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.
A closer look at the bohemian mountain town reveals a more diverse and ingrained entrepreneurial culture that’s tinted with an interest in sustainable business. In just the past two years, in my role managing communications and events through Venture Asheville, it’s evident that Asheville’s startup scene has been hiding underground for years, and now it’s emerging.
This development is led by a number of new accelerators, entrepreneur and mentor programs, an angel investor group, Venture Asheville (an initiative by the Economic Development Coalition), and an increasing number of startup events like 1 Million Cups Asheville (pictured above.) There, every Wednesday you’ll bump elbows with startup founders, seasoned executives and tech professionals.
There’s a number of ventures making national headlines within the city’s burgeoning startup ecosystem.
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