Five years ago, BRÖÖ shampoo saw an opportunity to create a unique local product using Asheville's esteemed craft beer. Today, the startup's founders Brad and Sarah Pearsall see much bigger potential in selling their hair product around the country. That includes...

Looking to join an exciting, fast growing Asheville startup in medical tech and marketing? After its $65M acquisition by Everyday Health, the largest deal for any tech company in WNC, AVL-based startup DoctorDirectory.com has scaled its operations rapidly. With a...

Asheville's newest monthly startup series, Startup Grind features fireside chats with successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. On February 23, 6-9pm at the CCCD downtown, meet...

Exit Event explores five emerging trends in startup mentoring that Venture Asheville Elevate adopted with MIT's world-class Venture Mentoring Service program. It's all about getting the right expertise at the right time. Read about mentorship in ExitEvent's article...

Asheville is home to countless food startups and success stories – and even a handful of national brands, including Buchi Kombucha, Roots, UliMana chocolates, and Lusty Monk. Much of the credit goes to Blue Ridge Food Ventures, which has helped more than 25 natural...

Meet and mingle with Asheville's tech scene on Feb. 18, 6-9pm at Open Space AVL. Learn about opportunities to get involved in our growing community of tech and startup groups like Tech Talent South, Anthroware and Code for Asheville through a series of presentations...

Mixing startups and tech companies with a film school, a culinary school, an industrial chic grocery, residential living and a few other must have amenities (think beer and Thai food), a new downtown development led by Charlie Ball on South French Broad Ave. is...

The first cohort of 10 startups is underway in Venture Asheville's Elevate program to strengthen and support high-growth ventures, with the goal of reaching 50 startups in the program over the next two years. Like Asheville Angels, our angel investor network, Elevate...

A new Asheville startup, Lever Studios, is launching its first product on Kickstarter coming March 10 with a launch party at Twin Leaf. The stainless steel, credit card-sized multi-tool features over 40 functions. Join founder and designer Mike Scully at One Million...

Elevate, our new entrepreneurship program to accelerate high-potential, high-growth ventures kicked off the beginning of 2016. Combining mentorship modeled on MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service and peer-to-peer advising via Vistage International, Elevate helps founders...

Asheville's newest startup event series launches this month, called Startup Grind. Framed like an intimate fireside chat, successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Powered by Google...

ExitEvent highlights Asheville’s top exits, fundings & product launches of 2015
Until recently, Asheville wouldn’t have been considered a hotbed for startup activity. To outsiders, the city’s arts culture, world-class dining scene and growing roster of notable craft breweries precedes its startup reputation. That’s why Asheville’s recent appearances on lists of America’s best startup cities alongside the heavyweights Boulder, NYC and Austin may come as quite a surprise.