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,...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
