Corridors and Kaleidoscopes
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...
The Inaugural Asheville Startup Games
The Inaugural Asheville Startup GamesStartups Competing against each other for charity...and bragging rights.A new addition to Asheville Entrepreneurship Week How it worksThis is a strategic initiative to encourage the mixing and mingling of not only founders, but...
An Ode to Connectivity
Last week we partnered with Capital at Play for the final 1 Million Cups session before summer break, bringing together the Asheville Angels, the Asheville Investment Club and Carofin. As separate organizations, we've all been working toward a program like...
Announcing the 5 Micro Grant Winners
This newsletter is dedicated to last night's Asheville Impact Micro Grant ceremony. Below check out our five winners, the takeaways from this first round of applicants, and the list of ten finalists. You can also watch last night's awards on the multi-cam live stream...
Asheville Startup Road Trip
6 Asheville-Area startups are hitting the road to bring a showcase of funding-ready startups to Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Durham and Cary for two days in March. Each of these startups is actively raising a round, valued around $3,500,000 in total. Industries range...
Only 24 spots left in the Micro Grant and Jeff is taking startups on the road
This Micro Grant is on a tear! Up to $17,200, amigos! We have only 24 donation spots remaining in the Wells Fargo matching campaign. So if you’ve been on the fence, waiting for a check to clear, or need more encouragement – here it is. There are only 24 spots left at...
TIL: Asheville is no BYOJ town–2/19/19 Newsletter
I swear…the next time I hear someone talking trash about Asheville being a "Bring Your Own Job" town, I am going to send them a link in a strongly worded email to our job board. And I’m going to track that link. I’m going to bit.ly them so hard, they won’t know what...
Micro Grant new matching campaign announced CHA-CHING!
Happy Valentine’s Day, you beautiful lovers of startups and Asheville! My heart is swelling! Not because I took down a plate of Nacho Daddy’s from Asheville Brewing Company solo to the dome last night, but because that Wells Fargo Wagon is a – coming down the street...
Funds are coming into the Micro Grant, and back to startups
Somebody’s getting a $5,000 check to blast off into startup stardom. Ka-boom, ka-blam! Thank you to our early donors. In one week, we met our first milestone of 25 donors. That means somebody, maybe you, is going to receive a $5,000 check, which is more like...
Venture Asheville announces new Asheville Impact Micro-Grant
Ask a startup what they can do with $5,000. You’ll be shocked to hear the impact and impressed by how far an early stage founder can stretch a dollar. That’s why Venture Asheville is thrilled to announce the new Asheville Impact Micro-Grant program, a radically...
Everyone says they support local startups, we’re asking you to show us.
Have you felt something missing in your life? An unexplainable void? A lack of snark and wit tinged with the buzzwords one could only learn in the best-most-prestigious business schools? Let me right that ship, fix our holistic cadence, and value-add this long tail...
Happy New Year! Let’s get to work!
Boy am I glad all that vacation is over. Who’s with me? Who’s ready to make 2019 their year? Who’s pumped for a huge January? Who’s ready to ca-ca-ca-ca-rush it?! I feel like Ric Flair this New Year – that’s how much excitement I have for Asheville’s Startups...
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