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On Friday Charlotte Inno announced their 2021 list of Startups to Watch and three UNC Charlotte and Ventureprise Alumni made the list.
To kick off the event and announcement on Friday, Dr. Margaret Kocherga, who recently graduated with her Ph.D. in Nanoscale Science (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) and founded Light & Charge...
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Ventureprise was awarded the Fall 2020 NC IDEA ECOSYSTEM Partner Grant to continue their partnership with NC IDEA. Ventureprise plans to implement new programs to foster entrepreneurship and innovation across UNC Charlotte's campus and in the Charlotte community.
DURHAM, NC – December 10, 2020 – NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting...
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Fall 2020 Ventureprise Launch NC IDEA Cohort Alumnus company Ascend is one of nine companies, and only Charlotte company, to receive NC IDEA's Fall 2020 $50,000 SEED Grant.
Ascend is an edtech startup, founded in 2019 by Reg Gabriel and Christine Nicodemus, to help schools and mentoring organizations set goals for middle and high school students, track their progress and...
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The EPIC Innovator competition aims to identify and recognize entrepreneurial students and faculty with a focus on energy.
Individuals or teams are invited to submit ideas, projects, technology concepts or prototypes that they believe are worthy of further...
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Congratulations to all UNC Charlotte Alumni and a special congrats to Ventureprise Launch Alumnus De'Andrea Salvador who was elected for the first time into the North Carolina Senate.
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To highlight some of the Queen City's best and brightest young tech leaders, Charlotte Inno has compiled a list of the most promising and notable entrepreneurs and technologists who are 25 and under. They range from current students, to recent graduates; startup founders to those working their way up the ladder at global tech companies.
This year's list was cultivated based on...
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Eleven Charlotte community starutps graduated the Ventureprise Launch Summer 2020 Accelerator this past week, completing a 3 month accelerator. These founders worked on pilot launches, data gathering and completing their Business Model Canvas.
Check out the companies here
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Just a few months ago, a completely digital lifestyle seemed at least one generation away. The Covid-19 pandemic has made that future a reality much sooner than we are prepared for, leaving the global economy scrambling to figure out how to thrive in it.
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