happenings
Is your bootstrapped tech startup just one large check short of a successful launch? NC IDEA has granted over $4.2 million in seed funding to more than 100 NC-based companies, which have gone on to raise over $115M in equity funding. Become the first AVL startup to...
by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 24, 2016 | Happenings
Hoping to scale your startup with a loan? The Support Center recently announced Goldman Sachs has pledged $4 million through its 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to expand access to capital to small businesses in communities across the state of North Carolina. And...
