Asheville Angels, an angel investor group that invest in startups and high-growth companies in Asheville and across the Southeast, has reached a major milestone of growing to 50 members.

Innovation and growth companies are a focus of the new 5-year job creation goals for AVL 5x5 Vision 2020, announced last week by the Economic Development Coalition. Venture Asheville's role will be to facilitate 50 new high-growth companies headquartered in Asheville...

Apparel startup Appalatch has been selected as a spotlight startup company at the Decoded Fashion summit in New York City, a major fashion and tech innovation conference happening next month. Mother Earth Produce (above) competed against five other startups in the Tap...

Equity investments in NC startups grew by 70% YOY in the first half of 2015. The 90 deals and $427 million in equity funding were largely represented by life science and tech, with advanced manufacturing & materials and cleantech a much smaller percentage....

Six of America's fastest growing private companies ranked on the coveted Inc. 5000 list in 2015 hail from Asheville. Ranging from FLS Energy's $147 million in revenue to Cloud for Good's 715% growth over the past three years, the short list of top growth companies...

The Collider is behind a new two-year initiative to spur innovation and growth in Asheville's emerging environmental and climate science sector – as one of five N.C. cities chosen for InnovateNC.  With the potential to create a global transformational impact, scaling...

In case you still have lingering doubts that Tech exists in WNC, check this latest update from Pepppermint about its globally adopted Linux operating system. Next time you hit up a café in say Cameroon, you could feel the raw speed and power that Peppermint OS 6 is...

They're talented and they're coming. Asheville's startup community is primed to benefit from an influx of former Brooklynites trading traffic jams for hiking trails. Asheville is a lot like Brooklyn... if Brooklyn had awesome BBQ and a killer craft brewery scene and,...

With multiple awesome startups emerging from the 54-hour marathon, Asheville Startup Weekend judges selected FLYR as the grand prize winner. The mobile app discovers and promotes concert flyers for upcoming shows, allowing fans to find music performances, buy tickets...

Let's face it, many of us dread going to networking events. They're awful. Let's get rid of the aimless wandering and missed opportunities at your next professional networking event. Anthroware's Coeo app helps you identify and connect with valuable contacts in the...

CED's Tech Venture event Sept. 15-16 already has commitments from over 50 venture capital, angel groups and investors looking for high potential startups to fund. The six Asheville startups selected to participate will gain exposure to an investor community traveling...

Since doubling his original Kickstarter goal for GoKnuckles a year ago, GoWorx founder Ryan Klinger, who designs mounts for GoPro® Hero products, recently launched his latest invention on Kickstarter – the FreeRide Smartphone Mount. From your handlebars to your drone...