by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Looking at this year’s cohort we see reflective and surprising trends. We’ve got a nice little video you can watch, and I’ll highlight a few stats here. 2020 Venture 15 and Venture Asheville Honors Stats $62M in local revenue 345 Jobs Avg. Age of...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Announcing the 2020 Asheville Impact Micro Grant Winners Six entrepreneurs split $25,000 in grant funding to launch their startups (Asheville, NC, June 10, 2020) – Venture Asheville awarded six entrepreneurs micro grants totaling $25,000 to help launch new...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Venture Asheville Raises $25,000 to Launch 5 Startups with Asheville Impact Micro Grant Fund Applications now open for $5,000 grants to start five new companies (ASHEVILLE, NC, April 28, 2020) – Venture Asheville, the entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Atlanta > Chattanooga > Nashville 9 startups, 3 cities, 1 van. This road trip is designed to pull high-growth opportunities out of geographically isolated areas and into venues where they can make critical introductions in a short period of time. Good for...
by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Demo Day 2020 had an interesting mix of startups. We had a government procurement business, a tea company, a luxury lighting company, an artisan gift registry tech platform, a Nordic style bath house, and a specialty pharmacy. Our marketing pro did a nice write up on...
by Jeff Kaplan | Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Inaugural Asheville Startup Games Startups Competing against each other for charity…and bragging rights. A new addition to Asheville Entrepreneurship Week How it works This is a strategic initiative to encourage the mixing and mingling of not only founders,...
